The ICT revolution : productivity differences and the digital divide : a report for the Fondazione Rodolfo Debenedetti /

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Imprint:Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
Description:xxv, 262 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5138476
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Other authors / contributors:Cohen, Daniel, 1953-
Garibaldi, Pietro, 1968-
Scarpetta, Stefano.
Fondazione Rodolfo Debenedetti.
William Davidson Institute.
ISBN:0199270104
0199270112 (PBK.)
Notes:"A Report for the Fondazione Rodolfo Debenedetti in association with the William Davidson Institute"--Cover.
Included bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Part I. The Spread of ICT and Productivity Growth: Is Europe Really Lagging Behind in the New Economy?
  • Team members: Eric Bartelsman
  • Introduction and Overview
  • 1. What is the Role of ICT in Shaping Recent Growth Patterns in the United States and Other OECD Countries? -
  • Some Aggregate Evidence
  • 2. Scraping the Surface: what Lies behind Aggregate Growth Patterns?
  • Industry- and Firm-Level Evidence
  • 3. Productivity, Investment in ICT, Human Capital and Changes in the Organisation of Work: Micro Evidence from Germany and the U.S.
  • 4. ICT and Growth: the Role of Factor and Product Markets
  • 5. Do Policy and Regulatory Settings Help to Explain Industry Differences in Productivity and Innovation Activities across OECD Countries?
  • Appendix
  • Comments
  • Part II. Internet: the Elusive Quest for a Frictionless Economy Co-ordinated
  • Team members
  • Introduction and Overview
  • 6. Markets and Consumers
  • 7. Firms And Suppliers
  • (B... 2b Or Not 2b?)
  • 8. Supply Chains, Market Access and the Internet: A View from the South
  • Appendices
  • Comments
  • Conclusion