. In addition, export firms with more intensive use of IT in most functional areas have a higher productivity, especially … relate the use of information technology in different functional areas of the SMEs to their productivity. This model is … be associated with substantial increases in productivity of firms following both related and unrelated diversification …

We study the relationship between ICT, total factor productivity and export at the firm level in Belgium, France and … the Netherlands. In particular, we look at whether ICT has both a direct effect on export and an indirect effect via … productivity improvements. We allow for endogeneity, unobserved heterogeneity, dynamic feedback, initial conditions and …

Using a unique German firm-level data set, we provide empirical evidence for a productivity sorting along two …