) has a stronger effect on the quality of services than on the productivity of the IT-using firm. IT investment seems to be …The missing effect of investments of firms in information and communication technologies on productivity is studied by … sector. Using data from a survey of innovative activities in services we show that investment in information technology (IT …

productivity in other industries, as a result of increased IT use, has brought focus on the IT industry as a catalyst for growth … industries for the first time.The result of this analysis shows increased productivity in the IT industry starting in 1993. IT in …The rapid and continuous growth in the US in the 1990s and the simultaneous boom in the IT industry created the concept …

This paper analyses the impact of business process outsourcing (BPO) on firm productivity based on a comprehensive … the production process is undisputed. Firms increasingly buy all or at least parts of selected services they need from … external service providers. This is especially true for services which rely to a great extent on new information and …

argues that a structural measure of labour productivity, closer to a measure of technical efficiency, would take into account …Estimates produced by the OECD indicate that labour productivity levels are higher in a number of European countries … employment rate and hours of work in terms of productivity and that once these effects are taken into account, the United States …

Countries (CEECs) by elucidating the issues such as; the connection between competitiveness and industrial policy, innovation … technological development. The third step was an assessment of CEECs innovation and R&D policies, and their linkages with …

the impact of a particular regulation - license requirements for certain firm activities - on the innovation performance … led to an eight percentage points higher innovation rate within two years following the reform. We measure innovation as …

increase of GDP and an equilibrium of the balance of payment. The model of innovation and investment pulled growth illustrated … greater innovation; this latter is the factor leading to an increase of the propensity to invest by the firms and then the …. The paper clarifies the specific characteristics of the domestic goods and services, such as those of: housing, mobility …

Asian ones. Development ultimately requires, as it did across Asia, significant innovation and creativity in business …

Asian ones. Development ultimately requires, as it did across Asia, significant innovation and creativity in business … organization, technology, wider institutional structures, and government policies. -- Asia ; innovation ; lessons ; economic …