TY - GEN
T1 - Sustainable development and investment in information technologies
T2 - 7th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems, ICEIS 2005
AU - Pereira, Manuel João
AU - Tavares, Luís Valadares
AU - Soares, Raquel
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - The output of investments in Information Systems and Technologies (IST) has been a topic of debate among the IST research community. The "Productivity Paradox of IST Investments" sustains that the investment in IST does not increase productivity. Some researchers showed that developed countries have been having a rather stable and sometimes declining economic growth despite their efforts in Research and Development (R&D). Other researchers argue that there is sound evidence that investments in IST are having impacts on the productivity and competitiveness of countries. This paper analyses the relationship between IST and R&D investments and the global development of countries (not only productivity of countries) using economic, demographic and literacy independent variables that explain global development. The objective is to research whether R&D and IST investments are critical to the productivity and to global development of the countries. Working at a country level, the research used sixteen socio-economic variables during a period of five years (1995-1999). The research methodology included causal forecast, cluster analysis, factor analysis, discriminant analysis and regression analysis. The conclusion confirms the correlation between the Gross National Product (GNP) and R&D and IST investments. The variables illiteracy rate, life expectancy at birth, Software investment as percentage of GNP and number of patents per 1000 inhabitants can explain the development of a country.
AB - The output of investments in Information Systems and Technologies (IST) has been a topic of debate among the IST research community. The "Productivity Paradox of IST Investments" sustains that the investment in IST does not increase productivity. Some researchers showed that developed countries have been having a rather stable and sometimes declining economic growth despite their efforts in Research and Development (R&D). Other researchers argue that there is sound evidence that investments in IST are having impacts on the productivity and competitiveness of countries. This paper analyses the relationship between IST and R&D investments and the global development of countries (not only productivity of countries) using economic, demographic and literacy independent variables that explain global development. The objective is to research whether R&D and IST investments are critical to the productivity and to global development of the countries. Working at a country level, the research used sixteen socio-economic variables during a period of five years (1995-1999). The research methodology included causal forecast, cluster analysis, factor analysis, discriminant analysis and regression analysis. The conclusion confirms the correlation between the Gross National Product (GNP) and R&D and IST investments. The variables illiteracy rate, life expectancy at birth, Software investment as percentage of GNP and number of patents per 1000 inhabitants can explain the development of a country.
KW - Economy
KW - Information technology
KW - Sustainable development
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=78649272692&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-1-4020-5347-4_20
DO - 10.1007/978-1-4020-5347-4_20
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:78649272692
SN - 9728865198
SN - 9789728865191
T3 - ICEIS 2005 - Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems
SP - 81
EP - 88
BT - ICEIS 2005 - Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems
A2 - Chen, Chin-Sheng
A2 - Filipe, Joaquim
A2 - Seruca, Isabel
A2 - Cordeiro, José
PB - Springer Netherlands
Y2 - 25 May 2005 through 28 May 2005
ER -
