00000nam 2200000zi 4500 9.903085 CaOODSP 20221107180139 m o d f cr cn||||||||| 210903t20212021oncd ob f000 0 eng d CaOODSP eng rda CaOODSP eng eng fre FB3-6/2021-7E-PDF Fudurich, James, author. Adoption of digital technologies : insights from a global survey initiative / by James Fudurich, Lena Suchanek and Lise Pichette. Insights from a global survey initiative Ottawa, Ontario, Canada : Bank of Canada = Banque du Canada, 2021. ©2021 1 online resource (iii, 44 pages) : graphs. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Staff discussion paper = Document d'analyse du personnel, 1914-0568 ; 2021-7 Cover title. "April 12, 2021." Includes bibliographical references (pages 23-24). "The Bank of Canada, together with a global network of central banks, recently surveyed more than 6,000 firms from around the world. Using the survey data, this paper assesses the effects of digitalization on firms' pricing and employment decisions. Specifically, we examine firms' expectations about how their adoption of digital technologies - such as e-commerce, cloud computing, big data, 3-D printing, the Internet of Things, robotics and artificial intelligence - will affect their prices and hiring plans. Digital technologies influence firms' operations in several ways that can often offset each other. This makes it difficult to pin down the overall impact on prices. Survey results for Canada suggest that some firms expect some downward pressure on prices from (1) efficiency gains, for example from automation, made possible by digital technology and (2) increased online competition and cost compression in the supply chain"--Abstract, page ii. Includes abstracts in English and French. Technology assessment Public opinion. Industrial management Public opinion. Inflation (Finance) Public opinion. Labor market Public opinion. Public opinion. Technologie Évaluation Opinion publique. Gestion d'entreprise Opinion publique. Inflation Opinion publique. Marché du travail Opinion publique. Opinion publique. Bank of Canada, issuing body. Staff discussion paper (Bank of Canada) 1914-0568 ; 2021-7. (CaOODSP)9.806273 PDF 989 KB https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2021/banque-bank-canada/FB3-6-2021-7-eng.pdf