B2B or Not to Be: Does B2B E-Commerce Increase Labour Productivity?

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URL:	http://ub-madoc.bib.uni-mannheim.de/709
URN:	urn:nbn:de:bsz:180-madoc-7099
Document Type:	Working paper
Year of publication:	2004
The title of a journal, publication series:	None
Publication language:	English
Institution:	Sonstige Einrichtungen > ZEW - Leibniz-Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung
MADOC publication series:	Veröffentlichungen des ZEW (Leibniz-Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung) > ZEW Discussion Papers
Subject:	330 Economics
Classification:	JEL: C21 D24 ,
Subject headings (SWD):	Business-to-Business-Marketing , Produktivität , Informationstechnik , Kommunikationstechnik
Abstract:	We implement an endogeneous switching-regression model for labour productivity and firms' decision to use business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce. Our approach allows B2B usage to affect any parameter of the labour productivity equation and to properly take account of strategic complementarities between the input factors and B2B usage. Empirical evidence from 1,394 German firms shows that firms using B2B e-commerce have a significantly higher output elasticity with respect to ICT-investment and produce significantly more efficiently than firms that do not use B2B. Firms' labour productivity is enhanced by using B2B.
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BASE: Bertschek, Irene ; Fryges, Helmut ; Kaiser, Ulrich

Google Scholar: Bertschek, Irene ; Fryges, Helmut ; Kaiser, Ulrich

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