ICT Use, Competitive Pressures and Firm Performance in Mexico

This paper presents a set of stylized facts on the relation between information and communications technology (ICT) use, firm performance, and competition. Taking advantage of a novel firm-level data set on information and communications technology...

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Main Authors:	Iacovone, Leonardo, Pereira-Lopez, Mariana, Schiffbauer, Marc
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
Subjects:	SKILLS MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY R&D HUMAN CAPITAL INTANGIBLE ASSETS COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES SCIENCE DISCUSSIONS RESULTS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY COMPETITIVENESS USE OF INFORMATION PROCESSES INFORMATION BOOK REVIEW INDEXES INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES PRIVATE SECTOR PRICE EMAIL LEADING INFORMATION SYSTEMS POLICY CASE INTERNET COMPUTER OPEN ACCESS RESULT IDEA ECONOMIC ACTIVITY NEW TECHNOLOGIES COMMUNICATIONS SET ICT DATA LIMITATIONS DATA WORKPLACE BUSINESS INVESTMENT TRAINING HUMAN RESOURCES COMPUTERS PERFORMANCE INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES INNOVATION PERFORMANCE INDICATOR PRODUCTIVITY IDEAS INVESTMENTS CASES DIGITAL ECONOMY COMMUNICATION MARKETS CONSULTANT WEB RESEARCH VARIETY DATABASE PROCESS COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY TECHNOLOGIES CAPITAL INVESTMENTS PRACTICE TRADE STATISTICS COMPETITION
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/04/26208173/ict-use-competitive-pressures-firm-performance-mexico http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24201

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spelling	okr-10986-242012021-04-23T14:04:20Z ICT Use, Competitive Pressures and Firm Performance in Mexico Iacovone, Leonardo Pereira-Lopez, Mariana Schiffbauer, Marc SKILLS MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY R&D HUMAN CAPITAL INTANGIBLE ASSETS COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES SCIENCE DISCUSSIONS RESULTS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY COMPETITIVENESS USE OF INFORMATION PROCESSES INFORMATION BOOK REVIEW INDEXES INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES PRIVATE SECTOR PRICE EMAIL LEADING INFORMATION SYSTEMS POLICY CASE INTERNET COMPUTER OPEN ACCESS RESULT IDEA ECONOMIC ACTIVITY NEW TECHNOLOGIES COMMUNICATIONS SET ICT DATA LIMITATIONS DATA WORKPLACE BUSINESS INVESTMENT TRAINING HUMAN RESOURCES COMPUTERS PERFORMANCE INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES INNOVATION PERFORMANCE INDICATOR PRODUCTIVITY IDEAS INVESTMENTS CASES DIGITAL ECONOMY COMMUNICATION MARKETS CONSULTANT WEB RESEARCH VARIETY DATABASE PROCESS COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY TECHNOLOGIES CAPITAL INVESTMENTS PRACTICE TRADE STATISTICS COMPETITION This paper presents a set of stylized facts on the relation between information and communications technology (ICT) use, firm performance, and competition. Taking advantage of a novel firm-level data set on information and communications technology for Mexico, the study finds that firms facing higher competition appear to have more incentives to increase their use of information and communications technology. Accordingly, although there is indeed a positive relation between information and communications technology 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. 2016-05-04T15:13:57Z 2016-05-04T15:13:57Z 2016-04 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/04/26208173/ict-use-competitive-pressures-firm-performance-mexico http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24201 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7629 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Latin America & Caribbean Mexico
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topic	SKILLS MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY R&D HUMAN CAPITAL INTANGIBLE ASSETS COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES SCIENCE DISCUSSIONS RESULTS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY COMPETITIVENESS USE OF INFORMATION PROCESSES INFORMATION BOOK REVIEW INDEXES INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES PRIVATE SECTOR PRICE EMAIL LEADING INFORMATION SYSTEMS POLICY CASE INTERNET COMPUTER OPEN ACCESS RESULT IDEA ECONOMIC ACTIVITY NEW TECHNOLOGIES COMMUNICATIONS SET ICT DATA LIMITATIONS DATA WORKPLACE BUSINESS INVESTMENT TRAINING HUMAN RESOURCES COMPUTERS PERFORMANCE INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES INNOVATION PERFORMANCE INDICATOR PRODUCTIVITY IDEAS INVESTMENTS CASES DIGITAL ECONOMY COMMUNICATION MARKETS CONSULTANT WEB RESEARCH VARIETY DATABASE PROCESS COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY TECHNOLOGIES CAPITAL INVESTMENTS PRACTICE TRADE STATISTICS COMPETITION
spellingShingle	SKILLS MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY R&D HUMAN CAPITAL INTANGIBLE ASSETS COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES SCIENCE DISCUSSIONS RESULTS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY COMPETITIVENESS USE OF INFORMATION PROCESSES INFORMATION BOOK REVIEW INDEXES INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES PRIVATE SECTOR PRICE EMAIL LEADING INFORMATION SYSTEMS POLICY CASE INTERNET COMPUTER OPEN ACCESS RESULT IDEA ECONOMIC ACTIVITY NEW TECHNOLOGIES COMMUNICATIONS SET ICT DATA LIMITATIONS DATA WORKPLACE BUSINESS INVESTMENT TRAINING HUMAN RESOURCES COMPUTERS PERFORMANCE INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES INNOVATION PERFORMANCE INDICATOR PRODUCTIVITY IDEAS INVESTMENTS CASES DIGITAL ECONOMY COMMUNICATION MARKETS CONSULTANT WEB RESEARCH VARIETY DATABASE PROCESS COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY TECHNOLOGIES CAPITAL INVESTMENTS PRACTICE TRADE STATISTICS COMPETITION Iacovone, Leonardo Pereira-Lopez, Mariana Schiffbauer, Marc ICT Use, Competitive Pressures and Firm Performance in Mexico
geographic_facet	Latin America & Caribbean Mexico
relation	Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7629
description	This paper presents a set of stylized facts on the relation between information and communications technology (ICT) use, firm performance, and competition. Taking advantage of a novel firm-level data set on information and communications technology for Mexico, the study finds that firms facing higher competition appear to have more incentives to increase their use of information and communications technology. Accordingly, although there is indeed a positive relation between information and communications technology 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	Working Paper
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	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2016
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/04/26208173/ict-use-competitive-pressures-firm-performance-mexico http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24201
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ICT Use, Competitive Pressures and Firm Performance in Mexico

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