Information and communication technologies, human capital, workplace organization and labour productivity: A comparative study based on firm-level data for Greece and Switzerland

被引:111
作者
Arvanitis, Spyros [1 ]
Loukis, Euripidis N. [2 ]
机构
[1] ETH, KOF Swiss Econ Inst, CH-8092 Zurich, Switzerland
[2] Univ Aegean, Dept Informat & Commun Syst Engn, Karlovassi Samos 83200, Greece
关键词
Information and communication technologies; Organization; Human capital; Productivity; ECONOMIC-GROWTH; STRATEGY; WORK;
D O I
10.1016/j.infoecopol.2008.09.002
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
This paper describes a comparative empirical study of the effect of information and communication technology (ICT) capital, human capital and new organizational practices on labour productivity in Greek and Swiss firms. We use firm-level data collected in 2005 through a common questionnaire administered to samples of similar composition (e.g. similar firm sizes, similar sectors), from which we construct econometric models with similar specifications for Greece and Switzerland. The analytical framework is based on a firm-level production function. We find statistically significant positive effects for physical capital, ICT capital, human capital and "employee voice"-oriented organizational practices for both samples. We also identify considerable differences: Swiss firms are more mature and more efficient than Greek firms at creating, using and combining these 'new' production factors. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页数:19
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