TY  - BOOK
AU  - 
ED  - SpringerLink (Online service)
TI  - Computers and Productivity: How Firms Make a General Purpose Technology Work 
T2  - ZEW Economic Studies
SN  - 9783790816488
AV  - JF20-2112 
U1  - 338.926 23
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Heidelberg
PB  - Physica-Verlag HD
KW  - Economics
KW  - Information Systems
KW  - Industrial organization (Economic theory)
KW  - Technology
KW  - Economics/Management Science
KW  - R & D/Technology Policy
KW  - Technology Management
KW  - Management of Computing and Information Systems
KW  - Industrial Organization
N1  - Impacts of ICT as a general purpose technology -- Contributions of ICT to firm productivity -- ICT productivity and innovations -- ICT productivity and human capital investments -- Conclusions
N2  - 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
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/3-7908-1648-5
ER  -