This paper analyses the impact of business process outsourcing (BPO) on firm productivity based on a comprehensive …-level productivity. The results are robust across different estimation techniques. -- Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) ; Productivity …

This paper analyses the impact of business process outsourcing (BPO) on firm productivity based on a comprehensive …-level productivity. The results are robust across different estimation techniques …

slowdown, but did not reverse it. After 2000, we find that a recovery in Non-ICT investment was offset by a widespread collapse …While the US experienced two successive labor productivity surges in 1995 and 2000, Germany's productivity declined … dramatically during the same period. We examine the sources of Germany's productivity demise using the ifo industry growth …

) has a stronger effect on the quality of services than on the productivity of the IT-using firm. IT investment seems to be …. Moreover, dividing IT-investment by the type of IT clarifies that the kind of IT a firm uses is more important for productivity … sector. Using data from a survey of innovative activities in services we show that investment in information technology (IT …

firms’ productivity in manufacturing, it significantly increases TFP in most service sectors. Yet, the size of the effect is …We study the impact of broadband availability on firms’ total factor productivity (TFP) using German firm-level data … between 2010 and 2015. We adopt a control function approach to causally identify and separately estimate productivity for 46 …

firms’ productivity in manufacturing, it significantly increases TFP in most service sectors. Yet, the size of the effect is …We study the impact of broadband availability on firms’ total factor productivity (TFP) using German firm-level data … between 2010 and 2015. We adopt a control function approach to causally identify and separately estimate productivity for 46 …

The literature on within-firm organizational change and productivity suggests that firms can make more efficient use of … technologies and that joint adoption leads to higher productivity. Without having introduced complementary organizational … innovations, the adoption of CO2 reducing technologies is associated with lower productivity. -- Firm behavior ; technical change …