ICT,Innovation and Firm Performance: The Transition Economies Context |
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| Authors: | Shqipe Gërguri-Rashiti Veland Ramadani Hyrije Abazi-Alili Léo-Paul Dana Vanessa Ratten |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Faculty of Business and Economics, South-East European University, Ilinden 335 1200, Tetovo, Republic of Macedonia;2. College of Business Administration, American University of Middle-East, Kuwait;3. South-East European University, Republic of Macedonia;4. Open University of the Netherlands Heerlen, The Netherlands;5. LaTrobe University, Kingsbury Drive, Bundoora 3086, Melbourne, Australia |
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| Abstract: | The aim of this article is to investigate the impact of information communication technologies (ICT) and innovation activities on firm performance using the Business Environment Enterprise Performance Survey (BEEPS) firm-level data in the three rounds: 2002, 2005, and 2008. The novelty of this research is based on the idea of studying the usage of ICT and innovation activities on firm performance by using dynamic approach so that we can estimate the adjustments that arise from the impact of ICT and innovation activities. The rapid technological development and the growing use of information technology (IT) in business organizations have become the center of attention in past few years. A bulk of literature has been published on the use of IT in different industries, different types of business organizations, and in different areas of business management. On the other hand, the probability of the firm to undertake innovation activities has shown to enhance firm performance. This study implements various estimations on BEEPS observations to test whether the change in the usage of ICT and other innovation determinants have increase the probability of firms to undertake innovation activities. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. |
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| Keywords: | transition economies |
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