This paper reviews the characteristics and magnitude of information technology (IT) outsourcing as well as studies its … labor productivity effects with a representative sample of Finnish businesses. Depending on the IT task in question, on …-Internet business-to-business applications (e.g., EDI) is the leading activity in this respect. The various dimensions of IT outsourcing …

findings nevertheless suggest that IT outsourcing may have significant economic consequences. -- Labor productivity …This paper reviews the characteristics and magnitude of information technology (IT) outsourcing as well as studies its … labor productivity effects with a representative sample of Finnish businesses. Depending on the IT task in question, on …

This paper reviews the characteristics and magnitude of information technology (IT) outsourcing as well as studies its … labor productivity effects with a representative sample of Finnish businesses. Depending on the IT task in question, on …-Internet business-to-business applications (e.g., EDI) is the leading activity in this respect. The various dimensions of IT outsourcing …

on productivity growth, we estimate that Finland could achieve an annual growth rate of about 2 per cent in the coming 5 …

The determinants of productivity-enhancing micro-level restructuring are examined empirically with a panel of the … twelve Finnish manufacturing industries. It is hypothesized that R&D leads to productivity diversity among plants, which in … “creative destruction” on industry productivity growth is measured with the between-component of productivity decomposition …

This paper explores the effects of outsourcing on employee well-being through the use of the Finnish linked employer …-employee data. The direct negative effect of outsourcing is attributable to greater job destruction and worker outflow. In terms of … perceived well-being, the winners in international outsourcing are those who are capable of performing interactive tasks (i …

Labor productivity effects of portability as well as wireline and wireless connectivity of information and … storage capabilities boosts labor productivity by 9% (corresponding to 5% output elasticity), portability by 32%, wireline … productivity growth in developed economies, the studied new characteristics can. – Productivity ; Computer ; ICT ; Information and …

whether wages are based on productivity. Our aim is to explain productivity besides manufacturing, also in services. For the … service sector plants, no data on capital input, working hours, or value added is available, and productivity has to be … effect of age on productivity is negative, but wages show strong positive age effects. Higher educational level leads to …