ICT Investments and Growth of Small and Medium Firms: A Study of Food Processing Industry in India
Published By: FGKS on eSS | Published Date: August, 26 , 2016The objective
of the present study is to examine the effect of ICT investments on the sales growth of SMEs
from the food processing industry in India. Secondary data is collected from the Prowess
database provided by Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) for the period of five years
from 2010 to 2014. Panel data regression technique is used for the analysis. The result shows that
ICT investments in the previous year has a favorable effect on the sales growth of SMEs. Other
variables like size of the firm and age of the firm are also statistically important in explaining
sales growth of SMEs in the food processing industry. [FGKS Research Papers].
Author(s): Navyashree G. R., Savita Bhat | Posted on: Sep 08, 2016 | Views() | Download (515)