The impact of ICT on innovation activities: Evidence for UK SMEs
利用2004年英国小企业年度调查数据，研究发现信息通信技术主要作为效率提升工具，但面向市场的应用（如网站开发）可能通过产品创新创造竞争优势。
There is a continuous commitment of policymakers in the UK to support innovation in small and medium-sized firms. For these policy initiatives to be successful, an understanding of the factors driving innovation activities is required. In this study, the focus is upon the role that information and communication technologies (ICT) play in the innovation performance of UK small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Using data drawn from the 2004 Annual Small Business Survey (ASBS) database, it is shown that ICT operate primarily as efficiency-enhancing technologies, although specific market-oriented applications (that is, website development) exhibit the potential to create competitive advantage through product innovation.