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.
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: |
Clarke, George R.G.,
Qiang, Christine Zhenwei,
Xu, Lixin Colin |
Language: | English en_US |
Published: |
World Bank Group, Washington, DC
2015-02
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Subjects: | BROADBAND,
BROADBAND SERVICES,
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT,
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENTS,
BUSINESSES,
CELLULAR SERVICES,
CODES,
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES,
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY,
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT,
ENTERPRISE SURVEY,
ENTERPRISE SURVEYS,
EQUIPMENT,
FIRM SIZE,
FIRMS,
INTERNET SERVICES,
LOCAL BUSINESS,
LOCAL BUSINESSES,
MANUFACTURING,
MARKUP,
MOBILE PHONE,
OPEN ACCESS,
PPP,
PRIVATE SECTOR,
PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT,
PRODUCTIVITY,
RESULT,
RESULTS,
SAN,
SMALL FIRMS,
TELECOM,
TELECOM SERVICES,
TELECOMMUNICATION,
TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES,
TELECOMMUNICATIONS,
TELECOMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE,
TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY,
TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES,
TELEPHONE,
TRADE DATABASE,
USES,
WEB,
WEBSITE,
WEBSITES, |
Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/02/23981049/internet-general-purpose-technology-firm-level-evidence-around-world
https://hdl.handle.net/10986/21449
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