SIZE AND STRUCTURE OF THE COLOMBIAN INFORMATION ECONOMY

Peter Romero Cruz, Ana María Trimmiño Villa, Juan José Valdivieso, Lina María Gómez, Yenny García Ortiz, Jaime Sierra, Jesús Perdomo, Marisela Vargas and Florentino Malaver

Chapter 8 in The UCLA Anderson Business and Information Technologies (BIT) Project:A Global Study of Business Practice, 2009, pp 239-257 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: AbstractColombia is a country of north of South America with a population near to 42,888,592 (June 2005 — according to the Census 2005) and an area of 1,141,748 sq. km. with tropical climate along coast and eastern plains; cooler in highlands.The Colombian economy in 2006 had good results, the same behavior since 2002 with a 4% annual average growth rate. On the other hand, from the demand perspective, the Colombian economy's growth in 2006 was evident in the 26.89% increase of gross formation of capital, the 7.85% exports upsurge due to higher international oil and oil derivatives' prices, and the 5.63% expansion of final consumption that led to a 9.88% internal demand increase. The sector with the greatest share was mining (31.9%). The GDP in 2006 was a 6.8% and the inflation rate was a 5.96% for 2007.The IS/ICT economy in Colombia, according to a DANE's (2003)1 study, there were 1,766,000 computers in Colombia at the time of the study; 93.4% of them were operative and 44.7% were connected to Internet. Computer use was greatest in higher education (100%), the public sector (93.4%), and the manufacturing industry (76.6%). Concerning the use of operating systems, Microsoft Windows 95/98 (65.8%) and Windows 2000 (20.4%) were the most widely used, while Windows NT (5.7%) was employed for network management.Finally, about the telecommunications services in Colombia, the main information was in 2006: 7,823,351 (July) telephones lines in use, 32,295,306 telephones — mobile cellular, and 943,628 (June) Internet users: (broadband). The Internet penetration for 2007-II Q was a 23.12%. Even though these results showed an evolution of the IS/ICT in Colombia, it is clear that Colombia still lagged behind other countries. The main problems are related with the generation, diffusion, and use of information.

Keywords: GNP Studies; IT Impact; IT Survey; Technology Driven; Business Practice; Business Continuity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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