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Over the coming century, computer technology is likely to become capable of reproducing a large portion of the tasks performed by human labor. This paper develops a model of the aggregate economic growth that results when work tasks are transferred from humans to physical capital. The model...
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small or negative growth effects found in early studies of the effects of IT on productivity growth, as well as the positive …
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small or negative growth effects found in early studies of the effects of IT on productivity growth, as well as the positive …
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The paper analyzes the contemporary organizational restructuring of production and work within firms. We emphasize the shift from a "Tayloristic" organization of work (characterized by significant specialization by tasks) to a "holistic" organization (featuring job rotation, integration of tasks...
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The productivity-enhancing effects of digitalisation have generated increased interest in the promotion of digital … technologies. This report provides different estimations for euro area countries of the impact of digital uptake on productivity at … firm level, showing that the adoption of digital technologies could lead to an increase in firms' productivity in the …
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Recent pre-crisis growth accounting exercises attribute strong productivity growth toincreased investments in …-EU productivity gapare confirmed for Germany, particularly showing no substantially economy-wide effectsfrom ICT for German sectors …
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accessibility is steadily growing. This study explores the impact of e-commerce on company productivity by considering both formal … significantly increase productivity, particularly in firms within the informal sector. However, this finding highlights the … companies, increasing productivity, and protecting jobs. …
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We study the impact of techies--engineers and other technically trained workers--on firm-level productivity. We first … structural econometric methods, we estimate the causal effect of techies on firm-level Hicks-neutral productivity in both … manufacturing and non-manufacturing industries. We find that techies raise firm-level productivity, and this effect goes beyond the …
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. Our findings suggest that the productivity gains from investments in the three innovative activities are related to firm … size. -- Organizational change ; ICT investment ; skills ; human capital ; productivity ; complementarity ; SMEs …
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New enabling technologies are shaping the transformation of production activities. This process of change is characterised by growing digitization, inter-connectivity and automation. The diffusion of new technologies is, however, very uneven, and firms display different adoption behaviours. By...
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