The Productivity of Information Technology Investments: New Evidence from IT Labor Data

被引:147
作者
Tambe, Prasanna [1 ]
Hitt, Lorin M. [2 ]
机构
[1] NYU, Stern Sch Business, New York, NY 10012 USA
[2] Univ Penn, Wharton Sch, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
关键词
business value of IT; economics of IS; econometrics; productivity; IT labor; SUPPLIER-DRIVEN; PROGRESS; PARADOX; GROWTH;
D O I
10.1287/isre.1110.0398
中图分类号
G25 [图书馆学、图书馆事业]; G35 [情报学、情报工作];
学科分类号
1205 ; 120501 ;
摘要
This paper uses newly collected panel data that allow for significant improvements in the measurement and modeling of information technology (IT) productivity to address some longstanding empirical limitations in the IT business value literature. First, we show that using generalized method of moments-based estimators to account for the endogeneity of IT spending produces coefficient estimates that are only about 10% lower than unadjusted estimates, suggesting that the effects of endogeneity on IT productivity estimates may be relatively small. Second, analysis of the expanded panel suggests that (a) IT returns are substantially lower in midsize firms than in Fortune 500 firms; (b) they materialize more slowly in large firms-in midsize firms, unlike in larger firms, the short-run contribution of IT to output is similar to the long-run output contribution; and (c) the measured marginal product of IT spending is higher from 2000 to 2006 than in any previous period, suggesting that firms, and especially large firms, have been continuing to develop new, valuable IT-enabled business process innovations. Furthermore, we show that the productivity of TT investments is higher in manufacturing sectors and that our productivity results are robust to controls for IT labor quality and outsourcing levels.
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页码:599 / 617
页数:19
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