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| Author(s): |
Castillo, Juan Carlos
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Vonortas, Nicholas S.
Total Authors: 2
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| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | JOURNAL OF TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER; v. 49, n. 4, p. 16-pg., 2023-10-28. |
| Abstract | |
This paper explores ICT investment and different types of absorptive capacity (realized and potential) as determinants of micro-level TFP in Colombia from 2008 to 2018. Our empirical output suggests that productivity is positively affected by ICT expenditures as well as by the presence of those IT-related potential absorptive capacities that strengthen knowledge acquisition and assimilation inside the plant: online transactions (e-commerce) and the use of network communication platforms(e-communication). Realized absorptive capacities such as R&D cooperation and marketing expenditures (signaling firms' ability to exploit and transform available information) are found to only induce TFP growth if combined with appropriate IT capabilities: R&D collaboration paired with e-communication and, marketing strategies connected with e-commerce. These results remain robust to various productivity indicators, issues of reverse causality (TFP-ICT link) and even to different IT-related proxies. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 19/04300-5 - System innovation: organizational strategy, research & innovation policy governance |
| Grantee: | Nicholas Spyridon Vonortas |
| Support Opportunities: | Research Projects - SPEC Program |
| FAPESP's process: | 21/09496-5 - Innovation and catching-up in Latin American's exporting sector: an empirical examination of Brazilian, Chilean, Colombian and Mexican firms |
| Grantee: | Juan Carlos Agustin Castillo Sanchez |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral |