The Internet as a General-Purpose Technology : Firm-Level Evidence from Around the World

• Tác giả: George R.G Clarke
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 384.3 Computer communication
• Thông tin xuất bản: World Bank Group, Washington, DC, 2015
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 322712
• Chủ đề: 1. BROADBAND; 2. BROADBAND SERVICES; 3. BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT; 4. BUSINESS ENVIRONMENTS; 5. BUSINESSES

Tóm tắt

 This paper uses firm-level data to assess whether telecommunication services are general-purpose technologies (technologies that benefit a large segment of the economy and have long-lasting effect). It finds that only Internet services are so: firm growth and productivity are much higher when Internet access is greater and when firms use the Internet more intensively
  and Internet access benefits firms in high- and low-tech industries, firms of all sizes, and exporter and non-exporter firms. Small firms appear to benefit more from the Internet than large firms do. In contrast, fixed-line and cellular services are not robustly linked to firm performance.