Information technology and U.S. productivity growth: evidence from a prototype industry production account

Jorgenson, Dale W.; Ho, Mun S.; Samuels, Jon D.

doi:10.1007/s11123-011-0229-z

Cited by 45 publications

(19 citation statements)

References 28 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Like an engine, ICTs' usage boosts a firm's growth and helps in the transformation of business models (Barret, Davidson, Prabhu, & Vargo, 2015). Besides productivity, ICTs are a key element of the promotion of diversification of business processes (Diaz-Chao, 2015;Jorgenson, Ho and Samuels, 2011). Understandably, the usage of ICTs in business activities is found to have an additional positive effect on diverse business activities such as those process and organisational related (Grazzi & Jung, 2015).…”

Section: Icts and Their Support For Business Processesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Ms Publisher) are not optimally used to create promotion materials. This is so despite clear revelations that these tools present opportunities for coming up contemporary business processes (Jorgenson et al, 2011;Diaz-Chao, 2015) in areas such as packing of products (see also Idota et al, 2014). Similar unsatisfactory deployment of these tools in innovative business activities was observed by Cirera et al (2016).…”

Section: Usage Of Ict In Business Processesmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

ICT usage to enhance firms’ business processes in Tanzania

Mwantimwa

2019

J Glob Entrepr Res

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This study examined the usage of ICTs to enhance business processes in Tanzania. In particular, the study examined the types of ICTs deployed to enhance business processes and the processes they support, determinants of ICTs' viable usage, and barriers to their effective usage. Descriptive cross-sectional design using surveys was deployed to gather qualitative and quantitative data from 182 firms. Quantitative data were analysed with using SPSS IBM 22 to generate descriptive and inferential statistics results. Besides that, a thematic and content analysis was used to analyse qualitative data which was thereafter presented in narration form. The findings revealed that mobile phones, computers, the Internet and other network systems, and social media are perceived as important in boosting business efficiency related to material, product processing, management activities, service and marketing. The findings further disclose that financial capital has a multiplying effect on other ICTs' usage determinants such as knowledge and expertise, and ICT infrastructure investments. Regarding a firm's profile, the findings indicate that the size of a firm and its source of raw materials strongly predict its innovative usage of ICTs. The results also revealed the barriers to innovative usage of ICTs and suggest that for business processes to be meaningful, a balanced deployment of ICTs should be done with proper consideration of all enabling elements.

show abstract

Section: Icts and Their Support For Business Processesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Usage Of Ict In Business Processesmentioning

confidence: 99%

ICT usage to enhance firms’ business processes in Tanzania

Mwantimwa

2019

J Glob Entrepr Res

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…The retail sector has contributed to the overall productivity growth in the economy over the last 50 years. Jorgenson et al (2011) stated that, when they order industries by contributions to value-added and productivity, wholesale trade and retail trade head the list. 5 As the numbers indicate, mom-and-pop stores (which we equate to singlelocation stores) have not become extinct with the growth of large chains.…”

Section: The Rise Of Modern Retailmentioning

confidence: 99%

Do Large Modern Retailers Pay Premium Wages?

2015

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

With malls, franchise strips, and big-box retailers increasingly dotting the landscape, many are concerned that U.S. middle-class jobs in manufacturing are being replaced by minimum-wage jobs in retail. Retail jobs have spread, whereas manufacturing jobs have shrunk in number. The authors show that wage rates in the retail sector rise markedly with firm size and with establishment size. These increases are halved when they control for worker fixed effects, suggesting that better workers are sorted into larger firms. Also, higher-ability workers are promoted to the position of manager, which is associated with higher pay. The authors conclude that the growth in modern retail, characterized by larger chains of larger establishments with more levels of hierarchy, is raising wage rates relative to traditional mom-and-pop retail stores.

show abstract

“…But the upshot of the study still would seem to be the need for increased (relative) support of engineering related disciplines. Advocates for increased Federal research for computer science and engineering, for their part may turn to Jorgenson, Ho, and Samuels' recent estimates of the contribution of the computer equipment manufacturing industry to the growth in US productivity between 1960(Jorgenson, Ho, and Samuels, 2010.…”

Section: The Use Of Performance Measures In Federal Research Policy Dmentioning

confidence: 99%