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Firm growth, exporting and information communication technology (ICT) in Southern Africa

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Main Authors: Rethabile, Masenyetse, Malefu, Manamathela
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Springer 2023
Subjects:
key determinants of firm growth
information communication technology
Online Access:https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13731-023-00273-4
https://dlib.phenikaa-uni.edu.vn/handle/PNK/8464
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spelling oai:localhost:PNK-84642023-05-17T01:41:23Z Firm growth, exporting and information communication technology (ICT) in Southern Africa Rethabile, Masenyetse Malefu, Manamathela key determinants of firm growth information communication technology CC BY This paper examines the key determinants of firm growth in three Southern African countries of Eswatini, Lesotho and Namibia and assesses whether exporting activity and use of information communication technology play any role in growth of the firms. The paper uses data collected by the World Bank through enterprise surveys during the period 2014–2016. Employing the ordinary least squares, the results show that firm growth is determined by size of the firm, age, use of information communication technology, exporting activities, foreign ownership and the legal form of the firm. The result is robust even when controlling for industry and country differences. Overall, the results support industrial policy geared towards small firms through rolling out information communication technology infrastructure and promoting access to exporting markets. 2023-05-17T01:41:23Z 2023-05-17T01:41:23Z 2023 Book https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13731-023-00273-4 https://dlib.phenikaa-uni.edu.vn/handle/PNK/8464 en application/pdf Springer
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information communication technology
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information communication technology
Rethabile, Masenyetse
Malefu, Manamathela
Firm growth, exporting and information communication technology (ICT) in Southern Africa
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author Rethabile, Masenyetse
Malefu, Manamathela
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Malefu, Manamathela
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title Firm growth, exporting and information communication technology (ICT) in Southern Africa
title_short Firm growth, exporting and information communication technology (ICT) in Southern Africa
title_full Firm growth, exporting and information communication technology (ICT) in Southern Africa
title_fullStr Firm growth, exporting and information communication technology (ICT) in Southern Africa
title_full_unstemmed Firm growth, exporting and information communication technology (ICT) in Southern Africa
title_sort firm growth, exporting and information communication technology (ict) in southern africa
publisher Springer
publishDate 2023
url https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13731-023-00273-4
https://dlib.phenikaa-uni.edu.vn/handle/PNK/8464
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