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Inter- And Intra-Firm Diffusion Of Websites/Ebusiness In Tunisian Firms

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  • ADEL BEN KHALIFA

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This study investigates the extent and drivers of e-business diffusion in Tunisian firms using survey data, we conducted over the period 2010-2011. Based on economic theory of technology diffusion, we estimated the rank, stock, order and epidemic effects as well as the e-business costs on the inter-and intra-firm diffusion of Website-based e-business (adoption of Website, intensity of Website use and frequency of Website updating). Descriptive analyses show that most Tunisian firms are still in the early stages of e-business. Econometric estimates find that both inter- and intra-firm diffusion are positively influenced by the information spillovers and the network effects. However, with regard to the rank effects and e-business costs, the determinants factors of inter- and intra-firm diffusion of e-business are different. Besides, the drivers of intra-firm diffusion of e-business (intensity of Website use vs. frequency of Website updating) are not the same.

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  • Adel Ben Khalifa, 2016. "Inter- And Intra-Firm Diffusion Of Websites/Ebusiness In Tunisian Firms," Journal of Academic Research in Economics, Spiru Haret University, Faculty of Accounting and Financial Management Constanta, vol. 8(1 (March)), pages 38-61.
    • Handle: RePEc:shc:jaresh:v:8:y:2016:i:1:p:38-61
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    1. Adel Ben Khalifa, 2022. "Inter- and Intra-firm Diffusion of Technology: the Example of Software, Hardware, and Network Communications Empirical Evidence for Tunisian Manufacturing Firms," Journal of the Knowledge Economy, Springer;Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology (PICMET), vol. 13(1), pages 236-263, March.

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    Keywords

    Websites/e-business diffusion; Inter-firm diffusion; Intra-firm diffusion; Tunisia.;
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    JEL classification:

    • L21 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Business Objectives of the Firm
    • O31 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives
    • O33 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes

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