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The Internet as a General-Purpose Technology : Firm-Level Evidence from around the World / Clarke, George R.G.
World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (formerly "World Bank E-Library Publications") Available online
View online- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Clarke, George R.G.
- Series:
- Policy research working papers.
- World Bank e-Library.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Finance and Financial Sector Development.
- Industry.
- Information and Communication Technologies.
- Private Sector Development.
- Local Subjects:
- Finance and Financial Sector Development.
- Industry.
- Information and Communication Technologies.
- Private Sector Development.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (11 pages)
- Other Title:
- Internet as a General-Purpose Technology
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C., The World Bank, 2015
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- 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 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.
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