We study the impact of office and computing machinery (OCM) on the demands for workers with different educational levels. The empirical analysis relies on a system of demand equations that nests the translog, the generalised Leontief and the normalised quadratic specifications. Using panel data...

New technologies like computers alter skill requirements. This paper explores two related effects of computers on older workers, who use computers less. The evolution of computer use in the Current Population Survey suggests that impending retirement reduces the incentive of older workers to...

Über die visuelle Identität und Markenbildung bei Olivetti - Beispiele aus Showrooms, Messen, Weltausstellungen - Kulturelle Aktivitäten und Werbemassnahmen des weltweit einzigartigen Unternehmens. Die Schreibmaschinenklassiker sind der bekannteste Ausdruck des industriellen Vermächtnisses...

The debate regarding the impact of technology on work organizationand the quality of work life is gaining momentum as a result ofoffice automation and its influence on large numbers of quot;officeAtilde;cent;Acirc;not;Acirc;?jobs. This paper argues that current approaches to implementation ofoffice...

This paper reviews the characteristics and magnitude of information technology (IT) outsourcing as well as studies its labor productivity effects with a representative sample of Finnish businesses. Depending on the IT task in question, on average from one-third to two-thirds of IT has been...

Das Werk richtet sich an Wirtschaftswissenschaftler, die sich ohne spezielle Vorkenntnisse in den umfangreichen Bereich der elektronischen Datenverarbeitung einarbeiten wollen. Praxisnahe Erläuterungen zum Aufbau computergestützter Informationssysteme, die über die formale theoretische...