Abstract

PEREZ-ESTEBANEZ, Raquel. Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Grow Stronger in Spanish Companies Despite the Financial Crisis: a Comparative Analysis from 2005 to 2009. Cuad. Contab. [online]. 2012, vol.13, n.33, pp.479-499. ISSN 0123-1472.

This paper intends to show the importance of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in companies, especially in circumstances of uncertainty and instability. For this purpose it will analyse the extent to which the incorporation of ICT in companies has changed, or whether it has changed at all, between 2005, a year of economic growth, and 2009, the year of the recession. The analysis will focus mainly on the nationwide and local level in Spain. The study uses data from the ICT Usage and e-Commerce Poll (ETICCE), conducted on a sample of 32 900 Spanish companies. Results show that companies see ICT as a key competing factor, as they have continued to implement them both basic and advanced ICT.

Keywords : Informat ion and Communication Technologies (ICT); Principal Component Analysis (PCA); 2008 Financial Crisis; Spanish companies; activity sectors; Information and communications technologies; Global-Financial Crisis, 2008-2009; financial analysis; Spain; Espanha.

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