Information technology and its impact on productivity: Firm-level evidence from government and private data sources, 1977-1993

Canadian Journal of Economics

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 335-362

  Lehr, Bill ^a   Lichtenberg, Frank ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; PRODUCTIVITY;

EID: 0032823915     PISSN: 00084085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/136426     Document Type: Article

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