Investments in ICT-capital and economic performance of small and medium scale enterprises in East Africa

dc.creatorChowdhury, Shyamal K.
dc.date2006-05
dc.date2025-01-29T12:59:23Z
dc.date2025-01-29T12:59:23Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:44:57Z
dc.descriptionIn this paper, we focused on whether investments in ICTs could cause any increases in a firm's performance. We constructed a data set for two East African countries—Kenya and Tanzania for small and medium scale enterprises and focused on three performance indicators—internal rate of return, labour productivity and domestic and export market expansion. Findings of this paper suggested that investments in ICT have a positive impact on general market expansion. However, it has a negative impact on labour productivity, and such investment does not have any significant impact on the firm's return nor does it determine the firm's exporter (non‐exporter) status. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/172125
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/113513
dc.languageen
dc.publisherWiley
dc.rightsLimited Access
dc.sourceChowdhury, Shyamal K. 2006. Investments in ICT-capital and economic performance of small and medium scale enterprises in East Africa. Journal of International Development 18(4): 533-552. https://doi.org/10.1002/jid.1250
dc.subjectinformation and communication technologies
dc.subjectenterprises
dc.titleInvestments in ICT-capital and economic performance of small and medium scale enterprises in East Africa
dc.typeJournal Article

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