ICT solutions and labor productivity: Evidence from firm-level data

Electronic Commerce Research

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 173-181

  Nurmilaakso, Juha Miikka ^a  

^a Frends Technology Oy   (Finland)

Author keywords

Electronic commerce (e commerce); Information and communication technology (ICT) solutions; Labor productivity

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE; ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; LINEAR REGRESSION; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY SOLUTION; INTERNET ACCESS; LABOUR PRODUCTIVITIES; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LINEAR REGRESSION MODELLING; MICRO-ECONOMIC THEORY; PAPER ANALYSIS; TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS;

WEBSITES;

EID: 69949093470     PISSN: 13895753     EISSN: 15729362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10660-009-9034-4     Document Type: Article

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