Cloud computing and firm growth
"The arrival of the cloud has enabled a shift in the nature of ICT use, from investment in sunk capital to a pay-on-demand service that allows firms to rapidly scale up. This paper uses new firm-level data to examine the impact of cloud on firm growth in the UK, using zipcode-level instruments...
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| Institution: | ETUI-European Trade Union Institute |
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Nottingham
2019
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| Online Access: | https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19308132124911263149-Cloud-computing-and-firm-growt.htm |
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| author | Destefano, Timothy Kneller, Richard Timmis, Jonathan |
| author_facet | Destefano, Timothy Kneller, Richard Timmis, Jonathan |
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| description | "The arrival of the cloud has enabled a shift in the nature of ICT use, from investment in sunk capital to a pay-on-demand service that allows firms to rapidly scale up. This paper uses new firm-level data to examine the impact of cloud on firm growth in the UK, using zipcode-level instruments of the timing of high-speed fibre availability and expected speeds. We find cloud leads to the growth of young firms in terms of employment and productivity, but they become more concentrated in fewer plants. For older firms we find no scale or productivity growth, but instead disperse activity by closing plants and moving employment further from the headquarters. In addition, the plants that close tend to be those without access to fibre broadband." |
| format | TEXT |
| geographic | United Kingdom |
| id | 19308132124911263149_f3afdc21dd6e4e4893e0593a0fbecf20 |
| institution | ETUI-European Trade Union Institute |
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| is_hierarchy_title | Cloud computing and firm growth |
| language | English |
| physical | 44 p. Digital |
| publishDate | 2019 |
| publisher | Nottingham University of Nottingham |
| spellingShingle | Destefano, Timothy Kneller, Richard Timmis, Jonathan information technology Internet technological change employment productivity economic growth Cloud computing and firm growth |
| thumbnail | https://www.labourline.org/Image_prev.jpg?Archive=138453595663 |
| title | Cloud computing and firm growth |
| topic | information technology Internet technological change employment productivity economic growth |
| url | https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19308132124911263149-Cloud-computing-and-firm-growt.htm |