Global Digital Technology Convergence: Driving Diffusion via Network Effects

This book analyses the unique role network effects play in the process of digital technology diffusion. Using the time span of 1980-2022 and data from over 180 countries, the authors examines the strength and determinates of emerging network externalities in the process of digital technology diffusion across the world.

Ewa Lechman is a professor of economics, employed at Faculty of Management and Economics, Gdańsk University of Technology/Fahrenheit Universities. Her research interests concentrate on economic development, digital technologies and technological progress, and its role in reshaping social and economic systems, as well as economics of network and innovative financial instruments.

Adam Marszk is associate professor at Faculty of Management and Economics, Gdansk University of Technology. His research focuses on financial innovations, financial markets, sustainable investing, financial systems in underdeveloped economies, economic integration and portfolio management.