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Author
Gosavi Aparna (Winston-Salem State University; University of North Carolina System)
Title
Use of the Internet and its Impact on Productivity and Sales Growth in Female-Owned Firms : Evidence from India
Source
Journal of Entrepreneurship, Management and Innovation (JEMI), 2017, vol. 13, nr 2, s. 155-178, rys., tab., bibliogr. s. 175-177
Issue title
Determinants of Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Keyword
Internet, Kobieta, Produktywność
Internet, Woman, Productivity
Note
streszcz., summ.
Country
Indie
India
Abstract
Internet całkowicie przekształcił nasze życie indywidualnie na wiele sposobów, począwszy od sposobów komunikowania się poprzez sposób, w jaki towarzyszy nam przy robieniu zakupów i podróżach. Firmy nie są wyjątkiem od tej przesłanki. W artykule tym analizujemy wykorzystanie Internetu przez kobiety będące właścicielkami firm w Indiach. Wykorzystujemy zestaw danych Programu ankiety dla przedsiębiorstw Banku Światowego na rok 2014, aby zbadać wykorzystanie Internetu przez ponad 10 000 firm w kraju. Po sprawdzeniu dużej liczby charakterystyk na poziomie firmy, uzyskane wyniki empiryczne wskazują, że kobiety będące właścicielkami firm częściej korzystają z Internetu niż ich partnerzy płci męskiej. Jednak kolejna analiza empiryczna wskazuje, że bardziej intensywne wprowadzanie Internetu przez te kobiety, niekoniecznie przekłada się na lepsze wyniki. Wykorzystanie Internetu nie powoduje, że przedsiębiorstwa będące własnością kobiet mają mniej lub bardziej prawdopodobny wzrost wydajności i wzrostu sprzedaży w przeciwieństwie do ich partnerów. (abstrakt oryginalny)

The Internet has completely transformed our lives on an individual basis in many ways, ranging from the way we communicate through the way we socialize to the way we shop and travel. Businesses are no exception to this premise. This paper studies the adoption of the Internet by female-owned firms in India. It uses the World Bank's Enterprise Surveys Program data set for the year 2014 to study the adoption of the Internet by more than 10,000 firms in the country. After controlling for a large number of firm-level characteristics, empirical results obtained indicate that female-owned firms are more likely to use the Internet than their male counterparts. However, further empirical analysis shows that more intensive adoption of the Internet by these female-owned firms does not necessarily translate into better performance. Specifically, the adoption of the Internet does not make female-owned firms more or less likely to have better productivity and sales growth in contrast to that of their male counterparts. (original abstract)
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ISSN
2299-7075
Language
eng
URI / DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.7341/20171327
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