Our paper contributes to the discussion about Europe’s digital sovereignty. We analyze the relationship between firm performance and the diversification of sourcing countries for imported ICT goods. The analysis is based on administrative data for 3888 German manufacturing firms that imported...

Our paper contributes to the discussion about Europe’s digital sovereignty. We analyze the relationship between firm performance and the diversification of sourcing countries for imported ICT goods. The analysis is based on administrative data for 3888 German manufacturing firms that imported...

We examine the association between ICT investment, corporate governance and firm performance. Using an international sample of 62,199 firm-year observations from 42 countries, we find that ICT investment and corporate governance mechanisms (i.e., board independence and foreign ownership) on...