NETWORKS VERSUS ICT USE: THE CASE OF SME FROM BAHÍA BLANCA, BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINE

Cooperative networks are main tools to improve the competitiveness of Small and Medium Size Enterprises (SME). This study contributes to extend the literature review about the factors that foster firms' cooperative conduct. Apart from that, the paper examines through a LOGIT model, the firm...

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Published in:Revista de gestão da tecnologia e sistemas de informação 2011-05, Vol.8 (2), p.291-291
Main Author: Conicet, Maria Verónica Alderete
Format: Article
Language:eng ; spa
Subjects:
Alliances
Communication
Communications technology
Competition
Computer networks
Cooperation
Cooperative processing
Econometrics
Economic activity
Economics
Game theory
Information systems
Information technology
Innovations
Internet
Literature reviews
Logit models
Management
Mathematical models
Networks
Small & medium sized enterprises-SME
Strategic management
Technological change
Technology utilization
Variables
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Summary:Cooperative networks are main tools to improve the competitiveness of Small and Medium Size Enterprises (SME). This study contributes to extend the literature review about the factors that foster firms' cooperative conduct. Apart from that, the paper examines through a LOGIT model, the firm's characteristics, especially ICT (information and communication technologies) use, and the environment's and partners' characteristics that influence the probability of building alliances with other firms from the same economic activity. In particular, we find that ICT use reduces the probability of networking. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
ISSN:1809-2640
1807-1775
1807-1775
DOI:10.4301/S1807-17752011000200002