Chapter 1 Diffusion of Information and Communication Technologies to Businesses

Forman, Chris; Goldfarb, Avi

doi:10.1016/s1574-0145(06)01001-4

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“…Many studies examine determinants of ICT and internet adoption and diffusion; Forman and Goldfarb (2006) provide a useful survey. We utilise these studies to determine factors that we must control for in dealing with firms' selfselected internet access adoption choice.…”

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“…Whilst the ICT infrastructure quality questions discussed in the previous section relate to the location where the largest share of the business's activities occur, the questions relating to internet connection relate to the business as a whole. The second complication is that firms may choose to move from an area with poor ICT access to one with good access prior to the survey in order to benefit from better or cheaper broadband availability (Forman and Goldfarb 2006). This may lead to a selection bias.…”

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“…Most Dunedin firms are located in the city proper, so we include Dunedin in the Urban group. 22 Forman and Goldfarb (2006) note that the effect of size on adoption is not well understood; the quadratic term allows a nonlinear relationship given this lack of theoretical guidance. 23 We have also estimated the equations dropping all firms that had zero employment in 2001; results are robust to this change and so are not reported separately.…”

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The need for speed: impacts of internet connectivity on firm productivity

Grimes

Ren

Stevens³

2011

J Prod Anal

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Broadband access is widely considered to be a productivity-enhancing factor, but there are few firm-level estimates of its benefits. We use a large micro-survey of firms linked to longitudinal firm financial data to determine the impact that broadband access has on firm productivity. Propensity score matching is used to control for factors, including the firm's own lagged productivity, that determine a firm's internet access choice. Instrumental variables estimates are employed as a robustness check. Results indicate that broadband adoption boosts firm productivity by 7-10%; effects are consistent across urban versus rural locations and across high versus low knowledge intensive sectors.

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The need for speed: impacts of internet connectivity on firm productivity

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2011

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“…All these efforts by Novell made it easy for users to adopt and manage their LAN. However, Novell's proprietary network protocols, SPX and IPX, were not compatible with Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and Internet Protocol 2 For recent reviews of technology adoption and adoption of information and communication technologies, see Hall and Khan (2003) and Forman and Goldfarb (2006). 3 These protocols governed activity in the network and transport layers of the OSI reference model.…”

Section: Network Os and The Internetmentioning

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Complementarity and information technology adoption: Local area networks and the Internet

Arora

Forman

Yoon

2010

Information Economics and Policy

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“…If institutions primarily compete in local markets as discussed before, then state population is not a good proxy for the market demand an institution faces, and this may explain why state population is insignificant. The insignificance of Density may be due to the distinct advantages of adoption realized separately by urban and rural establishments as discussed in the ICT literature (Forman and Goldfarb 2006).…”

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The diffusion of internet-based distance education technology among US associate colleges

Chen

Özdemir

Liu

2009

Economics of Innovation and New Technology

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This paper analyzes the diffusion of internet-based distance education technology (NETDE) among the US associate colleges. The study finds that an institution with experience in using an earlier generation distance education technology is more likely to adopt NETDE than an institution without such an experience. The finding supports the view of Cohen and Levinthal (1990) that an organization's 'absorptive capability' plays a significant role in its innovative activities. Institution size also facilitates the adoption of NETDE. We relate this size effect to market power because the size effect is partly caused by customer switching costs present in the NETDE market. Finally, we find that, among public institutions, the presence of close competitors motivates an institution to adopt NETDE earlier.innovation adoption, internet-based distance education, distance learning, organizational knowledge, switching cost,

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Chapter 1 Diffusion of Information and Communication Technologies to Businesses

Cited by 25 publications

References 154 publications

The need for speed: impacts of internet connectivity on firm productivity

The need for speed: impacts of internet connectivity on firm productivity

Complementarity and information technology adoption: Local area networks and the Internet

The diffusion of internet-based distance education technology among US associate colleges

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