Technology Adoption and the Investment Climate : Firm-Level Evidence for Eastern Europe and Central Asia

Correa, Paulo G.; Fernandes, Ana M.; Uregian, Chris J.

dc.creator	Correa, Paulo G.
dc.creator	Fernandes, Ana M.
dc.creator	Uregian, Chris J.
dc.date	2012-03-30T07:12:38Z
dc.date	2012-03-30T07:12:38Z
dc.date	2010-02-15
dc.date.accessioned	2023-02-18T19:41:50Z
dc.date.available	2023-02-18T19:41:50Z
dc.identifier	World Bank Economic Review
dc.identifier	1564-698X
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4517
dc.identifier.uri	http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/250002
dc.description	Survey data for 7,000 firms in 28 countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia are used to examine the correlates of technology adoption proxied by ISO certification and web use. Complementary inputs such as skilled labor, managerial capacity, research and development, finance, and good infrastructure are shown to be important correlates of technology adoption. The link between market incentives and technology adoption is more nuanced. While stronger consumer pressure is significantly associated with technology adoption, competitor pressure is not, suggesting that in developing economies where many input markets are imperfect, it is primarily firms with rents that are able to adopt new technology. Foreign-owned firms exhibit significantly better technology adoption outcomes, but privatized firms with domestic owners do not.
dc.publisher	World Bank
dc.rights	CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO
dc.rights	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo
dc.rights	World Bank
dc.subject	codes
dc.subject	computers
dc.subject	computing
dc.subject	e-mail
dc.subject	equipment
dc.subject	information
dc.subject	interfaces
dc.subject	internet
dc.subject	it
dc.subject	local area networks
dc.subject	networks
dc.subject	new technology
dc.subject	system
dc.subject	systems
dc.subject	technological change
dc.subject	technological information
dc.subject	technological knowledge
dc.subject	technologies
dc.subject	technology
dc.title	Technology Adoption and the Investment Climate : Firm-Level Evidence for Eastern Europe and Central Asia
dc.type	Journal Article
dc.type	Journal Article
dc.coverage	Europe and Central Asia
dc.coverage	Central Asia
dc.coverage	Brazil