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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spelling	okr-10986-214492021-04-23T14:04:02Z The Internet as a General-Purpose Technology : Firm-Level Evidence from Around the World Clarke, George R.G. Qiang, Christine Zhenwei Xu, Lixin Colin 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 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. 2015-02-13T19:11:52Z 2015-02-13T19:11:52Z 2015-02 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/02/23981049/internet-general-purpose-technology-firm-level-evidence-around-world http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21449 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7192 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Group, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
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topic	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
spellingShingle	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 Clarke, George R.G. Qiang, Christine Zhenwei Xu, Lixin Colin The Internet as a General-Purpose Technology : Firm-Level Evidence from Around the World
relation	Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7192
description	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.
format	Publications & Research
author	Clarke, George R.G. Qiang, Christine Zhenwei Xu, Lixin Colin
author_facet	Clarke, George R.G. Qiang, Christine Zhenwei Xu, Lixin Colin
author_sort	Clarke, George R.G.
title	The Internet as a General-Purpose Technology : Firm-Level Evidence from Around the World
title_short	The Internet as a General-Purpose Technology : Firm-Level Evidence from Around the World
title_full	The Internet as a General-Purpose Technology : Firm-Level Evidence from Around the World
title_fullStr	The Internet as a General-Purpose Technology : Firm-Level Evidence from Around the World
title_full_unstemmed	The Internet as a General-Purpose Technology : Firm-Level Evidence from Around the World
title_sort	internet as a general-purpose technology : firm-level evidence from around the world
publisher	World Bank Group, Washington, DC
publishDate	2015
url	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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The Internet as a General-Purpose Technology : Firm-Level Evidence from Around the World

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