Information Technology and the Dynamics of Firm and Industrial Structure: The British IT Consulting Industry as a Contemporary Specimen

Kenneth Simons

No DP2001-83, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: The Internet is often anticipated to have disruptive competitive impacts, causing upstart firms to overthrow incumbent market leaders. This paper uses the UK IT consulting industry as a test case to see whether such competitive impacts of the Internet might already be occurring. Comparable possible impacts of the introduction of personal computers are also considered.

Keywords: Competition; Econometric models (Economic development); Information technology; Technological innovations (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2001
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