IT and Productivity in U.S. Manufacturing: Do Computer Networks Matter?
The link between information technology and productivity is clear. Yet how computers affect productivity is not well understood. Ours is the first study using data for approximately 30,000 U.S. manufacturing plants to examine the effect of computer networks on productivity. We find a positive and si...
| Publicado en: | Economic Inquiry Vol. 43; no. 3; pp. 493 - 507 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
July 2005
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