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Un-captured GDP
2017 年 32 巻 2 号 p. 100-101
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2017 年 32 巻 2 号 p. 100-101
The US Council on Competitiveness published a report "No Recovery – An Analysis of Long-term US Productivity Decline" in 2016 and suggested a measurement illusion.
ICT advancement can be attributed to the dramatic advancement of the Internet which reacts to decrease prices of ICT due to its freebies, easy copying and mass standardization nature. It provides extraordinary services with a free culture but cannot be captured through GDP, leading to increasing dependency on un-captured GDP. This dependency corresponds to people preference shift from economic value to socio-cultural value that induces further advancement of the Internet and accelerates dependence on un-captured GDP.
An ICT-driven disruptive business model is based on this new stream which has been demonstrated by Uber's ride-sharing revolution, transformation of education in the digitally-rich learning environments, resurgence of live-concert streaming music and co-evolution between gender balance improvement and ICT advancement in Finland.
This special issue examines such disruptive innovation.
