Collective Digital and Technology Sharing in South-East Asian Countries: A Reviewed Literature Study

This literature reviewed study aims to probe the collective digital and technology sharing among countries in Southeast Asian countries. Specifically, this proposed study seeks to assess factors fostering digital and technology sharing among countries in Southeast Asian countries, determine how digital and technology sharing among countries in Southeast Asian countries influence productivity and competitiveness, determine the barriers of digital and technology sharing affect productivity and competitiveness and propose an appropriate model that improves digital and technology sharing that can be used to guide research, policy making, training and practice. The Karunakaran, Spence, and Reddy's (2013) model anchored to conduct this study. The population of this proposed study comprise of selected peer reviewed study. Purposive sampling technique used to select published articles on digital and technology sharing. Thematic analysis helped to develop different themes relating to the specific objectives of this study. The findings shows that there are several factors influencing digital and technology sharing among Southeast Asian countries; these are technological factors (32%, n=8), environmental factors (16%, n=4), social factors (8%, n=2), organizational factors (24%, n=6) and information communication technology and collaboration (20%, n=5). The reviewed literature recommended that digital and technology sharing policy is crucial among Southeast Asian countries. The digital and technology sharing is using social media and maintains two functions: public relations and communications to the community of Southeast Asian countries. The social media have become a very vital tool for diplomacy among Southeast Asian countries.