ABSTRACT
In the contemporary world, digital technologies play an enormous role in the functioning of each country, society and organisation. According to E. Brynjolfsson and A. McAfee, “the key building blocks are already in place for digital technologies to be as important and transformational to society and the economy as the steam engine.” 1 In turn, A. Łaszek stated that “of key importance for economic growth and, consequently, for our standard of living is the deployment of new technologies.” 2 It is worth noting that, contrary to appearances, it is not true that such technologies were invented and become popular only in the 21st century. It needs to be observed though that the 21st century is precisely when the enormous role of technologies in the global economy became visible, to which, among other factors, the intensive development of mobile technologies contributed, 3 but their origin should be already traced back to a much earlier period.
