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

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

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...

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Main Authors: Clarke, George R.G., Qiang, Christine Zhenwei, Xu, Lixin Colin
Format: Publications & Research
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank Group, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:
BROADBAND
BROADBAND SERVICES
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENTS
BUSINESSES
CELLULAR SERVICES
CODES
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ENTERPRISE SURVEY
ENTERPRISE SURVEYS
EQUIPMENT
FIRM SIZE
FIRMS
INTERNET SERVICES
LOCAL BUSINESS
LOCAL BUSINESSES
MANUFACTURING
MARKUP
MOBILE PHONE
OPEN ACCESS
PPP
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT
PRODUCTIVITY
RESULT
RESULTS
SAN
SMALL FIRMS
TELECOM
TELECOM SERVICES
TELECOMMUNICATION
TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
TELECOMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE
TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY
TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES
TELEPHONE
TRADE DATABASE
USES
WEB
WEBSITE
WEBSITES
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/02/23981049/internet-general-purpose-technology-firm-level-evidence-around-world
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21449

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/02/23981049/internet-general-purpose-technology-firm-level-evidence-around-world
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21449

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