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

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dc.contributor.authorClarke, George R.G.
dc.contributor.authorQiang, Christine Zhenwei
dc.contributor.authorXu, Lixin Colin
dc.date.accessioned2015-02-13T19:11:52Z
dc.date.available2015-02-13T19:11:52Z
dc.date.issued2015-02
dc.description.abstractThis 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.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/02/23981049/internet-general-purpose-technology-firm-level-evidence-around-world
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-7192
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/21449
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank Group, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 7192
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectBROADBAND
dc.subjectBROADBAND SERVICES
dc.subjectBUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
dc.subjectBUSINESS ENVIRONMENTS
dc.subjectBUSINESSES
dc.subjectCELLULAR SERVICES
dc.subjectCODES
dc.subjectCOMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES
dc.subjectCOMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
dc.subjectECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectENTERPRISE SURVEY
dc.subjectENTERPRISE SURVEYS
dc.subjectEQUIPMENT
dc.subjectFIRM SIZE
dc.subjectFIRMS
dc.subjectINTERNET SERVICES
dc.subjectLOCAL BUSINESS
dc.subjectLOCAL BUSINESSES
dc.subjectMANUFACTURING
dc.subjectMARKUP
dc.subjectMOBILE PHONE
dc.subjectOPEN ACCESS
dc.subjectPPP
dc.subjectPRIVATE SECTOR
dc.subjectPRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectPRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectRESULT
dc.subjectRESULTS
dc.subjectSAN
dc.subjectSMALL FIRMS
dc.subjectTELECOM
dc.subjectTELECOM SERVICES
dc.subjectTELECOMMUNICATION
dc.subjectTELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES
dc.subjectTELECOMMUNICATIONS
dc.subjectTELECOMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subjectTELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY
dc.subjectTELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES
dc.subjectTELEPHONE
dc.subjectTRADE DATABASE
dc.subjectUSES
dc.subjectWEB
dc.subjectWEBSITE
dc.subjectWEBSITES
dc.titleThe Internet as a General-Purpose Technology : Firm-Level Evidence from Around the Worlden
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okr.crossref.titleThe Internet as a General-Purpose Technology: Firm-Level Evidence from around the World
okr.date.disclosure2015-02-03
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-10T09:21:58.251388Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/02/23981049/internet-general-purpose-technology-firm-level-evidence-around-world
okr.globalpracticeTransport and ICT
okr.globalpracticeFinance and Markets
okr.guid630411468338366817
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-7192
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum000158349_20150210142753
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum23981049
okr.identifier.reportWPS7192
okr.language.supporteden
okr.pdfurlhttp://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2015/02/10/000158349_20150210142753/Rendered/PDF/WPS7192.pdfen
okr.topicFinance and Financial Sector Development::Microfinance
okr.topicInformation and Communication Technologies::Telecommunications Infrastructure
okr.topicTechnology Industry
okr.topicPrivate Sector Development::E-Business
okr.topicInformation and Communication Technologies::ICT Policy and Strategies
okr.topicIndustry
okr.unitFinance and Private Sector Development Team, Development Research Group
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