E-Business Implications For Productivity And Competitiveness
- Topics:
- Organization
- Tags:
- E-business,
- e-Business W@tch,
- E-business/E-Commerce,
- Information And Communication Technology,
- Internet,
- Management,
- Strategy,
- Web Technology
- Source:
- e-Business W@tch
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Overview: The Event consolidated the prevailing view that the use of ICT and electronic business has important impacts on firms' productivity. However, it became clear once again that there is no simple rule to the game. Evidence from econometric studies suggests that impacts differ between manufacturing and service sectors, between small and large companies, or for buyers and sellers. Within this uncontested paradigm, the lively discussion mainly focused on the following issues: ICT and e-business driving process innovation and organisational restructuring; Gains from electronic procurement: A win-win or a zero-sum game?; Is there a "Right level" of electronic business and does it depend on the sector?; Policy challenges; The quest for better research instruments.
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Format: PDF | Size: 147KB | Date: Jul 2004 | Pages: 5
