 INTER- AND INTRA-FIRM DIFFUSION OF WEBSITES/EBUSINESS IN TUNISIAN FIRMSAdel Ben Khalifa Journal of Academic Research in Economics, 2016, vol. 8, issue 1 (March), 38-61 Abstract: This study investigates the extent and drivers of e-business diffusion in Tunisian firms using survey data, we conducted over the period 2010-2011. Based on economic theory of technology diffusion, we estimated the rank, stock, order and epidemic effects as well as the e-business costs on the inter-and intra-firm diffusion of Website-based e-business (adoption of Website, intensity of Website use and frequency of Website updating). Descriptive analyses show that most Tunisian firms are still in the early stages of e-business. Econometric estimates find that both inter- and intra-firm diffusion are positively influenced by the information spillovers and the network effects. However, with regard to the rank effects and e-business costs, the determinants factors of inter- and intra-firm diffusion of e-business are different. Besides, the drivers of intra-firm diffusion of e-business (intensity of Website use vs. frequency of Website updating) are not the same. Keywords: Websites/e-business diffusion; Inter-firm diffusion; Intra-firm diffusion; Tunisia. (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:shc:jaresh:v:8:y:2016:i:1:p:38-61 Access Statistics for this article Journal of Academic Research in Economics is currently edited by Claudiu Chiru More articles in Journal of Academic Research in Economics from Spiru Haret University, Faculty of Accounting and Financial Management Constanta Contact information at EDIRC. |
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