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oapen-20.500.12657-434342023-02-01T09:33:57Z EIB Working Paper 2020/07 - The growing digital divide in Europe and the United States (Volume 2020/7) Rückert, Désirée Weiss, Christoph Veugelers, Reinhilde European Investment Bank Business & Economics Finance General bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KF Finance & accounting::KFF Finance Using the EIBIS Digital and Skills Survey on digitalisation activities of firms in the EU and the US, this study confirms the trend toward a growing digital divide in the corporate landscape with, on one side, many firms that are not digitally active, and on the other side, a substantial number of digitally active firms forging ahead. Old small firms, with less than 50 employees and more than 10 years old, are significantly more likely to be persistently digitally non-active. We show that these persistently non-digital firms are less likely to be innovative, increase employment or command higher mark-ups. These trends are likely to exacerbate the digital divide across firms in the EU and the US. 2020-12-15T13:29:07Z 2020-12-15T13:29:07Z 2020 book 9789286146831 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/43434 eng application/pdf n/a external_content.pdf European Investment Bank European Investment Bank https://doi.org/10.2867/222528 https://doi.org/10.2867/222528 66479d04-7b84-49c0-9a4d-db552a3ecc71 b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9789286146831 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) European Investment Bank Knowledge Unlatched open access
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Using the EIBIS Digital and Skills Survey on digitalisation activities of firms in the EU and the US, this study confirms the trend toward a growing digital divide in the corporate landscape with, on one side, many firms that are not digitally active, and on the other side, a substantial number of digitally active firms forging ahead. Old small firms, with less than 50 employees and more than 10 years old, are significantly more likely to be persistently digitally non-active. We show that these persistently non-digital firms are less likely to be innovative, increase employment or command higher mark-ups. These trends are likely to exacerbate the digital divide across firms in the EU and the US.
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