Determinants of the adoption of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT): An empirical analysis based on firm-level data for the Swiss business sector

摘要: The paper aims at explaining empirically timing and intensity of a firm's adoption of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) using a large sample of firms. The analysis is based on the rank and the epidemic model of technology adoption. The explanatory variables include many dimensions of anticipated benefits from and costs of technology adoption, what allows to capture the impact of uncertainty and adjustment costs. The analysis yields results pertaining to the timing and the intensity of ICT adoption (inter …