TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kurokawa,Futoshi
AU  -  Nishimura,Kiyohiko G.
TI  - Productivity in Information Service Industries: a Panel Analysis of Japanese Firms
PY  - 2006///.
							
N1  - 12
N2  - We examine factors determining productivity of information-technology service activities at firm level, using most comprehensive data of information service industries in Japan. We focus on the degree of modularisation and resulting outsourcing and economies/diseconomies of scale in software development, and changes. We find that outsourcing has persistent negative effects on total factor productivity, suggesting not only productivity-enhancing modularisation is not fully utilised but also productivity-hindering remnants of traditional main-contractor-subcontractor relations still prevail in Japanese information service industries. We also find diseconomies of scale in software development, suggesting less efficient communication among development team members.JEL Classification: L23, L25, L86, O33
UR  - https://shs.cairn.info/revue-de-l-ofce-2006-5-page-351?lang=fr&redirect-ssocas=7080
ER  -