Prospects for an Information-Technology-Led Productivity Surge

Team size effect on teamwork productivity using information technology

Teams are defined as high performing task groups whose members are actively interdependent and share common performance objectives. This definition suggests that only those groups who perform at high levels due to their collective efforts must be considered as teams. In this paper, a model has been presented for de-termining the effects of information technology in the output of teamwork with Y...

Information, Technology, and Information Worker Productivity

We study the fine-grained relationships among information flows, IT use, and individual information-worker productivity, by analyzing work at a midsize executive recruiting firm. We analyze both project-level and individual-level performance using: (1) direct observation of over 125,000 e-mail messages over a period of 10 months by individual workers (2) detailed accounting data on revenues, co...

approaches and prospects for advancement of iran's information and communications technology

rapid advancement of information and communication technology has opened new development prospects for countries around the world. this advancement impacts the world on the economic, commercial, and technological levels. as such, it is imperative to pay close heed to this technology for future development. this article outlines the challenges and setbacks facing information and communication te...

Productivity Concepts, Trends and Prospects: An Overview

Information Technology Investment and National Productivity

Using the country-level information technology (IT) expenditures and productivity data for the period from 1992 to 2000, we estimate production function augmented with IT capital stock in the first-difference form. As discussed in prior studies, we confirm that IT expenditures have significant positive effects on national productivity growth. The effects of IT expenditure on productivity growth...