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Information Technology and Australia’s Productivity Surge
Parham, Dean; Roberts, Paul; Sun, Haishun - EconWPA - 2001
productivity performance in the 1990s and the contribution to labour productivity growth was at least as strong as it was in the US …. Australia generated a productivity improvement of 1.1 per cent from information and communication technology use and other …
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Technology and work - the 21st century and its challenges
Heng, Stefan - EconWPA - 2004
In sectors using information and communications technology (ICT) as platform for innovation, the meaning of the term 'work' is undergoing fundamental change. New technologies are helping to accommodate employees' individual preferences regarding working hours and location. In this respect,...
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The evolution of retail banking services in United Kingdom: a retrospective analysis
Consoli, Davide - EconWPA - 2003
The purpose of this paper is to assess the sequence of technological changes occurred in the retail banking sector of the United Kingdom against the emergence of customer services by developing an evolutionary argument. The historical paradigm of Information Technology provides useful insights...
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Information Technology as an Engine of Broad-Based Growth in India
Singh, Nirvikar - EconWPA - 2004
In this paper, we survey some of the developments in India’s IT sector, and prospects for broad-based growth led by this sector. We examine the IT sector, discussing the role of software versus hardware, the growth pattern of the software industry and software exports, and the potential...
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Digital Divide in Estonia and How To Bridge It
Kalkun, Mari; Kalvet, Tarmo - EconWPA - 2004
Estonia is one of the most rapidly developing information societies in Central and Eastern Europe. Still, 61% of the Estonian adult population does not use the Internet. The analysis, carried out by the research company Emor and PRAXIS Center for Policy Studies, looked thoroughly at the reasons...
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NIGERIA'S RESPONSE TO THE DYNAMIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS ENVIRONMENT: A POLICY-BASED STUDY
NWAOBI, GODWIN CHUKWUDUM - EconWPA - 2003
IT SEEMS APPROPRIATE TO ASK WHAT IS SPECIAL ABOUT INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY BEFORE ONE SETS OUT TO ANSWER THE QUESTION OF HOW INVESTMENTS IN INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURESHOULD BE VALUED AND REGULATED. THIS PROJECT THEREFORE DISCUSSES THE THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL CONCEPTS UNDERLYING RECENT...
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Does ICT Investment Matter for Growth and Labor Productivity in Transition Economies?
Piatkowski, Marcin - EconWPA - 2004
Following up on a previous paper by the same author on the contribution of ICT capital to growth and labor productivity … telecommunication equipment to output growth and labor productivity between 1995 and 2000 in most countries featured in the study was … in output and labor productivity and hence accelerate the process of catching-up. The relatively large contribution of …
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The Contribution of ICT Investment to Economic Growth and Labor Productivity in Poland 1995-2000
Piatkowski, Marcin - EconWPA - 2003
productivity in a number of developed countries in the 1990’s. There are however no studies, which would estimate the contribution … of ICT to growth and productivity in post-communist, transition economies. Data availability, consistency, and … framework, at estimating the contribution of investment in ICT to output growth and labor productivity in Poland, the largest …
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Information Technology and India’s Economic Development
Singh, Nirvikar - EconWPA - 2004
This paper discusses the possibilities for broad-based IT-led economic growth in India, including increasing value-added, using better telecom links to capture more benefits domestically through offshore development for developed country firms, greater spillovers to the local economy, broadening...
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Book Review--Seeking the Calm in the Storm – Managing Chaos in Your Business Life
Kumar, Deepak; Somayaji, Dr. G S R - EconWPA - 2005
The book is all about how effectively the organizations and the people can keep responding to the fast paced change environment especially when Information Technology is fast changing and achieve the goals. It talks about different issues like IT has revolutionized the business as it can be done...
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