ICT, Business services and labour productivity growth

Economics of Innovation and New Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 433-449

  Broersma, Lourens ^a   Van Ark, Bart ^a  

^a Faculty of Economics and Faculty of Spatial Science and The Conference Board   (United States)

Author keywords

Innovation; It use; Kibs; Productivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 69949151085     PISSN: 10438599     EISSN: 14768364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10438590600914429     Document Type: Article

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