Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/306756 
Year of Publication: 
2024
Series/Report no.: 
LEM Working Paper Series No. 2024/25
Publisher: 
Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Laboratory of Economics and Management (LEM), Pisa
Abstract: 
Recent empirical evidence finds positive associations between digitalisation and industry concentration. However, ICT may not be all alike. We investigate the effect of the purchase of cloud services on the long run size growth rate of French firms. Our findings suggest that cloud services positively impact firm growth rates, with smaller firms experiencing more significant benefits compared to larger firms. This evidence suggests that the diffusion of cloud technologies may help mitigate concentration in the era of the digital transition by favouring the digitalisation and growth of smaller firms, especially when the cloud services provided are more advanced.
Subjects: 
cloud
ICT
concentration
firm growth rate
firm performance
JEL: 
L20
L25
O33
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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