Information technology, workplace organisation, human capital and firm productivity: Evidence for the Swiss economy

The Economic Impact of ICT: Measurement, Evidence and Implications

Volumn 9789264026780, Issue , 2004, Pages 183-211

  Arvanitis, Spyros ^a  

^a KOF SWISS ECONOMIC INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

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EID: 84869443282     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1787/9789264026780-10-en     Document Type: Chapter

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