ICT Use, Competitive Pressures, and Firm Performance in Mexico

In this paper the authors present a set of stylized facts regarding the relation between information and communication technologies (ICT) use, firm performance, and competition. Taking advantage of a novel firm-level data set regarding ICT for Mexi...

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Main Authors:	Iacovone, Leonardo, Pereira-Lopez, Mariana, Schiffbauer, Marc
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank 2019
Subjects:	INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION DIGITAL DIVIDE EXPORT COMPETITIVENESS FIRM PRODUCTIVITY TECHNICAL CHANGE BUSINESS PRACTICE
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/860871565613371316/ICT-Use-Competitive-Pressures-and-Firm-Performance-in-Mexico http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32236

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spelling	okr-10986-322362021-05-25T10:54:42Z ICT Use, Competitive Pressures, and Firm Performance in Mexico Iacovone, Leonardo Pereira-Lopez, Mariana Schiffbauer, Marc INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION DIGITAL DIVIDE EXPORT COMPETITIVENESS FIRM PRODUCTIVITY TECHNICAL CHANGE BUSINESS PRACTICE In this paper the authors present a set of stylized facts regarding the relation between information and communication technologies (ICT) use, firm performance, and competition. Taking advantage of a novel firm-level data set regarding ICT for Mexico, the authors find that firms facing higher competition appear to be the ones that have more incentives to increase their use of ICT. Accordingly, even though there is indeed a positive relation between ICT use and firm performance, this effect is greater for firms that face higher competition pressures, which is consistent with the theoretical predictions of the trade-induced technical change hypothesis. 2019-08-13T18:44:48Z 2019-08-13T18:44:48Z 2016-04-21 Journal Article http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/860871565613371316/ICT-Use-Competitive-Pressures-and-Firm-Performance-in-Mexico World Bank Economic Review http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32236 English CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research Latin America & Caribbean Mexico
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topic	INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION DIGITAL DIVIDE EXPORT COMPETITIVENESS FIRM PRODUCTIVITY TECHNICAL CHANGE BUSINESS PRACTICE
spellingShingle	INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION DIGITAL DIVIDE EXPORT COMPETITIVENESS FIRM PRODUCTIVITY TECHNICAL CHANGE BUSINESS PRACTICE Iacovone, Leonardo Pereira-Lopez, Mariana Schiffbauer, Marc ICT Use, Competitive Pressures, and Firm Performance in Mexico
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description	In this paper the authors present a set of stylized facts regarding the relation between information and communication technologies (ICT) use, firm performance, and competition. Taking advantage of a novel firm-level data set regarding ICT for Mexico, the authors find that firms facing higher competition appear to be the ones that have more incentives to increase their use of ICT. Accordingly, even though there is indeed a positive relation between ICT use and firm performance, this effect is greater for firms that face higher competition pressures, which is consistent with the theoretical predictions of the trade-induced technical change hypothesis.
format	Journal Article
author	Iacovone, Leonardo Pereira-Lopez, Mariana Schiffbauer, Marc
author_facet	Iacovone, Leonardo Pereira-Lopez, Mariana Schiffbauer, Marc
author_sort	Iacovone, Leonardo
title	ICT Use, Competitive Pressures, and Firm Performance in Mexico
title_short	ICT Use, Competitive Pressures, and Firm Performance in Mexico
title_full	ICT Use, Competitive Pressures, and Firm Performance in Mexico
title_fullStr	ICT Use, Competitive Pressures, and Firm Performance in Mexico
title_full_unstemmed	ICT Use, Competitive Pressures, and Firm Performance in Mexico
title_sort	ict use, competitive pressures, and firm performance in mexico
publisher	Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank
publishDate	2019
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/860871565613371316/ICT-Use-Competitive-Pressures-and-Firm-Performance-in-Mexico http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32236
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ICT Use, Competitive Pressures, and Firm Performance in Mexico

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