Productivity Effects of Organizational Change: Microeconometric Evidence

Management Science

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 394-404

  Bertschek, Irene ^a   Kaiser, Ulrich ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN ECONOMIC RESEARCH ZEW   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Endogenous switching regression model; ICT investment; Kernel density estimation; Labor productivity; Workplace reorganization

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; CONTROL SYSTEMS; ECONOMICS; INFORMATION SCIENCE; INVESTMENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERSONNEL; PRODUCTIVITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ENDOGENOUS SWITCHING REGRESSION MODEL; ICT INVESTMENT; KERNEL DENSITY ESTIMATION; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; WORKPLACE REORGANIZATION;

SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

EID: 1842783248     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1030.0195     Document Type: Review

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