Using a large longitudinal, nationally representative workplace-level dataset, we explore the productivity gains associated with computer use and organizational redesign. The empirical strategy involves the estimation of a production function, augmented to account for technology use and...

Using German firm-level data, an endogenous switching regression model within a production function framework is estimated in order to explore differences in labor productivity between IT outsourcing and non-IT outsourcing firms. This approach takes possible complementarities between IT...

[Vorwort] Die Gesundheitssysteme industrialisierter Nationen befinden sich in einem zunehmenden Spannungsfeld aus Forderungen nach ökonomischer Effizienz, qualitativ hochwertiger medizinischer Versorgung und gesteigerter Transparenz bei gleichzeitiger Berücksichtigung des stetigen...