Firm-Level Technology Adoption in the State of Ceara in Brazil
This paper uses a novel approach to measure technology adoption at the firm level and applies it to a representative sample of firms in the state of Ceará in Brazil. The paper develops a new measure of technology adoption at the firm level, which i...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2021
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/597971615218406605/Firm-Level-Technology-Adoption-in-the-State-of-Ceara-in-Brazil http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35247 |
| Summary: | This paper uses a novel approach to
measure technology adoption at the firm level and applies it
to a representative sample of firms in the state of Ceará in
Brazil. The paper develops a new measure of technology
adoption at the firm level, which identifies the purpose for
which technologies are used and the intensive and extensive
uses. The survey allows for establishing several new
stylized facts for Ceará. First, most firms still rely on
pre-digital technologies to perform general business
functions, such as business administration, marketing, sales
and payments, or quality control. Second, these technology
gaps are larger in smaller firms, in the manufacturing
sector, with large gaps when it comes to Industry 3.0 and
digitalization, and especially large in Industry 4.0
technologies. The paper also presents some evidence that the
main challenge to accelerate technology adoption is lack of
firm capabilities. Despite the availability of technology
extension services in the state, firms are still unaware of
the availability of support and unwilling to upgrade technologies. |
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