) that has been modified to include ICT investment and R&D as the two main inputs into innovation and productivity. We find … that R&D and ICT are both strongly associated with innovation and productivity, with R&D being more important for … innovation, and ICT investment being more important for productivity. For the median firm, rates of return to both investments …

productivity gains, above all in late adopter countries. Their effective implementation indeed requires on the one hand a changing … late-industrialized country like Italy, and shows that in lagging countries the weak impact of ICTs adoption is the result …

efficiency frontier, is one important component of productivity. Assessing the role of ICTs in the organisation and control of …

) that has been modified to include ICT investment and R&D as the two main inputs into innovation and productivity. We find … that R&D and ICT are both strongly associated with innovation and productivity, with R&D being more important for … innovation, and ICT investment being more important for productivity. For the median firm, rates of return to both investments …

We analyse the determinants of ICT investment and the impact of information technology on productivity and efficiency … firms on a series of intermediate variables and on productivity. Among intermediate variables we consider the demand for … skilled workers, the introduction of new products and processes and the rate of capacity utilisation. Among productivity …