Information technology, corporate productivity, and the new economy /
Kudyba, Stephan, 1963-
Information technology, corporate productivity, and the new economy / Stephan Kudyba and Romesh Diwan ; foreword by Dennis McGinn. - Westport, Conn. : Quorum Books, 2002. - 1 online resource (xv, 234 pages) : illustrations -
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-230) and index.
Foreword / Laying the Groundwork -- An Introduction to the Information Economy -- Information Technology and the Information Economy: A Techno-Economic Paradigm -- Innovation and a Techno-Economic Paradigm -- A New Economy -- Free Trade, Globalization, and Information Technology in the New Economy -- A Closer Look at Information Technology and the Information Age -- What Is Information Technology? -- Corporate Creators of Information Technology -- Comments on Economic Repercussions -- An Industry Description -- Aggregate Industry Sectors -- Productivity and Production Theory -- Does Labor Productivity Explain Everything?: A Closer Look at Total Factor Productivity -- Technological Change (Embodied and Disembodied Approaches) -- Econometric Measurement of Technological Change -- The Production Function -- Some Past Concerns Regarding U.S. Productivity -- Applications in Productivity Analysis -- Why Productivity Now? -- Pertinent Questions in Analyzing Information Technology -- Difficulties in Estimating Productivity -- Addressing the Difficulties -- Comments on Profitability -- A Closing Note on the Empirical Analysis -- Empirical Studies on Productivity and Information Technology Investment at the Firm Level -- Three Benchmark Studies of the Past -- A More Recent Firm-Level Analysis -- Comparing Empirical Results -- A Brief Word on Production Functions and Factor Substitution -- Theoretical Background of and Empirical Work Regarding Information Technology and Corporate Profits. Dennis McGinn --
Annotation Explores, measures, and analyzes the ways in which information technology enhances corporate performance and that of the economy as a whole.
0313006849 (electronic bk.) 9780313006845 (electronic bk.) (alk. paper) (alk. paper)
Greenwood eBooks http://www.ebooks.greenwood.com/about.asp
Information technology--Economic aspects.
Industrial productivity.
Technological innovations--Economic aspects.
Information technology--Economic aspects--United States.
Industrial productivity--United States.
Technological innovations--Economic aspects--United States.
Labor productivity.
Performance technology.
Technologie de l'information--Aspect économique.
Productivité.
Innovations--Aspect économique.
Technologie de l'information--Aspect économique--États-Unis.
Productivité--États-Unis.
Innovations--Aspect économique--États-Unis.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Information Management.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Knowledge Capital.
Industrial productivity.
Information technology--Economic aspects.
Technological innovations--Economic aspects.
Informationstechnik
Unternehmen
Produktivität
Electronic Commerce
United States.
USA
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
HC79.I55 / K83 2002eb
658.4/038
Information technology, corporate productivity, and the new economy / Stephan Kudyba and Romesh Diwan ; foreword by Dennis McGinn. - Westport, Conn. : Quorum Books, 2002. - 1 online resource (xv, 234 pages) : illustrations -
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-230) and index.
Foreword / Laying the Groundwork -- An Introduction to the Information Economy -- Information Technology and the Information Economy: A Techno-Economic Paradigm -- Innovation and a Techno-Economic Paradigm -- A New Economy -- Free Trade, Globalization, and Information Technology in the New Economy -- A Closer Look at Information Technology and the Information Age -- What Is Information Technology? -- Corporate Creators of Information Technology -- Comments on Economic Repercussions -- An Industry Description -- Aggregate Industry Sectors -- Productivity and Production Theory -- Does Labor Productivity Explain Everything?: A Closer Look at Total Factor Productivity -- Technological Change (Embodied and Disembodied Approaches) -- Econometric Measurement of Technological Change -- The Production Function -- Some Past Concerns Regarding U.S. Productivity -- Applications in Productivity Analysis -- Why Productivity Now? -- Pertinent Questions in Analyzing Information Technology -- Difficulties in Estimating Productivity -- Addressing the Difficulties -- Comments on Profitability -- A Closing Note on the Empirical Analysis -- Empirical Studies on Productivity and Information Technology Investment at the Firm Level -- Three Benchmark Studies of the Past -- A More Recent Firm-Level Analysis -- Comparing Empirical Results -- A Brief Word on Production Functions and Factor Substitution -- Theoretical Background of and Empirical Work Regarding Information Technology and Corporate Profits. Dennis McGinn --
Annotation Explores, measures, and analyzes the ways in which information technology enhances corporate performance and that of the economy as a whole.
0313006849 (electronic bk.) 9780313006845 (electronic bk.) (alk. paper) (alk. paper)
Greenwood eBooks http://www.ebooks.greenwood.com/about.asp
Information technology--Economic aspects.
Industrial productivity.
Technological innovations--Economic aspects.
Information technology--Economic aspects--United States.
Industrial productivity--United States.
Technological innovations--Economic aspects--United States.
Labor productivity.
Performance technology.
Technologie de l'information--Aspect économique.
Productivité.
Innovations--Aspect économique.
Technologie de l'information--Aspect économique--États-Unis.
Productivité--États-Unis.
Innovations--Aspect économique--États-Unis.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Information Management.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Knowledge Capital.
Industrial productivity.
Information technology--Economic aspects.
Technological innovations--Economic aspects.
Informationstechnik
Unternehmen
Produktivität
Electronic Commerce
United States.
USA
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
HC79.I55 / K83 2002eb
658.4/038