Demand-side broadband policy in the context of digital transformation: an examination of SME digital advisory policies in Wales

Henderson, Dylan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1466-1315 2020. Demand-side broadband policy in the context of digital transformation: an examination of SME digital advisory policies in Wales. Telecommunications Policy 44 (9) 10.1016/j.telpol.2020.102024

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Abstract

Increasing attention has been paid to the potential for demand-side policies to stimulate use of broadband networks. Such policies form part of the increasing digitalisation of the economy and wider society. This is an area where governments are also facing challenges in their efforts to maximise the efficiency and effectiveness of their policies. The paper sheds light on the impact that the transition towards digital has had on demand-side policies supporting the adoption of broadband and digital technologies by SMEs, and draws out the implications for policy, using a case study of Wales in the UK over a ten-year period. It shows that digitalisation has seen policy mechanisms and messages evolving as policy makers have created a more integrated and multi-channel approach to the delivery of advisory support to SMEs, but that the emergence of multiple types of actors (large digital platform businesses) and ongoing digitalisation are adding complexity to policies and their interaction with other forms of public and private business support.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Business (Including Economics)
Subjects:	G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > G Geography (General) H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory T Technology > T Technology (General)
Publisher:	Elsevier
ISSN:	0308-5961
Funders:	European Regional Development Fund, Welsh Government
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	23 July 2020
Date of Acceptance:	20 July 2020
Last Modified:	05 Dec 2024 05:30
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/133685

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