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The Internet as a General-Purpose Technology : Firm-Level Evidence from Around the World
인도ㆍ남아시아 기타 / 동남아시아 기타 / 러시아ㆍ유라시아 기타 / 아프리카ㆍ 중동 기타 / 중남미 기타 / 중동부유럽 기타 국외연구자료 기타 Clarke, George R.G ; Qiang, Christine Zhenwei ; Xu, Lixin Colin World Bank 발간일 : 2015-02-01 등록일 : 2015-02-16 원문링크
Abstract
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.