human capital and productivity improvements. While educational attainment is very high, the education system needs to be …

productivity in services, but only ICT affects productivity in manufacturing. The absence of investment in ICT is associated with …Several studies have highlighted information and communications technology (ICT) as a driver of firm productivity in …, is scarce. This paper analyzes the determinants of investment in ICT at the firm level and how investments in ICT …

This paper examines the relationship between investment in innovation and productivity across firms in Ireland. We … relationships between investment in innovation, innovation outputs and productivity. Our results indicate that innovation is … positively linked to productivity. This result holds for all types of innovation and for both R&D and non-R&D expenditures. The …