Transforming Small, Medium, and Microscale Enterprises? Information-Communication Technologies (Icts) and Industrial Change in Tanzania
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4142910 |
|---|---|
| Authors | James T Murphy (0000-0002-0502-5771, Clark University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Pages | 1753-1772 |
| Publication date | 2013-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environment and Planning A Economy and Space (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0308-518X • E-ISSN: 1472-3409 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1068/a45323 |
| OpenAlex | W2058792896 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 33 |
The changing structure of international trade offers new opportunities for Africa, and some believe that new information communication technologies (ICTs)-especially mobile phones, the Internet, and computers-can accelerate and deepen the region's integration into the world economy. This paper evaluates such claims through an in-depth empirical analysis of ICT use and its contribution to small, medium, and microscale enterprises (SMMEs) and industrial development in Tanzania's wood products and furniture sector. Drawing on concepts from time geography and sociotechnical transition theory, the analysis determines whether, how, and why (not) ICTs are enabling SMMEs to overcome constraints on their activities and whether the industrial regime governing and guiding the activities of firms is being transformed through ICT-driven changes in communication and information management practices. The findings detail the ways in which ICTs are (not) becoming integrated into the everyday industrial practices, highlight the implications of this integration for the industry's development, and demonstrate how research into ICT for development can benefit from a deeper and more critical understanding of the contexts in which technological diffusion occurs-conceptualized here as activity constraints and sociotechnical regimes
Business · Economic geography · Economics · Environmental planning · Geography · ICTS · Industrial organization · Information and Communications Technology · Knowledge management · Political science · Sociotechnical system · Tanzania · The Internet · Computer Science · Digital Platforms and Economics · ICT Impact and Policies
Innovation diffusion as a spatial process.
Technological innovation systems and the multi-level perspective
Sustainability transitions
The Use of Mobile Phones by Microentrepreneurs in Kigali, Rwanda
I Don't Trust the Phone; It Always Lies
Globalisation and the Adoption of ICTs in Nigerian SMEs
The role of ICTs in everyday mobile lives
Networks, Trust, and Innovation in Tanzania's Manufacturing Sector
The Impact of Mobile Phone Coverage Expansion on Market Participation
The new imperialism & Africa in the global electronic village
Variable Geometries of Connection
Icts and the Decoupling of Everyday Activities, Space and Time
The Internet, mobile phone and space-time constraints
Matter(s) of interest
Rethinking Time Geography in the Information Age
The Sociospatial Dynamics of Creativity and Production in Tanzanian Industry
Mobile Phones and Economic Development in Africa
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,36 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2018 (4) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |