It and productivity in U.S. manufacturing: Do computer networks matter?

Economic Inquiry

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 493-506

  Atrostic, B K ^a   Nguyen, Sang V ^a  

^a U S CENSUS BUREAU   (United States)

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EID: 25844502510     PISSN: 00952583     EISSN: 14657295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ei/cbi033     Document Type: Article

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