We investigate the impact of information and communication technologies (ICT) on local loan officers� autonomy in … dataset including about 300 Italian banks, we show that banks equipped with more ICT capital and resorting to credit scoring … higher ICT capital endowments and adopt credit scoring. …

at the industry level on information and communications technology (ICT) catapital stock in both manufacturing and the … services sector. In manufacturing, a growth accounting exercise confirms that the contribution to labour productivity of ICT … for cyclical output fluctuations, especially in ICT intensive industries. We have also found evidence of a recent direct …

The paper investigates R&D and ICT investment at firm level, assessing their relative importance and the extent to … include ICT investment and R&D as the two main inputs of innovation and productivity. We find that R&D and ICT are both … strongly associated with innovation and productivity, with R&D being more important for innovation and ICT for productivity. We …