ICT Adoption in Micro and Small Firms: Can Internet Access Improve Labor Productivity?

Viollaz, Mariana

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“…This is indicated by a significance value of 0.048 so that H2 is accepted. These findings align with [23][24][25]. The growing scale of the business indicates increasingly adequate resources to adopt e-commerce.…”

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The role of entrepreneurs and firm characteristics to the level of innovativeness: A study of e-commerce adoption on traditional drink SMEs

Setyowati,

Masyhuri,

Mulyo

et al. 2024

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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This study aims to analyze the influence of entrepreneur and business characteristics on the innovativeness level in e-commerce adoption in traditional drink SMEs. It is a quantitative research with a survey technique. The number of samples was 330 owners of traditional drink SMEs in the Special Region of Yogyakarta taken proportionally. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics with multiple linear regression and SPSS as a tool analysis. The results show that simultaneously, all of the variables affect the innovativeness level in e-commerce adoption. Partially, business scale, education, and the number of IT staff have a positive effect on the level of innovativeness in e-commerce adoption. The business age has a negative and significant effect on the level of innovativeness. Meanwhile, the age of the entrepreneur did not have a significant effect on the innovativeness level. Stakeholder collaboration is needed to improve both formal and non-formal education for traditional drink SMEs. The development of e-commerce skills, knowledge, and investment in the number of IT staff is required to accelerate the adoption and e-commerce usage management continuously. Increasing business scale is also needed for the optimization and efficiency of e-commerce utilization to improve business performance.

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The role of entrepreneurs and firm characteristics to the level of innovativeness: A study of e-commerce adoption on traditional drink SMEs

Setyowati,

Masyhuri,

Mulyo

et al. 2024

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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“…Moreover, Gupta and Kumar (2018) implemented the Malmquist productivity index of data envelopment analysis and linear programming method, showing that ICT usage also improves the labor productivity of small firms by increasing technologically skilled labor in India. The study of Viollaz (2021) supports the result of Gupta and Kumar (2018) and Falentina et al. (2021).…”

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Does information and communication technology improve labor productivity? Recent evidence from the Southeast Asian emerging economies

Salim,

Wen,

Bello

et al. 2024

Growth and Change

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The comprehension of the textbook and augmented Solow growth model has been studied to picture the consequences of workforce growth and capital. In the age of digitalization, Information and Communications Technology (ICT) is also the first necessity identified factors affecting labor productivity. This paper revisits the augmented Solow growth equation by integrating ICT as an explanator that improves labor productivity in Southeast Asian emerging economies. We used a Two‐Way Random‐Effects Model to regress the impact of workforce growth rate, physical capital, and human capital on labor productivity. The results show that using human capital is essential to improve output in emerging market countries rather than only using physical capital. According to our adjusted ICT factors, our analysis reveals that using the Internet and mobile cellular significantly boosts labor productivity. Moreover, the analysis of total factor productivity shows that most Southeast Asian economies highly depend on implementing ICT, especially the contribution of Internet usage and mobile cellular. Therefore, this study contributes to further studies and policy recommendations in improving the introduction of Internet usage and installation, especially for the emerging Southeast Asian.

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“…In contrast, Internet availability in Brazil did not affect overall employment and even affect the demand of low-skilled workers by replacing routine tasks (Almeida, Corseuil, & Poole, 2017;Dutz, Mation, O'Connell, & Willig, 2017). Similarly, Internet adoption in Peru increased the demand for production workers with permanent contracts and decreased the demand for administrative workers with temporary contracts and non-remunerated workers (Viollaz, 2018). In Chile, the adoption of complex software increased the share of administrative and unskilled production workers and reduced the share of skilled production workers (Almeida, Fernandes, & Viollaz, 2017).…”

Section: New Technology and Labor Demandmentioning

confidence: 92%

“…Moreover, sectors and occupations nondirectly affected by the technological change might expand after absorbing the labor freed from those sectors and occupations affected by the technological change. Finally, the authors show that productivity improvements due to new machines may even expand employment in affected industries (Acemoglu & Restrepo, 2016;2018).…”

Section: New Technology and Labor Demandmentioning

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Are we nearly there yet? New technology adoption and labor demand in Peru

Novella

Rosas-Shady

Alvarado

2023

Science and Public Policy

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Forecasts about the effects of new technologies on labor demand are generally pessimistic. However, little is known about the current level of technology adoption and its effect on labor demand, particularly in developing countries. This paper exploits a national representative employer survey and administrative data from Peru to offer empirical evidence in this regard. Our results show that the adoption of new technologies by firms is still incipient in the country. However, when adopted, they slightly reduce the demand for workers in the medium term, particularly those in high-skilled and non-routine occupations, with a temporary job contract, and during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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ICT Adoption in Micro and Small Firms: Can Internet Access Improve Labor Productivity?

Cited by 5 publications

References 23 publications

The role of entrepreneurs and firm characteristics to the level of innovativeness: A study of e-commerce adoption on traditional drink SMEs

The role of entrepreneurs and firm characteristics to the level of innovativeness: A study of e-commerce adoption on traditional drink SMEs

Does information and communication technology improve labor productivity? Recent evidence from the Southeast Asian emerging economies

Are we nearly there yet? New technology adoption and labor demand in Peru

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