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On the Direct and Indirect Effects of ICT on SMEs Export Performance: Evidence from Colombian Manufacturing

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  • Andres Mauricio Gomez-Sanchez

    ((Department of Economics))

  • Juan A. Máñez Castillejo

    (Universidad de Valencia and ERICES, Facultad de Economía)

  • Juan Alberto Sanchis-Llopis

    (Universidad de Valencia and ERICES, Facultad de Economía)

Abstract

The objective of this research is to investigate the effect of ICT on the performance of Colombian manufacturing SMEs in export markets. In doing so, we explore the direct effect of ICT on exports and propose a new indirect effect that operates through imports: purchasing foreign intermediates incentivise ICT use, and ICT experience on imports exerts a positive impact on exports. To perform our empirical analysis, we estimate a dynamic generalised linear model (GLM) that accounts for the fact that export intensity is a proportion and corrects for sample selection. The dataset we use is the result of merging three databases: the Annual Manufacturing Survey (EAM); the Innovation and Technological Development Survey (EDIT), and the Annual ICT Manufacturing Survey (EAM-TIC), published by the National Administrative Department of Statistics (DANE) in six waves since 2013 to 2018. Our main results uncover that the impacts of different ICT components on export intensity are always positive (direct effect). Further, there is also evidence that previous experience in ICT use on import activity affects the firm’s current export performance (indirect effect). Other results show persistence in export performance or self-selection to continue exporting, among others.

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  • Andres Mauricio Gomez-Sanchez & Juan A. Máñez Castillejo & Juan Alberto Sanchis-Llopis, 2024. "On the Direct and Indirect Effects of ICT on SMEs Export Performance: Evidence from Colombian Manufacturing," Journal of the Knowledge Economy, Springer;Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology (PICMET), vol. 15(2), pages 6178-6200, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:jknowl:v:15:y:2024:i:2:d:10.1007_s13132-023-01378-7
    DOI: 10.1007/s13132-023-01378-7
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    Keywords

    ICT; Exports; Imports; Sunk costs; Trade; Emerging economies; Empirical Analysis;
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    JEL classification:

    • L16 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Industrial Organization and Macroeconomics; Macroeconomic Industrial Structure
    • L96 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities - - - Telecommunications
    • F14 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Empirical Studies of Trade
    • O33 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
    • C23 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Models with Panel Data; Spatio-temporal Models
    • D22 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Firm Behavior: Empirical Analysis
    • D24 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Production; Cost; Capital; Capital, Total Factor, and Multifactor Productivity; Capacity

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