Productivity, workplace performance and ICT: Industry and firm-level evidence for Europe and the US

Scottish Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 359-386

  Matteucci, Nicola ^a   O'Mahony, Mary ^b   Robinson, Catherine ^b   Zwick, Thomas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN ECONOMIC RESEARCH ZEW   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; PRODUCTIVITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 28144442049     PISSN: 00369292     EISSN: 14679485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0036-9292.2005.00349.x     Document Type: Review

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