Between 2006 and 2008 ONS led a research group consisting of representives from 13 EU statistical offi ces and a small number of independent academics to:
Develop new indicators on the economic impact of ICT in business, and extend consistent analysis of ICT impacts to new countries
The results show beneficial productivity effects associated with ICT. Firm-level analysis in Sweden and Netherlands suggests that this is partly due to ICT being a facilitator of wider innovation.
The results of this study are compared with recent work in the US and a number of other OECD countries. The article concludes by outlining objectives for the next round of research.
Published in web format: 13 October 2009 at 9:30 am
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