Institutions and broadband internet diffusion in emerging economies: Lessons from Korea and China

摘要

We explore the role of institutions in facilitating rapid broadband Internet diffusion in emerging economies.rnWe focus on the interplay between State influence (including educational programs and promotion policies) and marketrninfluence (supply and demand conditions) and use the cases of Korea and China as our empirical context. The cases suggestrnthat the configuration of institutional arrangements has an important role to play in facilitating broadband Internetrndiffusion in emerging economies, above and beyond overall levels of institutional quality and the presence of technologicalrninfrastructure. The case data suggests that configuration and coordination between country-level institutional arrangementsrndetermine differences in the paths and outcomes of broadband Internet development in emerging economies.