The Swedish ICT miracle - Myth or reality?

Information Economics and Policy

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 275-301

  Edquist, Harald ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Information and communication technology; Productivity; Technological change; Value added deflators

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; COSTS; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; PRICE DEFLATORS; PRODUCTIVITY DEVELOPMENT; PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH;

PRODUCTIVITY;

COMMUNICATION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MANUFACTURING; PRODUCTIVITY;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN; WORLD;

EID: 20444493622     PISSN: 01676245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infoecopol.2004.06.004     Document Type: Article

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