Enhancing Productivity Growth in the Information Age: Measuring and Sustaining the New Economy

by National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences, and Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy

Dale W. Jorgenson (Editor) and Charles W. Wessner (Editor)

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Starting in the mid 1990s, the United States economy experienced an unprecedented upsurge in economic productivity. Rapid technological change in communications, computing, and information management continue to promise further gains in productivity, a phenomenon often referred to as the New Economy. To better understand this phenomenon, the National Academies Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy (STEP) initiated a project to better measure the contributions of different elements of the a /new economya (semiconductors, computers, software, and telecommunications) and to develop policies to meet the needs of these growth-enhancing industries. Accompanied by four workshop reports, this summary volume describes the steps required to better measure and sustain the benefits of this a /new economya in the sectors examined.
  • ISBN10 0309102200
  • ISBN13 9780309102209
  • Publish Date 19 February 2007 (first published 1 January 2007)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint National Academies Press
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 164
  • Language English