Do Technology and Efficiency Differences Determine Productivity?

Impact of information technology on productivity and efficiency in Iranian manufacturing industries

The aim of this paper is to assess the impact of information technology (IT) on the productivity and efficiency of manufacturing industries in Iran. So, the data will be collected from 23 Iranian manufacturing industries during “2002–2006” and the methods such as DEA and panel data used to study the subject. Results obtained by the above two methods represent that IT has a positive and statisti...

Evaluation of Information Technology Productivity and Productive Efficiency in Australia

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate IT productivity in Australia. Our model incorporates profit maximization assumption and allows inefficiency. You have found IT hardware is the single factor which provides positive contribution to the productivity.

Globalisation , Productivity and Technology

Recent empirical evidences show negative relationship between outsourcing and profitability. This paper provides a theoretical explanation for this phenomenon. In an oligopoly model, we show that firms earn lower profits in the outsourcing equilibrium compared to the situation where neither firm does outsourcing, and it holds irrespective of the intensity of competition. So, outsourcing creates...

Regional Efficiency, Innovation and Productivity

A blossoming stream of the regional innovation systems (RIS) literature is being devoted to investigate the relationship between RIS efficiency and productivity growth. Our study aims at evaluating: first, the ex-post relative technical efficiency in innovation in a sample of OECD regions by means of a DEA (data envelopment analysis) methodology. We will also match these results with regression...

Age and Productivity – Sector Differences?