Indonesian Journal Of Business And Economics
Vol 2, No 1 (2019)

Internet of Things as Engine of Economic Growth in Indonesia

Bambang Widagdo (Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Muhammadiyah Malang)
Mochamad Rofik (Center for Economics, Business and Entrepreneurship, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Muhammadiyah Malang)



Article Info

Publish Date
26 Jun 2019

Abstract

The economic diversification concept gives hope for a country with rich natural resources to strengthen its economic basis. Thus industrial revolution era of 4.0 provides great opportunity to fasten the process. A study by McKensey in 2011 proved that the internet in the developing country contributes around 3.4% towards its GDP which means that the internet has become a new hope for the economy in the future. Indonesia is one of the countries that is attempting to maximize the role of the Internet of Things (IoT) for its economic growth.  The attempt has made the retail and tourism industries as the two main sectors to experience the significant effect of IoT. In the process of optimizing the IoT to support the economic growth, Indonesia faces several issues especially in the term of the internet network quality and its distribution, the inclusive access of financial access and the infrastructure

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Journal Info

Abbrev

ijbe

Publisher

Subject

Economics, Econometrics & Finance

Description

Indonesian Journal of Business and Economics (IJBE) is a peer-reviewed journal published by the Faculty of Economics, University of Kuningan, Indonesia. This journal is a biannual publication that serves as a platform for disseminating the development of knowledge through researches. It is also a ...