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Does broadband deployment push firms’ digital transformation? An evaluation of a large scale french policy to deploy ultra fast broadband
[Le déploiement du très haut débit a-t-il favorisé la numérisation des entreprises ? Une évaluation du plan France Très Haut Débit]

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  • Chloé Duvivier

    (Territoires - Territoires - AgroParisTech - VAS - VetAgro Sup - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur et de recherche en alimentation, santé animale, sciences agronomiques et de l'environnement - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement - UCA - Université Clermont Auvergne)

  • Laurent Bergé
  • Florian Léon

    (FERDI - Fondation pour les Etudes et Recherches sur le Développement International, CERDI - Centre d'Études et de Recherches sur le Développement International - IRD - Institut de Recherche pour le Développement - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - UCA - Université Clermont Auvergne)

Abstract

Can the deployment of ultra fast broadband (UFB) drive firms' adoption of digital tools? We tackle this question by studying the impact of the French policy « France Très Haut Débit », which led to the progressive deployment of UFB in non-dense areas (representing 43% of the French population). Thanks to large scale annual company surveys, we can track a broad range of digital uses. We find that access to UFB increases firms' adoption of both basic and advanced digital tools. This effect is heterogeneous: it varies according to firm characteristics, local conditions and the type of UFB deployment. In particular, small companies benefit the most from UFB access. Further, the link between UFB and digitalization is not statistically significant in rural areas.

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  • Chloé Duvivier & Laurent Bergé & Florian Léon, 2024. "Does broadband deployment push firms’ digital transformation? An evaluation of a large scale french policy to deploy ultra fast broadband [Le déploiement du très haut débit a-t-il favorisé la numér," Post-Print hal-04916488, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-04916488
    DOI: 10.3917/reco.752.0301
    Note: View the original document on HAL open archive server: https://hal.science/hal-04916488v1
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    Keywords

    Internet à haut débit; fibre optique; numérisation; entreprises; rural broadband; optical fiber; digitalization; firms; rural Classification JEL : D22; O18; O33; Internet à haut débit fibre optique numérisation entreprises rural broadband optical fiber digitalization firms rural Classification JEL : D22 O18 O33; Internet fibre optique numérisation entreprises rural Classification JEL : D22 O18 O33; Internet;
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    JEL classification:

    • D22 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Firm Behavior: Empirical Analysis
    • O18 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis; Housing; Infrastructure
    • O33 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
    • D22 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Firm Behavior: Empirical Analysis
    • O18 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis; Housing; Infrastructure
    • O33 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
    • D22 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Firm Behavior: Empirical Analysis
    • O18 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis; Housing; Infrastructure
    • 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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