The Effect of Information Communication Technologies on Firm's Innovation Performance in Sub-Saharan African Countries ^*

Abstract

The main purpose of this study is to see the effects of Information Communication Technology (ICT) on a firm's innovation performance in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The objective of this study is twofold: First, it aims to analyze the impact of ICT applications on firms' innovative behavior and whether firms using ICT applications more intensively are also more innovative. Second, and more essentially, it assesses empirically the impact of ICT applications on firms' innovative performance in sub-Saharan African countries by using instrumental variable probit model. Therefore, we used data from the 2013 enterprise survey (Business Environment and Enterprise Performance Survey (BEEPS)). According to our results, the most important ICT tools are emails and using the internet for online sales. Firms who have IT Teams are not creating any difference; however, if a firm purchase or develop in-house any software then they are more likely to produce innovation than the other firms.

Citation

Omar Bouh, S. and Ünlü, H. (2022), "The Effect of Information Communication Technologies on Firm's Innovation Performance in Sub-Saharan African Countries ^* ", Ratten, V. (Ed.) Strategic Entrepreneurial Ecosystems and Business Model Innovation, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 125-153. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80382-137-520221009