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The Firm Adoption of Technology (FAT) Survey, 2022

Georgia, 2022
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GEO_2022_FAT_v01_M
DOI
https://doi.org/10.48529/tefa-ww09
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Xavier Cirera, Diego Comin, Marcio Cruz
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The Firm Adoption of Technology (FAT) Survey
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Mar 05, 2026
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Data file: fat_georgia_disclosure

Firm-level Adoption of Technology (FAT) Georgia survey dataset

Cases: 1800
Variables: 969

Variables

s3a
Formal Registration
s4
Multi-Establishment
s4a
No. of establishments
s7
a3b
Private foreign ownership %
a3c
Government or state ownership %
a4b
Founder - Ownership
a4e
Female Owner
a5a
Sector - group
a6
Year of beginning operations
a7a
Top Manager - Experience Same Sector
a7b
Top Manager - Female
a7c
Top Manager - Highest Education
a7d
Top Manager - Studied Abroad
b1c
Power Outages - Monthly
b2a
Own/Share Generator
b2c
Main source of energy
b2d1
Energy use - Natural Gas
b2d2
Energy use - Fuel Oil
b2d3
Energy use - LPG
b2d4
Energy use - Coal or Wood Fuels
b2d5
Energy use - Own renewable sources
b2d5a
Own renewable sources - % of total energy
b3b
No. of mobile lines
b4a
No. of Desktop or Laptops
b4b
No. of Tablets or Smartphones
b5a
Internet connection
b5b
Fastest Internet Connection
b5c
No. of internet service downs
b5d
Length of the Internet service down-hours
b5e
Length of the Internet service down-minutes
b5f
Own Website
b5g
Online Social Media
b5h
Cloud Computer Services
b7a
Production compared to other firms in country
b7b
Production compared to other firms in world
b8a1
Business Administration - Handwritten Processes
b8a2
Business Administration - Computers (standard softwares)
b8a3
Business Administration - Mobile Apps or Digital Platform
b8a4
Business Administration - Computers (specialised softwares)
b8a5
Business Administration - ERP
b8a6
Business Administration - Other
b8b
Business Administration - MOST used method
b8c
Years using b8a4, b8a5
b9a1
Production Planning - Handwritten processes
b9a2
Production Planning - Computers (standard softwares)
b9a3
Production Planning - Mobile Apps or digital platforms
b9a4
Production Planning - Specialized software
b9a5
Production Planning - ERP
b9a6
Production Planning - Other
b9b
Production Planning - MOST used method
b10a1
Suppliers - manual search
b10a2
Suppliers - management of supply chain info
b10a3
Suppliers - online social media
b10a4
Suppliers - SRM (not integrated w prod planning)
b10a5
Suppliers - SRM (integrated w prod planning)
b10a6
Suppliers - other
b10a
Supply Mgt. - MOST used method
b10c
Years using b10a4, b10a5
b11a1
Marketing - Face to Face Chat
b11a2
Marketing - Online Chat
b11a3
Marketing - Structured Surveys
b11a4
Marketing - CRM
b11a5
Marketing - Big Data Analytics
b11a6
Marketing - Other
b11b
Marketing - MOST used method
b11c
Years using b11a4, b11a5
b12a1
Fabrication - Manual
b12a2
Fabrication - Machines w/o computer
b12a3
Fabrication - Computer
b12a4
Fabrication - Robots
b12a5
Fabrication - Additive manufacturing
b12a6
Fabrication - Other Adv. Processes
b12a7
Fabrication - Other
b12b
Fabrication - MOST used method
b12c
Years using b12a3, b12a4, b12a5, b12a6
b13a
Direct sale
b13b1
Sales - Establishment Premises
b13b2
Sales - Phone, email or sales representatives
b13b3
Sales - Social media platforms/apps
b13b4
Sales - Online Sales (ext. dig. platforms)
b13b5
Sales - Online Sales (own website)
b13b6
Sales - Electronic orders
b13b7
Sales - Other
b13c
Sales - MOST used method
b13d
Years using b12b4, b13b5, b13b6
b13e
b13e2
Sales share (%) - online (own website)
b14a1
Payment - goods exchange
b14a2
Payment - cash
b14a3
Payment - Cheque, voucher, bank wire
b14a4
Payment - Cards
b14a5
Payment - Online/electronic
b14a6
Payment - Online (platforms)
b14a7
Payment - Cryptocurrency
b14a8
Payment - Other
b14b
Payment - MOST used method
b14c
Years using b14a5, b14a6
b15a1
Quality Control - Manual, Visual or Written
b15a2
Quality Control - Human Inspection
b15a3
Quality Control - Statistical Control
b15a4
Quality Control - Automated
b15a5
Quality Control - Other
b15b
Quality Control - MOST used method
b15c
Years using b15a4, b15a5
b16a
LEED certified
b16a1
Energy Efficiency - Energy star equip.
b16a2
Energy Efficiency - LED/CFL
b16a3
Energy Efficiency - VAV HVAC
b16a4
Energy Efficiency - Programmable thermostats
b16a5
Energy Efficiency - IoT enabled systems
d1a
Purchase/Lease - Equip. or Mach.
d1b
Purchase or Lease - Software License
d1c
Dev., Custom. or Modif. of Machine or Software
d2a
Most used info. source for decision making
d2d
Business Relationship - Multinational firm
d2e
CEO Experience - Large firm in same sector/multinational firm
d3a
Loan - mach., equip or licensing
d3c
No. - needed to borrow but not get it
d4a
Formal Incentives - Money, gift, or recognition
d4b
No. KPIs monitored
d6a
Did export?
d6b
Direct Exports (% of sales)
d6c
Imported inputs, machines or equipment?
d7a
Awareness - govt. support program/subsidy for tech. adoption
d7b
Benefitted from any govt. program/subsidy
d7c
Which kind of govt program/subsidy benefitted from
d9a
Envt. and Sustainable Mgt. - ISO 14001
d9e
Envt. and Sustainable Mgt. - Carbon trading, tracking, carbon offset credits
e1a
No. of permanent workers, full-time (ref_year1)
e1
Total no. workers by end of (ref_year1)
e2
Total no. workers by end of (ref_year2)
e1f
Total share of female workers (ref_year1)
e3a
No. of CEOs and Managers (ref_year1)
e3d
No. of Clerical support workers (ref_year1)
e3e
No. of Production workers (ref_year1)
e3f
No. of Service or sales workers (ref_year1)
e4a
No. of CEOs and Managers (ref_year2)
e4d
No. of Clerical support workers (ref_year2)
e4e
No. of Production workers (ref_year2)
e4f
No. of Service or sales workers (ref_year2)
e5b
% of workers - completed secondary education
e5c
% of workers - vocational training
e5d
% of workers - completed college degree or more
e3h
No. of workers dedicated to R&D activities?
e6a
Total sales (ref_year1)
e6b
Total sales (ref_year2)
e7a
Total labor cost (ref_year1)
e7b
Total material cost (ref_year1)
e7c
Total energy cost (ref_year1)
e7c1
Total natural gas cost (ref_year1)
e7c2
Total fuel oils cost (ref_year1)
e7c3
Total LPG cost (ref_year1)
e7c4
Total Coal or Wood fuels cost (ref_year1)
e7c5
Total own renewable cost (ref_year1)
e7d
Operation cost (ref_year1)
e8a
Equipment cost (ref_year1)
e8b
Building cost (ref_year1)
e8c
Power plant for renewable resources cost (ref_year1)
e9rd
Total R&D expenditure (ref_year1)
e10a
Main product - % share in total sales
e10b
Main product - average markup
b7e
Qty electricity (ref_year1)
c1_0a1
Crops: Info. sources - Radio
c1_0a2
Crops: Info. sources - TV
c1_0a3
Crops: Info. sources - Non-internet mobile
c1_0a4
Crops: Info. sources - Mobile internet tech
c1_0a5
Crops: Info. sources - Meet other producers
c1_0a6
Crops: Info. sources - Pub. or Pvt. agent visit
c1_0a7
Crops: Info. sources - Precision agriculture
c1_0b1
Crops: Info. sources - MOST relevant source
c1_0c1
Crops: N acres OWNED
c1_0c2
Crops: N acres RENTED or LEASED FROM OTHERS
c1_0c3
Crops: N acres RENTED or LEASED TO OTHERS
c1_0c4
Crops: N acres available - Total
c1_0c5
N tractors owned
c1_0c6
Rent tractor, equipment, or machines
c1_0c7
Use digital or online platform for c1_0c6
c1_0d1
Main source of seeds used
c1_0d2
Pre-treatment to seeds
c1_1a1
Land prep - own workers
c1_1a2
Land prep - outsourced (another unit - same enterprise)
c1_1a3
Land prep - outsourced (other workers or enterprise)
c1_1b1
Land prep - Manual plowing (simple tools)
c1_1b2
Land prep - Animal Aided
c1_1b3
Land prep - Manually operated machines
c1_1b4
Land prep - Digitally operated tractors or equipment
c1_1b5
Land prep - Other
c1_1c
Land prep - MOST used method
c1_1d
Years using c1_1b4
c1_2a1
Product requires irrigation
c1_2b1
Irrig.- Rain-fed, no additional irrig.
c1_2b2
Irrig. - Manual irrig.
c1_2b3
Irrig. - Surface Flood Irrig.
c1_2b4
Irrig. - Small Pump
c1_2b5
Irrig. - Drip, localized, underground, Sprinkler, centre pivot
c1_2b6
Irrig. - Automated
c1_2b7
Irrig.- Other
c1_2c
Irrig. - MOST used method
c1_2d
Years using c1_2b5, c1_2b6
c1_3a1
Weeding/pest control - in house
c1_3a2
Weeding/pest control - outsourced (another unit - same enterprise)
c1_3a3
Weeding/pest control - outsourced (another enterprise)
c1_3b1
Weeding/pest control - Manual application
c1_3b2
Weeding/pest control - Mechanical application
c1_3b3
Weeding/pest control - Biological methods
c1_3b4
Weeding/pest control - Precision agriculture
c1_3b5
Weeding/pest control - Advanced precision agriculture
c1_3b6
Weeding/pest control - Other
c1_3c
Weeding/pest control - MOST used method
c1_3d
Years using c1_3b6, c1_3b7
c1_3e
Use organic or chemicals for weeding/pest control
c1_4a1
Harvesting, training or pruning - in house
c1_4a2
Harvesting, training or pruning - outsourced (another unit - same enterprise)
c1_4a3
Harvesting, training or pruning - outsourced (another enterprise)
c1_4b1
Harvesting, training, or pruning - Manual
c1_4b2
Harvesting, training, or pruning - Animal Aided
c1_4b3
Harvesting, training, or pruning - Human-operated machines
c1_4b4
Harvesting, training, or pruning - Manually mechanised
c1_4b5
Harvesting, training, or pruning - Digitally automated
c1_4b6
Harvesting, training, or pruning - Other
c1_4c
Harvesting, training, or pruning - MOST used method
c1_4d
Years using c1_4b4, c1_4b5
c1_5a1
Storage - in house
c1_5a2
Storage - outsourced (another unit - same firm)
c1_5a3
Storage - outsourced (another firm)
c1_5b1
Storage facility - Precarious
c1_5b2
Storage facility - Protected (w/o temp. control)
c1_5b3
Storage facility - Special Storage (temp. control)
c1_5b4
Storage facility - High-end central storage
c1_5b5
Storage facility - Cont. temp. monitoring
c1_5b6
Storage facility - Other
c1_5c
Storage facility - MOST used
c1_5d
Years using c1_5b3, c1_5b4, c1_5b5
c1_6a1
Packing - in house
c1_6a2
Packing - outsourced (another unit - same firm)
c1_6a3
Packing - outsourced (another firm)
c1_6b1
Packing - Manual
c1_6b2
Packing - Human-operated mech. equip.
c1_6b3
Packing - Automated
c1_6b4
Packing - Modified atmosphere
c1_6b5
Packing - Other
c1_6c
Packing - MOST used method
c1_6d
Years using c1_6b, c1_6b4
c7_1a1
Cust. supp. - in house
c7_1a2
Cust. supp. - outsourced (another unit - same firm)
c7_1a3
Cust. supp. - outsourced (another firm)
c7_1b1
Cust. serv. - Store
c7_1b2
Cust. serv. - Phone or Help Desk
c7_1b3
Cust. serv. - Social Media
c7_1b4
Cust. serv. - Online requests
c7_1b5
Cust. serv. - Chatbots
c7_1b6
Cust. serv. - Other
c7_1c
Service procedure - MOST used method
c7_1d
Years using c7_1b3, c7_1b4, c7_1b5
c7_2a1
Pricing - in house
c7_2a2
Pricing - outsourced (another unit - same firm)
c7_2a3
Pricing - outsourced (another firm)
c7_2b1
Pricing - Manual Cost
c7_2b2
Pricing - Automated markup
c7_2b3
Pricing - Automated promotional
c7_2b4
Pricing - Dynamic pricing systems
c7_2b5
Pricing - Personalized pricing (predictive analytics)
c7_2b6
Pricing - Other
c7_2c
Pricing - MOST used method
c7_2d
Years using c7_2b4, c7_2b5
c7_2da
Regulation - price mechanism
c7_2db
Agency regulating price
c7_3a1
Merchandising - in house
c7_3a2
Merchandising - outsourced (another unit - same firm)
c7_3a3
Merchandising - outsourced (another firm)
c7_3b1
Merchandising - Manually selection
c7_3b2
Merchandising - Category mgt.
c7_3b3
Merchandising - Retail Merch. Systems or Digital Merch.
c7_3b4
Merchandising - Product trend analytics
c7_3b5
Merchandising - Other
c7_3c
Merchandising - MOST used method
c7_3d
Years using c7_3b3, c7_3b4
c7_4a1
Mgt. inventory - in house
c7_4a2
Mgt. inventory - outsourced (another unit - same firm)
c7_4a3
Mgt. inventory - outsourced (another firm)
c7_4b1
Inventory - Handwritten record keeping
c7_4b2
Inventory - Computer databases (manual updates)
c7_4b3
Inventory - WMS (specialised software)
c7_4b4
Inventory - CAO, vendor-managed, and/or radio-frequency identification
c7_4b5
Inventory - AS/RS
c7_4b6
Inventory - Other
c7_4c
Inventory - MOST used method
c7_4d
Years using c7_4b4, c7_4b5
c7_5a1
Ads - in house
c7_5a2
Ads - outsourced (another unit - same firm)
c7_5a3
Ads - outsourced (another firm)
c7_5b1
Ad channels - Paper based communication
c7_5b2
Ad channels - Radio, Billboards, TV
c7_5b3
Ad channels - Email or mobile phone
c7_5b4
Ad channels - Social Media
c7_5b5
Ad channels - Search Engine Marketing
c7_5b6
Ad channels - Big data Analytics or AI
c7_5b7
Ad channels - Other
c7_5c
Ad channels - MOST used method
Total: 969
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