Digital technology, GAFA companies and the changing business world: growth trends in the ethereal economy 20 years later

Autor: Elena Sanchez Arnau, Antonia Ferrer Sapena, Enrique Alfonso Sánchez Pérez
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Technium Social Sciences Journal. 39:350-369
ISSN: 2668-7798
DOI: 10.47577/tssj.v39i1.7703
Popis: Taking a historical perspective, we analyze the economic growth of GAFA companies, and how they fit into the indicators that measure global human development. We explore the limits of growth -assuming that economic growth is inherent to good economic performance- by studying these cases, which are relevant insofar as they lead global economic growth in the new digital-based ("ethereal") economy. Our methodological approach contrasts the growth patterns of GAFA companies with general human growth parameters. This case-to-global study finds clear trends, suggesting that the ethereal economy is constrained only by the limits of human growth.
Databáze: OpenAIRE