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Part of the book series: ZEW Economic Studies (ZEW, volume 33)
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Information and communication technologies (ICTs) create potentials for considerable productivity gains and for higher economic growth. However, ICTs also pose varied challenges to firms in order to benefit from these potentials. Highlighting the importance of innovations, firm-sponsored training, and recruitment of high-skilled workers, this monograph analyses why and to what extent firms differ in their capabilities to make ICT work productively. The work also comprises a detailed discussion of economic theory concerning ICT use and complementary firm strategies. In addition it provides a comprehensive treatment of various methodological issues concerning the measurement of firm-level productivity in econometric analyses.
Authors and Affiliations
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Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW), Mannheim, Germany
Thomas Hempell
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Computers and Productivity
Book Subtitle: How Firms Make a General Purpose Technology Work
Authors: Thomas Hempell
Series Title: ZEW Economic Studies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/3-7908-1648-5
Publisher: Physica Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Business and Economics, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: Physica-Verlag Heidelberg 2006
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-7908-1647-1Published: 03 November 2005
eBook ISBN: 978-3-7908-1648-8Published: 17 January 2006
Series ISSN: 1615-6781
Series E-ISSN: 1867-2027
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 194
Number of Illustrations: 8 b/w illustrations
Topics: R & D/Technology Policy, Innovation/Technology Management, Management of Computing and Information Systems, Industrial Organization