Institution examine this issue with a detailed analysis of productivity developments in the U.S. economy in the 1990s. Their main … message is that the although IT is the driving force behind the recent acceleration of labour productivity growth, its impact … little reason to believe productivity gains arising from IT will end in the near future. …

activities on firms' total factor productivity (TFP) and its subsequent effect on firm growth, measured by sales. Controlling for … firm size adjustments. The activities leading to higher productivity levels are organizational change, cooperation with … size and age of the firms, productivity levels and productivity growth of firms over time are found to be key drivers of …

activities on firms' total factor productivity (TFP) and its subsequent effect on firm growth, measured by sales. Controlling for … firm size adjustments. The activities leading to higher productivity levels are organizational change, cooperation with … size and age of the firms, productivity levels and productivity growth of firms over time are found to be key drivers of …

The volume of work on productivity effects of research and development (R&D) investment has expanded significantly … to meta-analyse the research findings based on OECD firm and industry data, with a view to establish where the balance of … primary studies, we report that the average effect of R&D capital on productivity and the average rate of return on R …

The ninth issue of the International Productivity Monitor published by the Centre for the Study of Living Standards … contains six articles. Topics covered are: the magnitude of the Canada-U.S. productivity gap at the industry level …; productivity puzzles facing researchers; the link between technology use, human capital, productivity and wages; the effect of …

firms with innovative experience. In an analysis based on firm-level panel data covering the period 1994-99, system GMM … estimates for an extended production function framework reveal significant productivity effects of ICT in the German service … productivity differentials between firms …

deepening and innovation for productivity. We employ a model that takes into account that innovation and ICT use may be … productivity appears to be of the same order of magnitude in the two countries. However, the direct impacts of innovation on multi …-factor productivity seems to be more robust for Germany than for the Netherlands …

A key lesson from the U.S. literature on the impact of ICT on productivity is that ICT can only be effective if … that firms that implement organizational changes and introduce ICT have a higher incidence of productivity improvement …

of firm productivity, focusing on the role played by international management standards certification. We develop and … technological capabilities, international standards are still conducive to higher productivity, through improved management … productivity premium. We further investigate the relationship between technological innovation and standard adoption. We find that …