information technology

This exploratory study examines outsourcing and offshoring of software development by analysing Indian companies in Finland. Based on qualitative data, results
support the view that offshore outsourcing decisions are usually cost-driven.

This paper constructs a multi-sector model to take explicit account of the very sharp change in the relative price between non-IT and IT goods. The model is calibrated to the Japanese economy, and its solution path from 1990 on is compared to Japans macroeconomic performance in the 1990s.

Using a data set that contains establishment births by county, this paper presents the evidence that firms in the information technology industry respond to positively to the economies found in metropolitan areas.

This paper deals with the growth potential the Information Technologies (IT) offer to backward regions within an integrated market like the European one.
I first present some evidences supporting the idea of strong interregional inequalities in the distribution of IT- investments and induced-productivity gains in Europe.

The objectives of the study are to identify key trends and developments in the international outsourcing activities in IT by companies in Colorado; address the factors that influence the decision of Colorado companies to engage in international outsourcing in IT; assess the impact of international outsourcing on IT employment in Colorado companies; and explore implications of international outsourcing in IT in Colorado.

The paper studies the growth and determinants of information technology (IT) trade in the Asia-Pacific
region. The authors argue that the rise of IT trade must be understood within the context o increasing vertical fragmentation of production processes that has occurred over the past two decades.

The year-long study looks at the states existing physical, financial and intellectual infrastructures to support the states research and technology sectors, making specific recommendations in three groupings to foster continued growth.

Prepared by the Maine Education Policy Research Institute, the two-series report evaluates the program formed in 2000 to provide laptops to all middle school teachers and students. The report looks at the impact from several difference perspectives, provides an initial structured, objective look into the programs effectiveness.

The paper examines two popular yet highly controversial claims about the conditions most favorable to the rapid spread of new technology. To investigate the claims, the authors use event-history analysis to estimate the determinants of diffusion speed across a large panel of developed and developing countries for three very different technologies.

The authors study the production of knowledge when many researchers or inventors are involved, in a setting where there tensions can arise between individual public and private contributions.