Determinants of ICT Adoption: Evidence from Firm-Level Data

Stefanie Haller and Iulia Siedschlag ()

No DYNREG29, Papers from Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI)

Abstract: We analyse factors driving ICT adoption at firm level using data from Irish manufacturing firms over the period 2001-2004. Our results indicate that the adoption of ICT has been uneven across firms, industries and space. On average, other things equal, firms with more skilled workers, firms operating in ICT-producing and ICT-using industries, and firms located in the capital city region have been relatively more successful in adopting and using ICT. We find positive technology spillovers from firms that have adopted ICT located in the same region and industry. To a certain extent, patterns of ICT adoption are different for domestic and foreign-owned firms, in particular with respect to the effects of international competitive pressure and firm size.

Keywords: Human; capital/ICT; adoption/Industrial; structure/Technology; spillovers (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L21 O31 O33 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 34 pages
Date: 2008
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-cse, nep-ict, nep-lab and nep-tid
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