000129545 001__ 129545 000129545 005__ 20231221152907.0 000129545 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.5539/res.v4n5p30 000129545 0248_ $$2sideral$$a80373 000129545 037__ $$aART-2012-80373 000129545 041__ $$aeng 000129545 100__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-9111-0461$$aMancebón, M.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000129545 245__ $$aA non-parametric analysis of convergence in ICT industries 000129545 260__ $$c2012 000129545 5060_ $$aAccess copy available to the general public$$fUnrestricted 000129545 5203_ $$aThe purpose of this article is to explore the relative merits of capital accumulation and efficiency catch-up in the convergence patterns of labor productivity in theICT (Information and Communication Technologies) sector in a set of developed countries. It is the first convergence analysis of ICT carried out from the non-parametric kernel approach and using an intertemporal data envelopment analysis (DEA) to estimate the efficiency of the analyzed countries. Special care has been paid to the dataset construction, using hedonic prices and unit value ratios because of the nature of the industry. The appropriate technology theory extended with non-immediate spillovers is the theoretical framework used to interpret the obtained results. These show thatlabor productivity, technology and efficiency have moved from a unimodal towards a bimodal distribution over time, beginning the 21th century with two convergence clubs of countries. The conclusions obtained from these results show that while capital intensification offer opportunities to benefit from new knowledge developed by the leaders, assimilation of this knowledge is not immediate and its speed depends upon the social and technological capabilities of the followers. Policy decision-makers should be aware that the choice of the technology has to be complemented with the development of other actives to benefit from all its potentialities. 000129545 536__ $$9info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/269165 000129545 540__ $$9info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess$$aby$$uhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ 000129545 655_4 $$ainfo:eu-repo/semantics/article$$vinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 000129545 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0001-9441-7859$$aLópez-Pueyo, C.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000129545 7102_ $$14008$$2225$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. Estruc.Hª Econ.y Eco.Pb.$$cÁrea Economía Aplicada 000129545 773__ $$g4, 5 (2012), 95-109$$pReview of European Studies$$tReview of European Studies$$x1918-7173 000129545 8564_ $$s275234$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/129545/files/texto_completo.pdf$$yVersión publicada 000129545 8564_ $$s2724463$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/129545/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon$$xicon$$yVersión publicada 000129545 909CO $$ooai:zaguan.unizar.es:129545$$particulos$$pdriver 000129545 951__ $$a2023-12-21-13:08:23 000129545 980__ $$aARTICLE