We examine the relationships between productivity growth, IT investment and organisational change DO using UK firm data. Consistent with the small number of other micro studies we find a IT appears to have high returns in a growth accounting sense when DO is omitted; when DO is included the IT...
It is now widely recognized that Information Technology IT was the key to the dramatic acceleration of U.S. labor productivity growth in the mid-1990s. This paper traces the evolution of productivity estimates to document how and when this perception emerged. Early studies concluded that IT was relatively unimportant. It was...
We examine the relationships between productivity growth, IT investment and organisational change (?O) using UK firm panel data. Consistent with the small number of other micro studies we find: IT appears to have high returns in a growth accounting sense when ?O is omitted; when ?O is included the IT...
In this paper labour productivity growth and its impacts are studied at the industry level. The development of productivity is analysed in 54 industries in 14 EU countries and in the US between 1979 and 2001. The conclusion of the study is that the industry structure that leads to fast...
This paper is one of a series of papers planned to examine the role of Information and Communication Technologies ICT in productivity improvements in Australia. It follows the publication of Productivity Growth in Australian Manufacturing by the former National Office for the Information Economy (NOIE 2004). The paper reflects the...
A new industry-level dataset is used to quantify the role of ICT Information and Communication Technology in explaining productivity growth in the UK, 1970-2000. The dataset is for 34 industries covering the whole economy (31 in the market sector). Using growth accounting, it is found that ICT capital played an...
The impact of firm level productivity heterogeneity on export market entry has been the subject of theoretical innovation and extensive empirical scrutiny in last few years. The latter has focused on falling trade costs and firm level productivity, notwithstanding the fact that theory also points up links between trade and...
This paper looks directly at the impact of firms' age and process innovations on productivity growth. A model that specifies productivity growth as an unknown function of these variables is devised and estimated using semi-parametric methods. Results show that firms enter the market experiencing high productivity growth and that above-average...
The surge in labour productivity growth in the United States in the late 1990s has prompted much speculation about the capacity of Information and Communication Technologies ICT to structurally increase growth. The simultaneous slowdown in productivity growth in the EU suggests the European countries are falling behind. In this paper...
DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/54d09c/sara_lee_corporati) has announced the addition of the "Sara Lee Corporation: Strategic Corporate Assessment - Strategy, SWOT Analysis and 5-year Financial Insights with In-depth Company Profile" company profile to their offering. Sara Lee is in the process of becoming an integrated company that...
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BLACKBURN, England & MARSBERG, Germany -- Presspart, the world's leading provider of specialist metal components to the pharmaceutical industry, today announced it has acquired Nemo, S.A, a Spanish based provider of plastic components to the pharmaceutical and medical industry. The acquisition is an important step in Presspart's growth...
CapellaIntelligent Subsystems , the leader in wavelength management subsystemsfor use in reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexers ROADM and opticalcross connect OXC applications, today announced two key senior executiveappointments, effective immediately. Jaime Reloj has been named vicepresident of global sales and marketing and Ken Falta is now vice presidentof business development...
Message Systems, a global leader in digitalmessaging solutions, today announced that Dave Lewis has joined the companyas chief marketing officer. In this capacity, Lewis is responsible forexecuting an overarching strategy that ties together the company's ISP, ESPand major enterprise businesses and accelerates growth through innovative,holistic product solutions that facilitate...
Access to Capital Will Help Company Accelerate Global Sales Growth, Implement Acquisition Strategy SAN FRANCISCO -- Recommind, a leading provider of enterprise search, email management and eDiscovery systems for enterprises, today announced that it has secured the first institutional funding in the company's history. Kennet Partners, a global...
Tech Industry Visionary and Co-Founder of MySpace Parent Company to Provide Insight and Strategic Guidance to ideaEDGE in the Social Networking Market SAN DIEGO -- ideaEDGE, Inc., (OTCBB:IDAE) a developer of innovative prepaid gift card programs, has announced that Joe Abrams has joined the company's Board of Advisors....
AMSTERDAM, October 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Elsevier announced today that its flagship product Scopus, the world's largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature, was chosen by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development OECD. An international government forum for the discussion of policy issues, the OECD selected Scopus to...
DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/b79cd3/csr_strategic_cor) has announced the addition of the "CSR: Strategic Corporate Assessment - Strategy, SWOT Analysis and 5-year Financial Insights with In-depth Company Profile" company profile to their offering. CSR, a leading player in the Bluetooth wireless connectivity markets, is now looking at...
The New Strategy Brings the Company Closer to Satisfying Market Demands and Providing a Platform for eLandia's Future Growth in Global Emerging Markets CORAL GABLES, Fla. -- eLandia International (OTCBB: ELAN) today unveiled a new business strategy focused on the high growth markets of Latin America. The company...
DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/c443c6/ruddick_corporatio) has announced the addition of the "Ruddick Corporation: Strategic Corporate Assessment - Strategy, SWOT Analysis and 5-year Financial Insights with In-depth Company Profile" company profile to their offering. Ruddick Corporation plans to diversify the product mix and geographical locations of American...
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