Regional ICT access and entrepreneurship: Evidence from China

Feng Zhang; Dahui Li

doi:10.1016/j.im.2017.05.005

Regional ICT access and entrepreneurship: Evidence from China

Feng Zhang, Dahui Li

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Abstract

Entrepreneurship has become increasingly important for innovations and economic development. However, there is limited information systems research examining the role of regional ICT for entrepreneurs. This study investigates the direct effect of regional ICT access on individuals’ entrepreneurial performance and the interaction effect between regional ICT access and guanxi in the context of Chinese business and economy. Drawing upon a matched large-scale dataset, we found that regional ICT access in terms of access to the Internet, fixed phone, and mobile phone had a significant impact on performance. Furthermore, regional ICT access had a positive interaction effect with guanxi.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	188-198
Number of pages	11
Journal	Information and Management
Volume	55
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.im.2017.05.005
State	Published - Mar 2018

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This work was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (71672125and 91646117).

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© 2017 Elsevier B.V.

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Entrepreneurship
Guanxi
Regional ICT access

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