Policy Briefs
Which Firms Are More Digitized in Egypt and Jordan?
No.
PB 111
Publisher
ERF
Date
June, 2023
In a nutshell
- Using a new dataset collected by the Economic Research Forum, this policy brief examines the characteristics of the firms who adopt digital technologies by focusing on Egypt and Jordan.
- The main findings show that firms having an owner whose education level is university and above and who is a woman are more likely to be digitized, especially in Egypt. Moreover, firms that spend on R& D and operating in the services sector adopt and use different digital platforms.
- Small and medium firms are generally facing several impediments and are not as digitized as large ones. Numerous bottlenecks hinder digitalization in these countries namely the legal and human infrastructure as well as the general quality of institutions including service restrictions.
Research Fellows
Chahir Zaki
Chaired Professor of Economics, University of Orléans