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“Is It Hype or Reality?”: A Global Study of Assessing the Rate of Digitalization
Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology
IGI Global, Sixth edition
07/2024
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Abstract
The researchers commenced this study expecting to discover ample evidence of global digitalization – especially attributed to the COVID-19 global pandemic. Yet, the investigation using multiple highly credible indicators of digitalization for a period of 3 years (2018 to 2020), covering pre, during, and post-pandemic, the researchers could only identify partial evidence of a high rate of digitalization, and many of the countries slowed down their respective rates of digitalization. This study showed that only 61 of sampled countries demonstrated a high rate of digitalization, while the 96 remaining countries slowed down their digitalization rates. Considering the purported ‘hype of digitalization' spreading across the globe, notwithstanding the boundaries of geography and resources, the researchers appeal to academia and practice to witness the authentic indicators of digitalization in this global study.
Details
- Title
- “Is It Hype or Reality?”: A Global Study of Assessing the Rate of Digitalization
- Creators
- Mahikala Niranga - Southern Cross UniversityDarshana Sedera - Southern Cross University
- Publication Details
- Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology
- Publisher
- IGI Global
- Edition
- Sixth edition
- Identifiers
- 991013154201402368
- Copyright
- This article, published as an Open Access article in the gold Open Access encyclopedia, Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Sixth Edition, is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and production in any medium, provided the author of the original work and original publication source are properly credited.
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Business, Law and Arts; Management
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Book chapter