Technology Within and Across Firms

This study collects data on the sophistication of technologies used at the business function level for a representative sample of firms in Vietnam, Senegal, and the Brazilian state of Ceara. The analysis finds a large variance in technology sophist...

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Main Authors:	Cirera, Xavier, Comin, Diego, Cruz, Marcio, Lee, Kyung Min
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
Subjects:	TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER FIRM PRODUCTIVITY INTERNET ACCESS ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY TECHNOLOGY SOPHISTICATION
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/783871605552592458/Technology-Within-and-Across-Firms http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34795

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spelling	okr-10986-347952022-09-20T00:10:08Z Technology Within and Across Firms Cirera, Xavier Comin, Diego Cruz, Marcio Lee, Kyung Min TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER FIRM PRODUCTIVITY INTERNET ACCESS ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY TECHNOLOGY SOPHISTICATION This study collects data on the sophistication of technologies used at the business function level for a representative sample of firms in Vietnam, Senegal, and the Brazilian state of Ceara. The analysis finds a large variance in technology sophistication across the business functions of a firm. The within-firm variance in technology sophistication is greater than the variance in sophistication across firms, which in turn is greater than the variance in sophistication across regions or countries. The paper documents a stable cross-firm relationship between technology at the business function and firm levels, which it calls the technology curve. Significant heterogeneity is uncovered in the slopes of the technology curves across business functions, a finding that is consistent with non-homotheticities in firm-level technology aggregators. Firm productivity is positively associated with the within-firm variance and the average level of technology sophistication. Development accounting exercises show that cross-firm variation in technology accounts for one-third of cross-firm differences in productivity and one-fifth of the agricultural versus non-agricultural gap in cross-country differences in firm productivity. 2020-11-19T16:01:05Z 2020-11-19T16:01:05Z 2020-11 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/783871605552592458/Technology-Within-and-Across-Firms http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34795 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9476 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 Africa Africa Western and Central (AFW) East Asia and Pacific Latin America & Caribbean Brazil Senegal Vietnam
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topic	TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER FIRM PRODUCTIVITY INTERNET ACCESS ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY TECHNOLOGY SOPHISTICATION
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description	This study collects data on the sophistication of technologies used at the business function level for a representative sample of firms in Vietnam, Senegal, and the Brazilian state of Ceara. The analysis finds a large variance in technology sophistication across the business functions of a firm. The within-firm variance in technology sophistication is greater than the variance in sophistication across firms, which in turn is greater than the variance in sophistication across regions or countries. The paper documents a stable cross-firm relationship between technology at the business function and firm levels, which it calls the technology curve. Significant heterogeneity is uncovered in the slopes of the technology curves across business functions, a finding that is consistent with non-homotheticities in firm-level technology aggregators. Firm productivity is positively associated with the within-firm variance and the average level of technology sophistication. Development accounting exercises show that cross-firm variation in technology accounts for one-third of cross-firm differences in productivity and one-fifth of the agricultural versus non-agricultural gap in cross-country differences in firm productivity.
format	Working Paper
author	Cirera, Xavier Comin, Diego Cruz, Marcio Lee, Kyung Min
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title	Technology Within and Across Firms
title_short	Technology Within and Across Firms
title_full	Technology Within and Across Firms
title_fullStr	Technology Within and Across Firms
title_full_unstemmed	Technology Within and Across Firms
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publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2020
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/783871605552592458/Technology-Within-and-Across-Firms http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34795
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