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Technology Within and Across Firms

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dc.contributor.authorComin, Diego
dc.contributor.authorCirera, Xavier
dc.contributor.authorLee, Kyung Min
dc.contributor.authorCruz, Marcio
dc.date.accessioned2020-11-19T16:01:05Z
dc.date.available2020-11-19T16:01:05Z
dc.date.issued2020-11
dc.description.abstractThis study collects data on the sophistication of technologies used at the business function level for a representative sample of firms in Vietnam, Senegal, and the Brazilian state of Ceara. The analysis finds a large variance in technology sophistication across the business functions of a firm. The within-firm variance in technology sophistication is greater than the variance in sophistication across firms, which in turn is greater than the variance in sophistication across regions or countries. The paper documents a stable cross-firm relationship between technology at the business function and firm levels, which it calls the technology curve. Significant heterogeneity is uncovered in the slopes of the technology curves across business functions, a finding that is consistent with non-homotheticities in firm-level technology aggregators. Firm productivity is positively associated with the within-firm variance and the average level of technology sophistication. Development accounting exercises show that cross-firm variation in technology accounts for one-third of cross-firm differences in productivity and one-fifth of the agricultural versus non-agricultural gap in cross-country differences in firm productivity.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/783871605552592458/Technology-Within-and-Across-Firms
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-9476
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/34795
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 9476
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectTECHNOLOGY ADOPTION
dc.subjectTECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
dc.subjectFIRM PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectINTERNET ACCESS
dc.subjectADVANCED TECHNOLOGY
dc.subjectTECHNOLOGY SOPHISTICATION
dc.titleTechnology Within and Across Firmsen
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okr.crossref.titleTechnology within and across Firms
okr.date.disclosure2020-11-16
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okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-9476
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okr.region.administrativeAfrica
okr.region.administrativeAfrica Western and Central (AFW)
okr.region.administrativeEast Asia and Pacific
okr.region.administrativeLatin America & Caribbean
okr.region.countryBrazil
okr.region.countrySenegal
okr.region.countryViet Nam
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okr.topicInformation and Communication Technologies::Information Technology
okr.topicPrivate Sector Development::Private Sector Economics
okr.topicScience and Technology Development::Technology Innovation
okr.unitFinance, Competitiveness and Innovation Global Practice
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