A Firm-Level Analysis of ICT Adoption in an Emerging Economy: Evidence from the Colombian Manufacturing Industries

Gallego, Juan Miguel; Gutiérrez, Luis H.; Lee, Sang Hyup

doi:10.2139/ssrn.2403891

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“…References [14-17] Solar et al [18] have argued that adoption of ICT enhances the quality of learning and improves the quality of education. is is consistent with the study by Gallego et al [19] who argue that, for a successful improvement of the quality of education, a country needs implementation of ICT policies and regulations that must be effective and vigorous at all levels. Babaheidari and Svensson [20] in another study make a different conclusion that the impact of ICT on learning outcomes is not clear.…”

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confidence: 91%

ICT Adoption Impact on Students’ Academic Performance: Evidence from Saudi Universities

Basri

Alandejani

Almadani

2018

Education Research International

100

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is study investigates and explores the adoption of information communication technology by the universities and the impact it makes on the university students' academic performance. e study also examines the moderators' effect of gender, GPA, and student majors on the relationship between ICT and academic achievement. By using a quantitative research approach and a sample size of 1000 students, data were collected about the ICT adoption in universities and the relative performance of students belonging to four Saudi universities. Structure equation modelling was chosen to determine the validity of the research model. e Analysis of Moment Structures (AMOS), specially used for structural equation modelling and path analysis, was used as the research tool. e findings reveal that there exists a relationship between ICT adoption and academic performance in a conservative environment. An additional finding also stated that ICT adoption resulted in the improvement of the performance of female students more than the male. However, students' IT major was found to be making no impact on students' academic achievement. A discussion of findings, limitations, and suggestions for future research has been provided in the study. Finally, it also provides implications of the current study to the existing knowledge.

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ICT Adoption Impact on Students’ Academic Performance: Evidence from Saudi Universities

Basri

Alandejani

Almadani

2018

Education Research International

100

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“…Furthermore, Gallego et al (2014) explored the adoption and usage of ICT in manufacturing companies based on a large-scale study in Colombia. Results showed that ICT technology adoption is better facilitated in companies that are relatively large, have large human capital, engage in more innovative activities, and align their organizational structure with the given technology in order to maximize the potential.…”

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“…They concluded that the most important factors to describe e-business adoption are the industry-specific characteristics and not the country of origin, suggesting that certain industries are more inclined to utilizing e-business tools. Export and innovation-oriented companies are proven to be early ICT adopters as well as e-business adopters, based on a large scale study of Colombian manufacturing companies (Gallego et al, 2014).…”

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“…A number of authors and studies in the last few years have emphasized the importance of ICT (information and communication technologies) and e-business tools implementation in improving overall business performance (Taylor, 2015;Roztocki & Weistroffer, 2015;Gallego, Gutiérrez, & Lee, 2014;Schlichter & Danylchenko, 2013;Voola, Casimir, Carlson, & Agnihotri, 2012;Bordonaba-Juste, 2012;) as well as exports (Makanyeza & Ndlovu, 2015;Lal, 2002;Sorensen, 2006;Sheikh, Shahzad, & Ishak, 2016;Alarcon-del-Amo, Rialp, & Rialp, 2016, and others).…”

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E-business tools adoption and export performance: Empirical evidence from Croatian companies

Šimić¹,

Biloš²,

Mijoč³

2019

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Technology development has enabled companies of all kinds, industries, and sizes to acti vely parti cipate in internati onal business. Informati on and communicati ons technology (ICT), and especially e-business tools, are important for the internati onal acti viti es of companies. ICT empowers the company's potenti al to contribute signifi cantly to economic growth, as it plays a vital role in simplifying business processes and contributes to the improvement of the competi ti ve market presence of a company. The objecti ve of this research is to identi fy the level of e-business tools adopti on in Croati an exporti ng companies and investi gate its infl uence on their export performance. In the analysis of the level of e-business tools adopti on, a parti al OECD e-commerce maturity model was used, which measures several aspects of ICT readiness and intensity of web sites and e-commerce in exporti ng companies. Several disti nct aspects of e-business tools adopti on were examined, namely e-mail usage, internet usage in market research, promoti on, e-commerce, and e-payment possibiliti es. The export performance level was measured through three elements: the export/total business acti viti es rati o, the export/total revenue rati o and, additi onally, the existence of multi lingual offi cial websites. Our fi ndings provide enough evidence that e-business tools adopti on has a positi ve correlati on to export performance for Croati an exporters. However, it should be noted that three e-business tools adopti on factors positi vely correlate with export performance: namely (1) e-mail use for correspondence with partners/suppliers/buyers, (2) use of the internet as a promoti onal tool for foreign markets and (3) e-payment use. Two remaining e-business tools adopti on factors that were measured -(1) use of the internet as an informati on source on foreign markets/ (Eds.) buyers/suppliers and (2) online ordering/sales, did not record a significant correlation with export performance. These findings imply that there is still room for better implementation of e-business tools in Croatian exporting companies, particularly regarding market research and online ordering and sales that can contribute to better export performance. With regard to international market geographical orientation, we found significant differences in exporting companies oriented toward geographically and culturally distant markets (non-regional and non-EU markets) that have a statistically higher level of e-business tools implementation in comparison to those exporting dominantly to regional and EU markets. This illustrates the significance of e-business tools adoption for reaching and managing those distant markets that are important for a number of Croatian exporters.

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“…Sin embargo, son pocos los estudios que analizan el impacto de las TIC bien sea en el nivel agregado o en el nivel microeconómico. Se pueden mencionar los trabajos de Fedesarrollo (2011) y de Gallego, Gutiérrez, y Lee (2015). El primero se orientó en la estimación del impacto general de las telecomunicaciones sobre el crecimiento económico y utilizaron un panel de 18 países latinoamericanos en el periodo 1980-2010.…”

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Medición económica de las Tecnologías de la Información y las Comunicaciones en Colombia a través de la función Cobb Douglas

Montes-Vergara

Sánchez-Torres

2017

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A Firm-Level Analysis of ICT Adoption in an Emerging Economy: Evidence from the Colombian Manufacturing Industries

Cited by 14 publications

References 77 publications

ICT Adoption Impact on Students’ Academic Performance: Evidence from Saudi Universities

ICT Adoption Impact on Students’ Academic Performance: Evidence from Saudi Universities

E-business tools adoption and export performance: Empirical evidence from Croatian companies

Medición económica de las Tecnologías de la Información y las Comunicaciones en Colombia a través de la función Cobb Douglas

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