Since several decades, information and communication technologies (ICT) as well as new organizational designs change … relationship between these developments and examines, whether ICT is associated with centralization or decentralization tendencies …. The results suggest a positive impact of ICT on the degree of delegation. Furthermore, the diffusion of ICT use within the …

We analyze the effect of ICT and R&D on total factor productivity (TFP) growth across different industries in Sweden. R … significant short-run association between ICT and TFP, we find a positive association with a lag of seven to eight years. Thus …, spillovers from R&D affect TFP much faster than spillovers from ICT-investments. We also divide ICT capital into hardware and …

energy and less labour. Patent applications in energy- and labour-saving technology fields are used to model the direction of … proxies for the level of technology. Upon finding that they were indeed energy and labour saving over our sample period, we …

This paper analyzes the relationship between information and communication technology (ICT) and energy demand. We …. Using up to 2889 country-industry observations, we find that: (1) ICT capital is associated with a significant reduction in … energy demand. (2) This relationship differs with regard to different types of energy. ICT use is not significantly …

information and communication (ICT) technologies largely influenced the economy and society of the 21st century. In the last … couple of years, a new motive of ICT-based inequalities seemed to appear that could have been connected to the usage of … technology tools, which provide geoinformation - namely information made up with spatial, geographical substance - to users in a …

of the introduction of information and communication technology (ICT) on actual labor demand as well as on employment … authority and ICT-enabled organizational changes). This paper analyzes the impact of organizational change as well as the impact … all skill groups except for unskilled labor. New ICT and the share of training expenditures are primary forces behind OC …

The study examines the effectiveness of financial development, financial access, and ICT diffusion in reducing the …, ICT usage, and ICT access, ICT skills is remarkable in reducing both the severity and intensity of poverty. The results … further unveil that, though ICT skills reduce the intensity and severity of poverty in SSA, the effect is more pronounced in …

This paper explores the effects of industrial robots and information and communication technology (ICT) on regional …

has led to the emergence of new sector, and from the perspective of general purpose technology (GPT) properties where ICT …The aim of the paper is to answer the overriding question what is the role of ICT in implementation of smart … specialization (SS) in EU regions (NUTS2 level)? This role can be dual and ICT is considered in this study both as an invention which …