Informacinės technologijos: prekybos tendencijos
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES: TRADE TENDENCIES

Summary/Abstract: The article discloses theoretical and practical aspects of trade in information technologies. In the paper attention is given to export of IT services and licenses; also to investments into IT development and research activity; as well as the effect of these investments to the development of foreign trade. The research is splitted into two parts. The results of the study, which was dedicated to export and import ratio study, showed that the export of IT licence is higher than import in EU, US, and Japan. The second part of the study was given to the dependence between research and development activity and the development of international trade analysis. Results showed that the investments into information technologies, research and experimental work positively affect the exporting ability of enterprises. During empirical research, the author identified that the money spent for the development of information technologies highly affect the foreign expansion of trade in United Kingdom and Germany. It is also noted that investments in information technologies result gradually blurring the boundaries between trading and manufacturing businesses and other changes. Both production and trading enterprises, in addition to their main business, are engaged in selling or producing activities. Such leads to the new forms of business practices. Investments in information technology also affect changes in the distribution channel. Under the conditions of technology usage, the flows of information, products, and money becoming more frequent between distribution channel partners.

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