Oyelaran-Oyeyinka, Banji () (United Nations University, Institute for New Technologies) Lal, Kaushalesh () (United Nations University, Institute for New Technologies)
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Drawing on firm level surveys, we examine industry-specific factors that have influenced the adoption of e-business technologies in Uganda, Nigeria, and India. A sectoral typology of e-business adoption based on three broad sets of observations emerged. First, the study suggests that sector-specific factors influenced the degree of adoption of e-business technologies. For instance, the intensity of adoption of e-business technologies in the skill-and-knowledge-intensive electrical and electronic goods sector was found to be higher than in labour-intensive sectors such as garments, auto-component manufacturing, and food and beverages. Secondly, the intensity of adoption of e-business tools was not affected by organisational factors such as profitability, size of operation, age of firm, and per capital investment at the industry level. Third, there are significant variations in the conduct and performance of firms that use lower levels of e-business tools from those categorised as the most advanced users
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Paper provided by United Nations University, Institute for New Technologies in its series Discussion Papers with number
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