A study on the productivities of IT capital and computer labor: Firm-level evidence from Taiwan's banking industry

Journal of Productivity Analysis

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 241-257

  Huang, Tai Hsin ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

IT capital; Technical efficiency; Total factor productivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 26044464244     PISSN: 0895562X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11123-005-4933-4     Document Type: Article

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