Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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985380 | Research Policy | 2009 | 11 Pages |
Abstract
Using data from the third UK Community Innovation Survey we model the usage of e-business across and within firms in the UK in the year 2000 as a single observation upon an integrated process of inter- and intra-firm diffusion. The intra-firm dimension is a significant extension to standard analysis. The model estimates indicate that the pattern of e-business usage reflects the heterogeneity of firms in terms of size, other innovative activity and labour force skills (generating differences in the payoffs to use) as well as market and non-market intermediated externalities. The policy implications of the findings are discussed.
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Authors
Giuliana Battisti, Alessandra Canepa, Paul Stoneman,