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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Huvudupphovsman: Carton, Benjamin
Övriga upphovsmän: Li, Yiqun, Mongardini, Joannes
Materialtyp: Tidskrift
Språk:English
Publicerad: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2018.
Serie:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2018/022
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