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Adoption of digital technologies: Insights from a global survey initiative

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  • James Fudurich
  • Lena Suchanek
  • Lise Pichette

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Firms are at the forefront of adopting new technology. Using survey data from a global network of central banks, we assess the effects of digitalization on firms’ pricing and employment decisions.

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  • James Fudurich & Lena Suchanek & Lise Pichette, 2021. "Adoption of digital technologies: Insights from a global survey initiative," Discussion Papers 2021-7, Bank of Canada.
    • Handle: RePEc:bca:bocadp:21-7
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    Keywords

    Firm dynamics; Inflation and prices; Labour markets;
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    JEL classification:

    • D22 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Firm Behavior: Empirical Analysis
    • E31 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Price Level; Inflation; Deflation
    • J21 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
    • 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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