The effect of information communication technology on entrepreneurship: Evidence from rural China
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Keywords
information communication technology; Internet use; entrepreneurship; rural China;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- L26 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Entrepreneurship
- O18 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis; Housing; Infrastructure
- O33 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
- R11 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CNA-2025-05-19 (China)
- NEP-ENT-2025-05-19 (Entrepreneurship)
- NEP-ICT-2025-05-19 (Information and Communication Technologies)
- NEP-SBM-2025-05-19 (Small Business Management)
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