The impact of ICT and business services on the Italian economy

Autor:	Enrico Saltari, Daniela Federici, Clifford R. Wymer
Rok vydání:	2013
Předmět:	Economics and Econometrics disequilibrium model Emerging technologies Disequilibrium Business services technological adoption Eu countries business services technologial adoption Economy Information and Communications Technology medicine Economics medicine.symptom Productivity
Zdroj:	Structural Change and Economic Dynamics. 25:110-118
ISSN:	0954-349X
DOI:	10.1016/j.strueco.2012.07.004
Popis:	This paper studies the role played by ICT in affecting the efficiency of business services (BS) industry, using a structural disequilibrium model of the Italian economy. The Italian BS sector presents a peculiar dynamics (compared to other EU countries) in that, after initially improving its efficiency by adopting ICT, from the early 90s it stagnated. Our estimates suggest that this anomaly can be traced back to a structural deficiency in absorbing new technologies. Our contribution adds to the explanations of the slowdown of the Italian productivity.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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