The economic contribution of information technology: Towards comparative and user studies

Journal of Evolutionary Economics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 95-118

  Bresnahan, Timothy F ^a   Greenstein, Shane ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

General purpose technology; Information technology; Measurement of technical change

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035530645     PISSN: 09369937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00003859     Document Type: Article

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