The impacts of information technology on total factor productivity: A look at externalities and innovations

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 158, Issue , 2014, Pages 290-299

  Chou, Yen Chun ^a   Chuang, Howard Hao Chun ^a   Shao, Benjamin B M ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Endogenous growth theory; Impacts of information technology; Innovations; Network externalities; Production economics; Total factor productivity

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; PRODUCTIVITY;

ENDOGENOUS GROWTH THEORIES; INTEGRATIVE FRAMEWORK; NETWORK EXTERNALITY; ORGANIZATION OF ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT; PLATFORM TECHNOLOGY; PRODUCTION ECONOMICS; TECHNOLOGICAL LEVEL; TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

EID: 84913528166     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2014.08.003     Document Type: Article

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