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ICT, Innovation and Productivity: Evidence from Eastern European Manufacturing Firms

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  • Skorupinska, Aleksandra Aldona
  • Torrent Sellens, Joan

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Main motivation behind this study is to evaluate relations between ICT, management practices, innovation, human capital and organizational changes in sample of manufacturing enterprises from Eastern European countries. Using data from Management, Organization and Innovation (MOI) Survey 2009 for a representative sample of 444 firms from Bulgaria, Poland, Romania, Serbia and Ukraine and using ordinary least squares and structural equation modelling econometric techniques we examined direct and indirect determinants of labour productivity. Main finding that have emerged from the study is that cost for employees is the main determinant of labour productivity. In addition, the casual relationship between ICT and its complementarities and productivity, has been established indirectly. Mainly, by the enterprise workers ICT use. The results of the investigation bridge the gap of insufficient academic research about Eastern European countries extend existing research on firm-level labour productivity determinants and enable to compare the results at the international framework.

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  • Skorupinska, Aleksandra Aldona & Torrent Sellens, Joan, 2014. "ICT, Innovation and Productivity: Evidence from Eastern European Manufacturing Firms," EconStor Preprints 162053, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics.
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    Cited by:

    1. Mohammad Nurunnabi, 2017. "Transformation from an Oil-based Economy to a Knowledge-based Economy in Saudi Arabia: the Direction of Saudi Vision 2030," Journal of the Knowledge Economy, Springer;Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology (PICMET), vol. 8(2), pages 536-564, June.
    2. Adel Ben Khalifa, 2019. "Direct and Complementary Effects of Investment in Knowledge-Based Economy on Innovation Performance in Tunisian Firms," Journal of the Knowledge Economy, Springer;Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology (PICMET), vol. 10(2), pages 561-589, June.
    3. J. De Mulder & H. Godefroid, 2018. "Slowdown in productivity," Economic Review, National Bank of Belgium, issue iv, pages 51-66, december.
    4. Svirina Anna & Polosukhina Ekaterina, 2020. "Motivation to Innovate as a Key Factor in Innovation Development Process," Economics and Culture, Sciendo, vol. 17(1), pages 87-93, June.

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    Keywords

    Information and Communication Technology (ICT); Innovation; Firm productivity; Eastern and Central European Countries;
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    JEL classification:

    • O33 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity

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