This paper presents new calculations for the production and use of information and communications technology (ICT) in Finland from 1975 to 2001. ICT-production has in the late 1990s had significant impacts on growth and labour productivity (LP). As the increase in LP seems to have mushroomed...

Yritykset ja niiden toimintatavat ovat jatkuvassa muutoksessa teknologian kehittyessä. Etenkin edistys tieto- ja viestintäteknologiassa (ICT) on luonut kokonaan uusia toimialoja ja toisaalta muokannut merkittävästi myös perinteisinä koettujen alojen yritysten toimintamalleja. ICT:n...

The paper investigates empirically the decision of firms to adopt Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) based on a comprehensive specification of a rank model of technology adoption (complemented by epidemic effects) using firm-level data for the Swiss business sector. The explanatory...

Suntec City (hereafter referred to as Suntec), “Asia’s Vertical Silicon Valley,” is one of the real estate examples where broadband and information & communication technologies (ICT) have been strongly embraced to enhance the competitiveness and marketability of its office space. In a...

The information technology (IT) revolution has arrived, but how much will it change the world? It has been established that IT is contributing to labor productivity growth through both increases in the levels of IT capital per worker and total factor productivity (TFP) growth in the production...