Where ’ s the Productivity Growth ( from the Information Technology Revolution ) ?

The Impact Of Diffusion Of Information Communications Technology (ICT) On Iran Sectoral Productivity Growth

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...

Parallel Development? Productivity Growth Following Electrification and the ICT Revolution

This paper investigates labor productivity growth and the contribution to labor productivity growth in Swedish manufacturing during electrification and the ICT revolution. The paper distinguishes between technology-producing, intensive and less intensive technology-using industries during these technological breakthroughs. The results show that labor productivity growth and the overall contribu...

The Effect of Firm's Use from Information Technology (IT) on Total Productivity

Abstract O ur basic aim in this paper concerns the question that if overusing the Information Technology by service and manufacturing firms can increase the total productivity resulting from this kind of technology regarding the Iran's economic structure and conditions. For this purpose, we primarily evaluate the productivity resulting from the rate of firms' use of IT for...

The Information Technology Revolution and the Puzzling Trends in Tobin’s average q

The market value of US corporations declined by 50% during the period 1973-74 and stagnated for the following 15 years. This abrupt decline in market valuations coincided with a good news shock the start of the Information Technology Revolution and a bad news shock a slowdown in productivity growth -. I use general equilibrium theory to quantify the equity price and macroeconomic implications o...