دراسة تأثير البنية التحتية لتكنولوجيا المعلومات و الاتصال على إدماج المؤسسات المتوسطة و الصغيرة لتكنولوجيا المعلومات و الاتصال

Abstract EN

The purpose of this paper is to study the impact of information and communication technology (ICT) infrastructure and supporting systems such as the business environment on the use of ICT in small and medium-sized Algerian enterprises and their French counterpart.

The factors affecting adoption of information and communication technologies was discussed; then we presented a set of measurable economic indicators to compare the level of these technologies in Algeria and France, to be followed by analysing data of surveys for a sample of small and medium enterprises (SME) in both countries in order to compare the difference between the levels of ICT adoption.

Through this paper we have found that ICT infrastructure and the economic and regulatory support structure are positively related to a better usage of ICT in SMEs.

However, this effect is attributed moderately to infrastructure differences, where these differences in results are also attributed to other factors.

And as a sub-result, we concluded that the level of ICT use in the SMEs do not exceed certain levels as a result of what we refer to this type of enterprises' characteristics.