Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/273135 
Authors: 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper Series in Economics No. 410
Publisher: 
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Lüneburg
Abstract: 
This paper uses firm level data from the Flash Eurobarometer 421 survey conducted in June 2015 in 34 European countries to investigate the link between having a website and international firm activities in small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). We find that firms which are present in the web do more often export, import, engage in research and development cooperation with international partners, work as subcontractors for firms from other countries, use firms in other countries as subcontractors, and perform foreign direct investments - both inside and outside the European Union. The estimated website premia are statistically highly significant after controlling for firm size, country, and sector of economic activity. Furthermore, the size of these premia can be considered to be large. Internationally active firms tend to have a website.
Subjects: 
Website premia
international firm activities
Flash Eurobarometer 421
JEL: 
D22
F14
F23
L25
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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