07.11.2022 New Publication: Government’s support for adoption of digital technologies and firms’ innovation during the COVID-19 pandemic

A new stuy by economists from Swinburne University of Technology, Western Sydney University and CNMS on firms’ innovation during the COVID-19 pandemic is published online in Applied Economics .

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between government support, through technical assistance or subsidies, for adoption of digital technologies and the introduction of new or improved products or services by firms. By applying Probit regression to data provided in World Bank Enterprise Surveys covering the period in late 2020 to early 2021 for three lower-middle-income and high-income economies, we find that governmental support for adoption of digital technologies raised the probability of an enterprise’s innovation in those economies.

Read more at: https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2022.2140110

50 free eprints: https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/PRU27WSS8TY9QQFNISAK/full?target=10.1080/00036846.2022.2140110

To cite this study: Eslami Andargoli, A.,  Gholipour, H.F., & Farzanegan, M.R. (2022) Government’s support for adoption of digital technologies and firms’ innovation during the COVID-19 pandemic, Applied Economics, DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2022.2140110