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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455415803321

Autore

Brynjolfsson Erik

Titolo

Wired for innovation : how information technology is reshaping the economy / / Erik Brynjolfsson and Adam Saunders

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : MIT Press, , c2010

[Piscataqay, New Jersey] : , : IEEE Xplore, , [2009]

ISBN

0-262-25807-2

1-282-69436-7

9786612694363

0-262-25866-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (175 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SaundersAdam

Disciplina

303.48/33

Soggetti

Technological innovations - Economic aspects

Creative ability in technology

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Technology, innovation, and productivity in the information age -- Measuring the information economy -- IT's contributions to productivity and economic growth -- Business practices that enhance productivity -- Organizational capital -- Incentives for innovation in the information economy -- Consumer surplus -- Frontier research opportunities.

Sommario/riassunto

A wave of business innovation is driving the productivity resurgence in the U.S. economy. In Wired for Innovation, Erik Brynjolfsson and Adam Saunders describe how information technology directly or indirectly created this productivity explosion, reversing decades of slow growth. They argue that the companies with the highest level of returns to their technology investment are doing more than just buying technology; they are inventing new forms of organizational capital to become digital organizations. These innovations include a cluster of organizational and business-process changes, including broader sharing of information, decentralized decision-making, linking pay and promotions to performance, pruning of non-core products and



processes, and greater investments in training and education.Innovation continues through booms and busts. This book provides an essential guide for policy makers and economists who need to understand how information technology is transforming the economy and how it will create value in the coming decade.