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Drivers of information and communication Technologies adoption in Colombian services firms
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2013-12Registro en:
Alderete, Maria Veronica; Gutierrez, Luis Hernando; Drivers of information and communication Technologies adoption in Colombian services firms; Inderscience Publishers; International Journal of Business Information Systems; 17; 4; 12-2013; 373-397
1746-0972
Autor
Alderete, Maria Veronica
Gutierrez, Luis Hernando
Resumen
This paper analyses the determinants of ICT adoption in Colombian
services firms using micro-level data. It contributes to the scant literature on the
determinants of ICT adoption at firm level in emerging economies. Due to ICT
heterogeneity, different econometric models are estimated to identify the
drivers of ICT adoption. The results show that the factors that positively
influence ICT adoption are the proportion of foreign capital, firm age,
employees’ education and the ICT spillovers from the corresponding service
industry. Information spillovers from the service industry adopters to
non-adopters are taken into account as determinants of ICT adoption. An
extended version of the model explores the determinants of ICT adoption
comparing large firms and SME. For some variables, such as proportion of
foreign capital, firm age and employees’ education, the results differ by firm
size.