E-commerce and efficiency at the firm level

Cipriano Quirós Romero and Diego Rodriguez ()

International Journal of Production Economics, 2010, vol. 126, issue 2, 299-305

Abstract: This paper addresses the effect of Internet use on efficiency heterogeneity among firms. It uses a rich dataset for Spanish manufacturing firms in the period 2000-2005. The empirical framework is based on the simultaneous specification of stochastic frontier and inefficiency effects. The results suggest that, after controlling for additional sources of heterogeneity, e-buying process has a positive influence on firm efficiency. However, it becomes non-significant in the case of e-selling. These results are compared with those obtained in previous empirical papers.

Keywords: E-commerce; Efficiency; Stochastic; frontier (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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