Differential effects of IT investments: Complementarity and effect of GDP level

Kim, Yong Jin; Kang, Hyunjeong; Sanders, G. Lawrence; Lee, Sang-Yong Tom

doi:10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2008.01.003

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“…This rapid growth has brought digital opportunities to many countries, yet it is not clear whether the impacts on national development of different components of ICT investment are the same for countries at different levels of economic maturity (Samoilenko & Osei-Bryson, 2008a and b;Kim et al, 2008;Morawczynski & Ngwenyama, 2007). The notion of development is often ill-defined in many studies concerned with ICTs and national development.…”

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“…The nature of the relationships between different components of ICT investment and dimensions of human development is not fully understood (Kim et al 2008). Investments in ICT can be classified as: hardware investments, software investments, telecommunication investments, and internal services spending (e.g., training and human capital development) (WITSA, 2008).…”

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“…Prior studies such as Kim et al (2008) have explored the impacts of information technology investments (i.e., Software, Hardware, and Internal Services Spending) on standard of living (GDP per capita) in varying contexts. Others such as Bankole et al (2011) examined the impacts of ICT investments on human development (GDP per capita, Education attainment and Life expectancy) in varying contexts.…”

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“…IL Computer Hardware Investments refer to the total annual computer hardware spending in a country. It includes purchased or leased computers, storage devices, memory upgrades, printers, monitors, scanners, input-output devices, terminals and other peripherals from external agents ( WITSA, 2008;Kim et al, 2008) 1.…”

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“…While some studies have explored the impacts of pair wise interactions of investments in Hardware, Software and Internal Services Spending on GDP (e.g., Kim et al, 2008), they have typically excluded an exploration of the impact of the interaction of Telecommunications and the other ICT components. Studies that have included telecommunications as a factor have typically looked at its impact on economic development in isolation, without reference to the other ICT components (WoldeRufael, 2007;Beil et al, 2005).…”

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The Impact of ICT Investments on Human Development: A Regression Splines Analysis

Bankole¹,

Osei-Bryson²,

Brown³

2013

Journal of Global Information Technology Management

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Despite the worldwide growth in investments in information and communication technology (JCT), few studies have investigated the complex interactions between components of JCT investments and different dimensions of human development. The purpose of this study is to explore the conditional impacts of JCT investments (Hardware, Software, Internal Services Spending and Telecommunication) on two dimensions of Human Development (Standard of Living and Health) within three contexts (classified as High, Medium and Low income countries). To carry out the study, archival data concerning JCT investments and human development for 51 countries with the largest JCT markets were collected for the period 1994 to 2003. The study utilized a novel approach called regression splines to analyse the data. Results suggest, among other things, that: (1) the impact of investments in the different JCT components varies with context; (2) impacts are in many cases conditional and complex; and (3) the direction of impacts of JCT investment on Standard of Living may be different from the corresponding directions of impacts on Health. It is therefore necessary for policy makers or IS executives to do in-depth tradeoff analysis between the different components of JCT investment to determine appropriate allocations.

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Investigating the Impact of ICT Investments on Human Development

Bankole

Shirazi

Brown

2011

E J Info Sys Dev Countries

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In the last two decades, the worldwide information and communication technology (ICT) market has been growing at a rapid rate. This has led to a global net increase in ICT investments and usage. International organizations, ICT vendors and policy makers have been investigating whether such large investments are worthwhile. The results regarding this issue are inconclusive, for this research area is fraught with complexity, and existing empirical work is limited. This study investigates the impact of ICT investments on human development. Of particular interest are the relationships between different dimensions of ICT investment and the components of human development. ICT investments can be thought of as having four dimensions – hardware, software, internal spending and telecommunication investment, while typical human development indicators are standard of living (GDP per capita), education (literacy and school enrolments) and health (life expectancy). If these variables are not modelled correctly, their effect on each other can be either under‐ or overestimated. In this article, the line of enquiry from a study by Kim et al. (2008) is extended to investigate the relationship between the four aspects of ICT investments and the three key components of human development. The empirical analysis shows that the four dimensions of ICT investment have an impact in various ways on the components of human development, and that these impacts are different, in high income, mid income and low income countries. Based on these findings, this study suggests theoretical propositions to explain the impact of ICT investments on human development.

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Differential effects of IT investments: Complementarity and effect of GDP level

Cited by 32 publications

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The Impact of ICT Investments on Human Development: A Regression Splines Analysis

The Impact of ICT Investments on Human Development: A Regression Splines Analysis

Investigating the Impact of ICT Investments on Human Development

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