Tráfico de internet y desempeño de las empresas en sectores de alto costo: hay dos caras de la moneda

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En el contexto de la digitalización de la economía ha aumentado la importancia de los sitios web de las empresas, bien establecidos y fáciles de usar. La pandemia de COVID-19 se ha convertido en un nuevo motor para el desarrollo de las comunicacionespor internet entre fabricantes y consumidores. Este artículo explora la relación entre el tráfico de internetde los sitios web de las empresas y sus volúmenes de ventas y rentabilidad. Aplicamos el análisis de regresión de datos de panel y modelo de regresión de Prais-Winsten con ajuste de error estándar de panel, que proporciona estimaciones conservadorasy confiables. Sobre la muestra de 268 observaciones extraídas de 67 empresas rusas que operan en las industrias de gran valor de la fabricación de automóviles y el desarrollo inmobiliario durante el período 2017-2022 caracterizado porun gran impacto exógeno, demostramos que el tráfico de internet ejerce un efecto positivo en la empresa. Al mismo tiempo,este efecto positivo sobre las ventas va acompañado de un efecto negativo del tráfico de internet sobre la rentabilidad de la empresa. El efecto negativo sobre la rentabilidad es particularmente pronunciado para las empresas más jóvenes que probablemente enfrenten severas limitaciones de recursos y, por lo tanto, puede decirse que sacrifican la rentabilidad para asegurar las ventas. En esta situación, la aplicación de estrategias rentables puede ser fundamental para las empresas más jóvenes. Las empresas más jóvenes deben prestar especial atención a los contenidos de sus sitios web para asegurarse de que proporcionen suficiente información adecuada que ayude a ganar la confianza de nuevos clientes.

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Lubov Spitsina

associate professor

Andrey Kretinin

Associate Professor

Vladislav Spitsin

associate professor of Tomsk Polytechnic University and Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics

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