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Record Nr.

UNINA9910645986503321

Autore

Rückert Désirée

Titolo

EIB Working Paper 2020/07 - The growing digital divide in Europe and the United States / Désirée Rückert, Christoph Weiss, European Investment Bank, Reinhilde Veugelers . Volume 2020/7

Pubbl/distr/stampa

European Investment Bank, 2020

Luxembourg : , : European Investment Bank, , 2020

ISBN

9789286146831

9286146833

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1 p.)

Collana

EIB Working Papers

Soggetti

Business & Economics / Finance

Economics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

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.