Computerization, New Workplace Organization, Skilled Labour and Firm Productivity: Evidence for the Swiss Business Sector*
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The present study explores empirically the hypothesis that ICT, new organizational practices and human capital are important determinants of firm efficiency and performance, further that the combined use of these three factors leads to a mutual strengthening of their impact on firm performance. The analytical framework is that of a production function at firm level. The study’s new contribution to empirical literature consists in being the first empirical study of this type for Switzerland, using a rich data set at firm level which were collected by means of a postal survey and giving particular attention to the complementarity issue (several approaches) and to the endogenization of the technology and organization variables.
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