The book reviewed here contends that production techniques - and in particular today, techniques embodying modern information technology - determine political attitudes and, hence, the structure and role of the state. The book's author, Jean-Jacques Rosa, is not successful in making a compelling...

Firms in the construction sector act as users of technologies produced outside the sector. This paper considers their role as users and explores their contribution to the 're-innovation' of an emerging information technology - virtual reality. An empirical study of virtual reality use within the...

'Vertical keiretsu', characterized by suppliers' willingness to make customized investments and their long-term relationships with manufacturers, had been recognized as an important source of strength in Japanese industries. Our model predicts that, in contrast to the recent popular argument,...

This study examines the extent and causes of inequalities in information technology (IT) ownership and use between natives and immigrants in the U.S., focusing on the role of English ability. The results indicate that, during the period 1997-2003, immigrants were significantly less likely to...

This paper uses a German employer-employee matched panel data set to investigate the effect of organizational and technological changes on gross job and worker flows. The empirical results indicate that organizational change is skill-biased because it reduces predominantly net employment growth...

This paper studies the role of technology spillovers in productivity growth of OECD countries looking at investments in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and Research & Development (R&D). We find that both forms of technologically advanced capital (ICT and R&D) influence total...

This paper develops a simple overlapping-generations model that relates career choices of highly educated workers to the rate of technological progress over time. The paper shows that, in the recent period of technological breakthroughs, if workers either acquire a sufficiently large number of...