Inter- and Intra-Firm Diffusion of Technology: The Example of E-commerce. An Analysis based on Swiss Firm-level Data

Heinz Hollenstein () and Martin Woerter

No 07-157, KOF Working papers from KOF Swiss Economic Institute, ETH Zurich

Abstract: The paper aims at a joint analysis of inter-firm and intra-firm diffusion of technology, taking as an example E-selling and E-purchasing. The analysis is based on an encompassing model of diffusion, drawn from the literature, which is extended by considering technology-specific obstacles and benefits of adoption. As hypothesised, we find, firstly, that the determinants of inter-firm and intrafirm diffusion differ in case of both types of E-commerce; secondly, that the drivers of the diffusion of E-selling and E-purchasing are not the same, and, finally, that uncertainties and adjustment costs, mostly neglected in previous work, are important factors in explaining technology diffusion.

Keywords: Technology diffusion; Inter-firm and Intra-firm diffusion; E-commerce; E-selling; E-purchasing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 30 pages
Date: 2007-03
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