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An urban-rural divide (or not?) : small firm location and the use of digital technologies
Thomä, Jörg - 2022
Regarding the spatial impact of digitalization, the concern is often expressed that rural areas and the companies …). With the help of a cluster analysis approach, different modes of digitalization in the German small enterprise sector are … indication that small firms at least partially consciously assign themselves to one of these digitalization modes, depending on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013368639
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Assessing the "digital divide" and its regional determinants : evidence from a web-scraping analysis
Thonipara, Anita; Sternberg, Rolf G.; Proeger, Till; … - 2020
Following the 'death of distance' postulate, digitization may reduce or even eliminate the penalty of firms being located in rural areas compared with those in urban agglomerations. Despite many recent attempts to measure digitization effects across space, there remains a lack of empirical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012215113
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Breaking Invisible Barriers: Does Fast Internet Improve Access to Input Markets?
Demir, Banu; Javorcik, Beata; Panigrahi, Piyush - 2024
This paper explores how improved internet infrastructure impacts supply chains and economic activity, focusing on Türkiye. Using the expansion of fiber-optic networks and firm-to-firm transaction data, we find that better connectivity shifts input sourcing to well-connected regions and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015211321
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Breaking invisible barriers : does fast internet improve access to input markets?
Demir, Banu; Javorcik, Beata K. Smarzynska; Panigrahi, … - 2024
This paper explores how improved internet infrastructure impacts supply chains and economic activity, focusing on Türkiye. Using the expansion of fiber-optic networks and firm-to-firm transaction data, we find that better connectivity shifts input sourcing to well-connected regions and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015164646
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SME Information Sourcing for Innovation and Export Market Development: From Local or External Networks?
Hodgkinson, Ann; McPhee, Paul - School of Accounting, Economics, and Finance, … - 2002
that the majority of regional exporters were small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs). The analysis shows that these SMEs … South Wales regions. The analysis indicates that international networking by SMEs brings knowledge to the regions, which … facilitates intra-firm learning. However, it suggests that SME’s local or regional linkages are relatively underdeveloped, as a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005515424
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Assessing the digital divide and its regional determinants: evidence from a web-scraping analysis
Thonipara, Anita; Sternberg, Rolf G.; Proeger, Till; … - 2020
Following the 'death of distance' postulate, digitization may reduce or even eliminate the penalty of firms being located in rural areas compared with those in urban agglomerations. Despite many recent attempts to measure digitization effects across space, there remains a lack of empirical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012308105
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From automation to databased business models - digitalization and its links to innovation in small and medium-sized enterprises
Thomä, Jörg; Bischoff, Thore S. - 2022
innovation, the present paper examines the digitalization-innovation link in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Starting … German SMEs is conducted to derive a category system that covers the multidimensional relationship between digitalization and … firm-level innovation. Its empirical application confirms the heterogeneity of innovating SMEs with regard to digital …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013459714
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From automation to databased business models - digitalization and its links to innovation in small and medium-sized enterprises
Thomä, Jörg; Bischoff, Thore Sören - 2021
terms of digitalization. It emerges that there tend to be two ideal types of "digitalizers" among innovating SMEs. On the …Digitalization is one of the main trends affecting firm-level innovation today. In this context, a better understanding … and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Based on a systematic review of the fourth edition of the Oslo Manual and a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012643878
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Digitalization and Exports : A case of Indian Manufacturing MSMEs
Huria, Sugandha; Sharma, Kriti; Jain, Neha; Jose, Ashley - 2022
In this paper, we assess the digitalization of Indian manufacturing Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) by … period 1990-2019. Our primary objective is to answer two questions: First, what is the role of digitalization in promoting … export intensity of Indian manufacturing MSME firms? Second, whether digitalization helps in facilitating export market entry …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013290206
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From automation to databased business models : digitalization and its links to innovation in small and medium-sized enterprises
Thomä, Jörg; Bischoff, Thore Sören - 2022
innovation, the present paper examines the digitalization-innovation link in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Starting … German SMEs is conducted to derive a category system that covers the multidimensional relationship between digitalization and … firm-level innovation. Its empirical application confirms the heterogeneity of innovating SMEs with regard to digital …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013459764