Use of the internet and productivity of microbusinesses: evidence from the Peruvian case

The Internet is a tool that facilitates better and broader access to information, as well as a more efficient form of communication both inside and outside a business. According to the theory of ICT for development (ICT4D), the use of ICT helps business owners make better decisions (reducing transac...

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Veröffentlicht in:Information technologies and international development 2012-12, Vol.8 (4), p.113
1. Verfasser: Huaroto, Cesar
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Zusammenfassung:The Internet is a tool that facilitates better and broader access to information, as well as a more efficient form of communication both inside and outside a business. According to the theory of ICT for development (ICT4D), the use of ICT helps business owners make better decisions (reducing transaction costs and the uncertainty associated with decision-making processes), which would, in turn, increase the business' productivity. In the case of Peru (and also for the Latin American case, in general), this effect would be especially relevant, since microbusinesses constitute not only the largest business group (98% of the total companies in the country), but also the group with the lowest productivity rates. Based on a nationwide representative sample for the years 2007-2010, we used a first differences model which determined that a one-point increase in the adoption index (0-100 scale) results in a productivity increase of approximately 1.5% of the sample's average productivity. Internet es una herramienta que permite un mejor y mayor acceso a la informacion, ademas de una forma de comunicacion mas eficiente tanto dentro como fuera de una empresa. De acuerdo con la teoria de las TIC para el desarrollo (ICT4D), el uso de dichas tecnologias permite que el empresario tome mejores decisiones (al reducir los costos de transaccion y la incertidumbre en la toma de decisiones), lo que le permitiria incrementar la productividad de su empresa. En el caso peruano (y en Latinoamerica, en general), este efecto tendria una mayor relevancia, dado que son las microempresas el grupo de sociedades comerciales mas numeroso (98% del total de empresas del pais) y, al mismo tiempo, el de menor productividad. A partir de una muestra representativa a nivel nacional para los anos 20072010, se estima un modelo de primeras diferencias y se obtiene como resultado que un incremento de una unidad en el indice de adopcion (de escala 0-100) tiene como resultado un incremento de la productividad similar al 1,5% de la productividad promedio de la muestra.
ISSN:1544-7529