The impact of information technologies on firm productivity: Empirical evidence from Spain

Technovation

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 122-129

  Badescu, Mariela ^a   Garcés Ayerbe, Concepción ^b  

^a WEST UNIVERSITY OF TIMISOARA   (Romania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Firm specific effects; Information technologies; Labour productivity; Panel data methodology; Period specific effects; Spanish firms

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INVESTMENTS; TECHNOLOGY;

FIRM-SPECIFIC EFFECTS; LABOUR PRODUCTIVITY; PANEL DATA METHODOLOGY; PERIOD-SPECIFIC EFFECTS; SPANISH FIRMS;

PRODUCTIVITY;

EID: 58349086945     PISSN: 01664972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2008.07.005     Document Type: Article

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