论文信息 - A System Dynamics Model of Technology and Society: In the Context of a Developing Nation

A System Dynamics Model of Technology and Society: In the Context of a Developing Nation

Kenyahasemergedinrecenttimesasoneofthefastestgrowingtelecommarketsintheworld.There isnotasingle,widelyusedparadigmwhichhassynthesisedthevariousschoolsandtheoriesdealing withtechnologyandsociety.Thisarticlearguesthattheissueofmobiletechnologyonsocietyis acomplextechnicalandsocialphenomenonthatneedstobeunderstoodfrombothICTandsocial scienceperspectives.Thisstudyusedtheconceptofgovernancesocio-techno-economicsystemsas thetheoreticalframework.Systemdynamicsareusedasboththemethodologyandtooltomodelthe mobileindustryimpactonsociety.Thestudyshowsthattheincreaseinsocialcapitalintensityisan importantsourceoftheeconomicgrowth.Thisincreasewillstrengthentheacceleratormechanism oftheeconomyandcreateslargermultipliereffects.Theincreaseinsocialcapitalintensitycanbe obtainedthroughmanaginginnovationprocessesbaseonthedevelopmentofeducationandtheR&D capacityofthenation. KeywoRDS Causality, Information Society, Mobile Phones, Modelling, Policy, Social Construction Of Technology, System Dynamics

Anthony J. Rodrigues | Amos O. Omamo | Joseph Wafula Muliaro | J. Muliaro | A. Rodrigues

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