The answer to competition from emerging countries with low wage costs must be very different according to the affected sector. We need to draw a distinction between manufacturing industry and services that can be relocated and other sectors: consumer services, retail, construction, most business...

Although many authors now regard the "IT productivity paradox" as an issue which has been resolved at firm level (at least in the US), some puzzles still remain at industry and national economy level. In this article we have explored the relationship between IT investments and relative labour...

This paper looks at the increasingly important role played by information technologies in "non-informational" services. The introduction of these technologies is linked to the complexification of the nature of the product. First, a definition of "non-informational" services is proposed. It is...