ICT as enabler or inhibitor of Lean Six Sigma Process Improvement

Impact of ICT on the Productivity-Compensation Gap: A Study on Technology, Works, and the Role of Capital

Researchers have observed that the growth of hourly compensation in the U.S. has lagged behind the labour productivity growth since 1970 (Fleck, Glaser, & Sprague, 2011). The disparity between productivity and compensation, which is known as the productivity-compensation gap (Mishel & Gee, 2011), suggests that workers do not benefit directly...

How and under what conditions would technological revolution create overall societal benefit? ICT, productivity, and capital: Lessons from economic theories and perspectives

With the advent of smart machines, ICT revolution is moving towards a relatively unknown territory. Economic theories play important role in shaping the direction and effect of this technological change to the lives of everyone. The acceleration of unemployment and dualism which the ICT revolution is expected to create has raised concerns...

MBO ICT policy monitor

The MBI ICT policy monitor. Based on the perception of the teacher on the use of ICT

ICT, Productivity and Economic Growth

This master thesis is part of the project that Statistics Netherlands (CBS) conducts for the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs. The main purpose of this project is to study the influence of ICT on productivity and economic growth. This thesis had three objectives: (1) to define ICT and indicators to measure ICT intensity, (2) to investigate the...

SaaS Adoption Factors among SMEs in Indonesian Manufacturing Industry

Benefits of cloud computing to Small Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) seem obvious: financial savings (e.g. infrastructure savings, maintenance savings, etc.) and resource management advantage (e.g. skilled IT labor and equipment, resource flexibility, etc.). Software as a Service (SaaS) is one of cloud service model that has been acknowledged as...