2005
DOI: 10.1093/ei/cbi033
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It and Productivity in U.S. Manufacturing: Do Computer Networks Matter?

Abstract: The link between information technology and productivity is clear. Yet how computers affect productivity is not well understood. Ours is the first study using data for approximately 30,000 U.S. manufacturing plants to examine the effect of computer networks on productivity. We find a positive and significant relationship between computer networks and plant labor productivity. Plants with lower productivity in earlier periods are also more likely to have a computer network, supporting the hypothesis that plants… Show more

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“…Brynjolfsson and Hitt (2003) identified a set of new organisational practices in firms (freedom of information and communication, decision-making rights, performance-related incentives, and investment in education and training) that, together with digital innovation, are determinants in the explanation of productivity growth. Atrostic and Nguyen (2005) found a positive impact on labour productivity in firms that intensively use telecommunications and computer networks.…”
Section: Ict Innovation and Firms Labour Productivity: A Review Frommentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Brynjolfsson and Hitt (2003) identified a set of new organisational practices in firms (freedom of information and communication, decision-making rights, performance-related incentives, and investment in education and training) that, together with digital innovation, are determinants in the explanation of productivity growth. Atrostic and Nguyen (2005) found a positive impact on labour productivity in firms that intensively use telecommunications and computer networks.…”
Section: Ict Innovation and Firms Labour Productivity: A Review Frommentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Next, we only included studies that somehow calculated the value of the ICT capitaltherefore we did not take into account studies using only dummy variable for usage or non-usage of IT like e.g. Atrostic and Nguyen (2005). All these restrictions are needed for the studies to be comparable and suitable for an aggregated analysis, and that is also the reason why several studies which Kohli and Devaraj (2003) used were excluded due to an inconsistent framework.…”
Section: Datasetmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Ils peuvent être utilisés directement comme intrant du processus de production, donc comme une forme particulière de capital. Cette approche est celle adoptée par les auteurs de nombreuses études réali-sées au niveau national ou de la branche d'activité, ainsi que d'études au niveau de l'établissement ou de l'entreprise (p. ex, McGuckin et al, 1996;Brynjolfsson et Hitt, 2000;Dunne et al, 2000;Motohashi, 2001;Atrostic et Nguyen, 2002). Considérons le cas des aciéries.…”
Section: Modes D'action Des Technologies De L'information Sur La Produnclassified
“…SOURCE : Atrostic et Nguyen (2002), basé sur leurs calculs issus des données de l'U.S. CNUS appariées à l'ASM et CM.…”
Section: Les éTats-unisunclassified