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Information technology, corporate productivity, and the new economy [[electronic resource] /] / Stephan Kudyba and Romesh Diwan ; foreword by Dennis McGinn
| Information technology, corporate productivity, and the new economy [[electronic resource] /] / Stephan Kudyba and Romesh Diwan ; foreword by Dennis McGinn |
| Autore | Kudyba Stephan <1963-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Westport, Conn., : Quorum Books, 2002 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (241 p.) |
| Disciplina | 658.4/038 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | DiwanRomesh K. <1933-> |
| Soggetto topico |
Information technology - Economic aspects
Industrial productivity Technological innovations - Economic aspects Information technology - Economic aspects - United States Industrial productivity - United States Technological innovations - Economic aspects - United States |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-280-91371-1
9786610913718 0-313-00684-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455766703321 |
Kudyba Stephan <1963->
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| Westport, Conn., : Quorum Books, 2002 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Information technology, corporate productivity, and the new economy [[electronic resource] /] / Stephan Kudyba and Romesh Diwan ; foreword by Dennis McGinn
| Information technology, corporate productivity, and the new economy [[electronic resource] /] / Stephan Kudyba and Romesh Diwan ; foreword by Dennis McGinn |
| Autore | Kudyba Stephan <1963-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Westport, Conn., : Quorum Books, 2002 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (241 p.) |
| Disciplina | 658.4/038 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | DiwanRomesh K. <1933-> |
| Soggetto topico |
Information technology - Economic aspects
Industrial productivity Technological innovations - Economic aspects Information technology - Economic aspects - United States Industrial productivity - United States Technological innovations - Economic aspects - United States |
| ISBN |
1-280-91371-1
9786610913718 0-313-00684-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780167603321 |
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Kudyba Stephan <1963->
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| Westport, Conn., : Quorum Books, 2002 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Information technology, corporate productivity, and the new economy / / Stephan Kudyba and Romesh Diwan ; foreword by Dennis McGinn
| Information technology, corporate productivity, and the new economy / / Stephan Kudyba and Romesh Diwan ; foreword by Dennis McGinn |
| Autore | Kudyba Stephan <1963-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Westport, Conn. : , : Praeger, , 2002 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (241 p.) |
| Disciplina | 658.4/038 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | DiwanRomesh K. <1933-> |
| Soggetto topico |
Information technology - Economic aspects
Industrial productivity Technological innovations - Economic aspects Information technology - Economic aspects - United States Industrial productivity - United States Technological innovations - Economic aspects - United States |
| ISBN |
979-84-00-67027-5
1-280-91371-1 9786610913718 0-313-00684-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover -- Information Technology, Corporate Productivity, and the New Economy -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART I LAYING THE GROUNDWORK -- 1 An Introduction to the Information Economy -- INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND THE INFORMATION ECONOMY: A TECHNO-ECONOMIC PARADIGM -- INNOVATION AND A TECHNO-ECONOMIC PARADIGM -- A NEW ECONOMY -- FREE TRADE, GLOBALIZATION, AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN THE NEW ECONOMY -- NOTES -- 2 A Closer Look at Information Technology and the Information Age -- WHAT IS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY? -- CORPORATE CREATORS OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY -- COMMENTS ON ECONOMIC REPERCUSSIONS -- AN INDUSTRY DESCRIPTION -- AGGREGATE INDUSTRY SECTORS -- NOTES -- 3 Productivity and Production Theory -- DOES LABOR PRODUCTIVITY EXPLAIN EVERYTHING?: A CLOSER LOOK AT TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY -- TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE (EMBODIED AND DISEMBODIED APPROACHES) -- ECONOMETRIC MEASUREMENT OF TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE -- THE PRODUCTION FUNCTION -- SOME PAST CONCERNS REGARDING U.S. PRODUCTIVITY -- APPLICATIONS IN PRODUCTIVITY ANALYSIS -- WHY PRODUCTIVITY NOW? -- PERTINENT QUESTIONS IN ANALYZING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY -- DIFFICULTIES IN ESTIMATING PRODUCTIVITY -- Inaccurate Measurement of IT Capital -- Determining the Market Value of IT Equipment -- Measuring Potential Quality Changes in Output -- Measuring Output of the Service Sector -- Potential Lags between IT Investment and Corresponding Effects -- Mismanagement of IT Resources -- Low Concentration of Firm-Level IT Capital -- ADDRESSING THE DIFFICULTIES -- COMMENTS ON PROFITABILITY -- A CLOSING NOTE ON THE EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS -- NOTES -- 4 Empirical Studies on Productivity and Information Technology Investment at the Firm Level -- THREE BENCHMARK STUDIES OF THE PAST -- A Firm-Level Analysis Using Two Data Sources -- Paradox Lost?.
Productivity, Profitability, and Consumer Surplus -- A MORE RECENT FIRM-LEVEL ANALYSIS -- Data Sources, Calculations, and Statistical Summaries -- Factor Input Calculations -- Capital -- IT Capital -- Non-IT Labor and IT Labor -- Empirical Results -- A Sector Analysis -- COMPARING EMPIRICAL RESULTS -- CONCLUSION -- A BRIEF WORD ON PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS AND FACTOR SUBSTITUTION -- NOTES -- 5 Theoretical Background of and Empirical Work Regarding Information Technology and Corporate Profits -- MICROECONOMIC THEORY AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY -- SUSTAINING A COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE -- EMPIRICAL APPROACHES TO MEASURING CORPORATE PERFORMANCE -- Information Technology and Firm Performance: An Empirical Analysis -- Information Technology and Business Value: A Two-Stage Approach -- Brynjolfsson and Hitt: A Firm-Level Analysis of Profitability -- A MORE RECENT ANALYSIS OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND CORPORATE PROFITS -- INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND COST REDUCTION -- MICROECONOMICS AND BUSINESS THEORY -- INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN THE 1990s AND THE CHANGING STRUCTURE OF THE FIRM -- A DETAILED LOOK AT THE EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS -- REASONS FOR RECENT PROFIT RESULTS -- CLOSING REMARKS -- NOTES -- PART II A MORE DETAILED LOOK AT INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FACTORS THAT PROMOTE FIRM EFFICIENCY -- 6 A Detailed Look at Information Technology and U.S. Industry -- STATISTICAL SUMMARIES OF U.S. INDUSTRIES -- RANKING INDUSTRIES ACCORDING TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY USAGE -- ANOTHER ATTEMPT AT INPUT SUBSTITUTION ANALYSIS -- ESTIMATING PRODUCTIVITY ACCORDING TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INTENSITY -- THE CHANGING STRUCTURE OF THE FIRM -- Partnerships, Outsourcing, and Corporations -- A Closer Look at U.S. High-Tech Manufacturing (Flexible Manufacturing) -- INDUSTRY OF TODAY -- THE DELL MODEL -- ANOTHER INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY BUZZWORD? -- NOTES -- 7 Software Applications That Enhance Knowledge. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY/ECONOMIC THEORY AND BUSINESS STRATEGY: THE BUILDING BLOCKS FOR BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE -- AN INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE -- The Business Intelligence Spectrum: Data Extraction and Report Writing, OLAP, Intranets, Extranets, and the Internet -- Functional and Company-Specific Examples -- Software Applications and Corporate Productivity -- USING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY TO SURVIVE IN THE INFORMATION AGE: A MODEL OF AN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEM -- NOTES -- 8 Economic Principles and Information Technology: A Focus on Market Exchanges and the CRM Principle -- MEASURING CONSUMER PREFERENCES -- DATA MINING (ECONOMETRIC MODELING) AND MEASURING CONSUMER BEHAVIOR -- THE CRM PRINCIPLE -- Strategies That Leverage Off the Knowledge of Consumer Behavior -- Getting Back to Managing the Customer -- Allocation of Resources Toward Profitable Consumers -- PITFALLS OF INFORMATION ECONOMICS: EXTERNALITIES OF CORPORATE PRODUCTIVITY -- A WORD ON PRIVACY -- A Word on the Quality of Service and the Potential for Preferential Treatment -- Less Leisure Time for the Consumer -- Extending CRM to the Employee (Call It Human Capital Management) -- THE CHANGING STRUCTURE OF THE MARKETPLACE: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY THAT FACILITATES MARKET TRANSACTIONS -- THE QUEST FOR INCREASED EFFICIENCY THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF INFOMEDIARIES OR ON-LINE EXCHANGES -- The Economics Behind On-line Exchanges -- Advantages from a Supplier's and a Purchaser's Perspective -- THE DANGERS OF IGNORING TRADITIONAL ECONOMICS IN THE NEW ECONOMY -- NOTES -- 9 The Information Bubble -- THE PROSPEROUS BOOM IN STOCKS -- THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY EFFECT ON THE INDIVIDUAL INVESTOR -- MACROECONOMIC EVENTS THAT TOOK THEIR TOLL ON STOCKS -- Information Technology Saturation -- The Integration of Financial and Economic Forces That Created and Destroyed the Bubble. NOTEWORTHY BUBBLES AND OVERVALUATIONS OF THE PAST -- Growth Stocks and New Technologies -- The Great Japanese Land and Equity Bubble -- The High Growth Years of the 1980s -- The Savings and Investment Impact -- The Bubble Effect -- WHAT IS IN STORE FOR THE FUTURE? -- NOTES -- 10 Micro Productivity and Macro Implications -- SOFTWARE IN THE ECONOMY -- INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND U.S. LABOR -- INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND GLOBALIZATION -- Free Trade and Multinational Activity -- Global Proliferation of Information Technology -- IT Specific Factors from an International Perspective -- A Closer Look at the Wireless World -- Guidelines for All Nations to Consider in the Information Economy -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- Appendix A: Empirical Results for Translog Analysis of Firm-Level Production Functions -- NOTE -- Appendix B: Empirical Results for Translog Analysis of IT Intensity Industry Sectors -- Numbers for Empirical Work -- Glossary of Information Technology Terms -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- About the Authors. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910821133303321 |
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Kudyba Stephan <1963->
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| Westport, Conn. : , : Praeger, , 2002 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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