The Vertical Specialisation in the Information and Communication Technologies Sectors of Central and Eastern European Countries

Authors : Şahin Nas, Maya Moalla

Pages : 490-508

Doi:10.21180/iibfdkastamonu.1261683

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Publication Date : 2023-12-31

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :With globalisation, the international fragmentation of production in world trade has come to the fore, and now different production stages occurred in different countries. Countries specialised at a certain stage of the production process rather than producing a final good or service. In the 2000s, the international fragmentation process of production gained more importance concomitant with the technological developments that provide low cost and the developments in ICT. In this context, the study’s main purpose is to analyse the position of the ICT sub-sectors in the CEE countries, that joined the EU in 2004, in the global production network. Based on WIOD, the HIY method proposed by Hummels, Ishii & Yi (2001) was applied to the input-output tables of CEE countries to appraise the vertical specialisation rate in ICT sub-sectors during the period from 2000 to 2014. The outcomes revealed that the ICT sectors’ vertical specialisation rate in CEE countries increased in the Czech Republic, Lithuania, and Poland. However, it decreased in Estonia, Hungary, Slovakia, and Slovenia during the studied interval. In Latvia, the rate of vertical specialisation follows a fluctuating course. The highest vertical specialisation was accounted for the (J58) sector in the Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, and Slovakia, for the (J61) sector in Poland and Slovenia, for the (J59_J60) sector in Hungry, and for the (J62_J63) sector in Lithuania.
Keywords : Dikey Uzmanlaşma, Bilgi ve İletişim Teknolojileri BİT, Girdi Çıktı Analizi, Orta ve Doğu Avrupa Ülkeleri ODA, Küresel Üretim Ağı