Location and Adoption of ICT Innovations in the agri-food industry
421 424 21 6 ; S ; This is an author's accepted manuscript of an article published in: "Applied Economics Letters"; Volume 21, Issue 6, 2014; copyright Taylor & Francis; available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13504851.2013.864032 [EN] This article identifies the web technologies adoption pattern of agri-food industries considering a set of characteristics which include location, economic performance and previous history of adopting innovations. Our main results highlight that, together with certain firm characteristics, rural locations act as an accelerator for the adoption of web technology, compared to the slower adoption rate in urban areas. The authors are grateful for the support received from the Universitat Politècnica de València, (PAID-06-12) Doménech I De Soria, J.; Martinez Gomez, VD.; Mas Verdú, F. (2014). Location and Adoption of ICT Innovations in the agri-food industry. Applied Economics Letters. 21(6):421-424. doi:10.1080/13504851.2013.864032