WHEN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IS NOT ENOUGH TO IMPROVE THE COMPETITIVENESS OF A NONINFORMATION-BASED ECONOMY: EVIDENCE FROM ITALY

Paolo Neirotti and Emilio Paolucci

Chapter 16 in The UCLA Anderson Business and Information Technologies (BIT) Project:A Global Study of Business Practice, 2009, pp 501-534 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: AbstractIn this empirical work, the combination of a macroeconomic study about the GDP within a firm and an industry-level analysis highlights that IT diffusion is affected by the country industrial specialization. This chapter analyzes IT adoption in Italian enterprises and shows that IT adoption varies systematically across industries, pointing out that IT diffusion is more rapid in hi-tech manufacturing and information sectors, which are characterized by more "favorable" conditions to IT investments. In Italy, these sectors have a lower impact on GDP and employment with respect to many of the other main industrialized countries. The low specialization on these sectors had a determinant role in explaining the low productivity growth and the loss of competitiveness on the global markets that has occurred in Italy in the last few years.

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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