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What is Technological Leapfrogging

Chapter 447
Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Third Edition
The idea that developing societies can leapfrog and take centre stage in the adoption of new technologies to promote social and economic development.
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From Linguistic Determinism to Technological Determinism
Russell H. Kaschula (Rhodes University, South Africa) and Andre M. Mostert (University of East London, UK)
Copyright: © 2015 |Pages: 11
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-5888-2.ch447
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