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Tables of Contents for The Ict Revolution
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
List of Figures
x
List of Tables
xii
List of Maps
xiv
List of Boxes
xv
List of Abbreviations
xvi
Contributors
xvii
Introduction
xix
Part I. The Spread of ICT and Productivity Growth: Is Europe Really Lagging Behind in the New Economy? (Edited by Stefano Scarpetta)
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140
Eric Bartelsman, Andrea Bassanini, John Haltiwanger, Ronald S. Jarmin, and Thorsten Schank
Introduction and Overview
3
8
1. The Role of ICT in Shaping Growth Patterns in the United States and Other OECD Countries?-Some Aggregate Evidence
11
19
1.1. Some stylized facts about GDP growth and its main drivers
11
7
1.2. The role of ICT
18
10
1.3. Summary
28
2
2. Scraping the Surface: What Lies Behind Aggregate Growth Patterns? Industry- and Firm-level Evidence
30
20
2.1. The composition of aggregate productivity growth: the ICT sector and beyond
30
5
2.2. Firm dynamics and productivity growth: evidence from firm-level data
35
13
2.3. Summing up
48
2
3. Productivity, Investment in ICT, Human Capital, and Changes in the Organization of Work: Micro Evidence from Germany and the United States
50
19
3.1. Introduction
50
4
3.2. Data description
54
4
3.3. The relationship between productivity, wages, and advanced technology
58
4
3.4. Experimentation? Differences across Germany and the United States
62
5
3.5. Summary and interpretation
67
2
4. ICT and Growth: The Role of Factor and Product Markets
69
14
4.1. Introduction
69
1
4.2. ICT as an investment good
70
1
4.3. ICT adoption as an innovative activity
71
3
4.4. The growth channels
74
3
4.5. Market institutions: the role of product and factor markets
77
4
4.6. Summary
81
2
5. Do Policy and Regulatory Settings Help to Explain Industry Differences in Productivity and Innovation Activities Across OECD Countries?
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30
5.1. Introduction
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1
5.2. Existing empirical evidence
84
10
5.3. The empirical evidence on the links between policy, institutions, and performance
94
17
5.4. Concluding remarks
111
2
Appendix
113
12
Comments
125
8
Robert J. Gordon
125
4
Alan B. Krueger
129
4
References
133
8
Part II. Internet: The Elusive Quest of a Frictionless Economy (Edited by Daniel Cohen)
141
106
Bruno Amable, Philippe Askenazy, Andrea Goldstein, and David O'Connor
Introduction and Overview
143
6
6. Markets and Consumers
149
14
6.1. Internet makes life more complex
150
3
6.2. Case studies: the lasting role of F2F
153
7
6.3. Real estate in Paris
160
1
6.4. Conclusion
161
2
7. Firms and Suppliers (B...2B or not 2B?)
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18
7.1. The key role of quality certification
164
10
7.2. E-integration and spatial location
174
7
8. Supply Chains, Market Access, and the Internet: A View from the South
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45
8.1. Software development
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11
8.2. Clothing
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8
8.3. Ornamental horticulture
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5
8.4. Coffee
207
8
8.5. Travel and tourism
215
5
8.6. Main findings and policy implications
220
6
Appendices
226
6
Appendix 1
226
1
Appendix 2
227
3
Appendix 3
230
2
Comments
232
8
John Martin
232
5
Jan Svejnar
237
3
References
240
7
Final Remarks
247
12
Gøsta Esping-Andersen
247
3
Paul Geroski
250
9
Index
259