Several studies have been carried out in the recent years to analyze the effects of foreign direct investments in both developed and developing countries. The Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) sector has dramatically become more popular in the 21st century with continuously advanced ever-evolving technologies around the world. In order to make a profitable investment the location plays a significant role. Turkey as one of the largest growing economies in the developing countries has become popular for foreigners to make investments in many sectors including ICT sector. There are various effects that the FDI in ICT sector brings into the host country mainly such as technology know-how, human resources capabilities and increased competitiveness between the firms in the sector. In this study, the analysis has been made based on the ICT Development Index, which is determined by the International Telecommunication Union every year. This ICT Index has three categories, which enables to calculate a country’s development level in terms of ICT such as ICT Skills, ICT Access and ICT Use. Each cluster has several different indicators that help calculating the index such as the percentage of households with connection to internet, mobile broadband width, mobile subscription rate, secondary school enrollment rate and so on. Thanks to the indicators mentioned above, an analysis has been made to show how Turkey has changed over the time with the help of FDI in ICT sector.
Negli ultimi anni sono stati condotti numerosi studi con lo scopo di analizzare gli effetti degli investimenti diretti esteri sia in paesi sviluppati che in quelli in via di sviluppo. Il settore delle tecnologie dell’informazione e della comunicazione (ICT) ha raggiunto nel ventunesimo secolo un livello di popolarità importante grazie alla continua e costante evoluzione delle tecnologie in tutto il mondo. Per far sì che l’investimento sia profittevole, la scelta del luogo è di cruciale importanza. La Turchia, che vanta una delle più grandi economie in crescita nei paesi in via di sviluppo, è diventata famosa per tra gli investitori esteri in molti settori, tra i quali anche l’ICT. Gli effetti che gli investimenti esteri diretti nel settore dell’ICT portano al paese che li accoglie, sono diversi e numerosi: know-how in campo tecnologico, competenze di risorse umane e un aumento della competitività tra le aziende nello stesso settore. L’analisi condotta in questo studio è stata costruita sulla base dell’indice di sviluppo del settore ICT che viene determinato ogni anno dall’International Telecommunication Union. Questo indice si compone di tre parametri che permettono di stimare il livello di sviluppo di una nazione nell’ICT: abilità, accesso e uso. Ogni parametro comprende numerosi e diversi indicatori che concorrono al calcolo dell’indice, quali per esempio la percentuale di case con connessione a internet, l’ampiezza della banda larga mobile, il tasso di abbonamenti alla telefonia mobile, il tasso d’iscrizione al livello d’istruzione secondaria e così via. Grazie a tutti questi indicatori, è stata effettuata un’analisi che mostra come la Turchia sia cambiata nel tempo anche grazie all’aiuto degli investimenti diretti esteri nel settore dell’ICT.
The effects of foreign direct investment in ICT industry on the host country : the case of Turkey
CAN, BULUT
2014/2015
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Several studies have been carried out in the recent years to analyze the effects of foreign direct investments in both developed and developing countries. The Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) sector has dramatically become more popular in the 21st century with continuously advanced ever-evolving technologies around the world. In order to make a profitable investment the location plays a significant role. Turkey as one of the largest growing economies in the developing countries has become popular for foreigners to make investments in many sectors including ICT sector. There are various effects that the FDI in ICT sector brings into the host country mainly such as technology know-how, human resources capabilities and increased competitiveness between the firms in the sector. In this study, the analysis has been made based on the ICT Development Index, which is determined by the International Telecommunication Union every year. This ICT Index has three categories, which enables to calculate a country’s development level in terms of ICT such as ICT Skills, ICT Access and ICT Use. Each cluster has several different indicators that help calculating the index such as the percentage of households with connection to internet, mobile broadband width, mobile subscription rate, secondary school enrollment rate and so on. Thanks to the indicators mentioned above, an analysis has been made to show how Turkey has changed over the time with the help of FDI in ICT sector.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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