A New Smartphone for Every Fifth Person on Earth : Quantifying the New Tech Cycle /

The enormous global demand for smartphones in recent years has created a new global tech cycle. In 2016 alone, global smartphone sales reached close to 1.5 billion, one for every fifth person on earth. In turn, this has engendered complex and evolving supply chains across Asia. We show that the new...

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Autor principal: Carton, Benjamin
Otros Autores: Li, Yiqun, Mongardini, Joannes
Formato: Revista
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2018.
Colección:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2018/022
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Acceso en línea:Full text available on IMF