UPS / Amazon / Procter and Gamble / General Motors / Baxter / Dell Computer / Goldman Sachs / Wilson / Delphi Automotive Systems / Amazon.com / Intel / /
Country
United States / /
Currency
cent / USD / / /
Event
M&A / /
Facility
Massachusetts Institute of Technology / University of Pennsylvania / /
IndustryTerm
Internet access / invoice processing / information technology value / purpose technologies / information technology capital / on-line markets / less Internet-enabled competitors / information processing / web users / category management / purpose technology / large medical products manufacturer / technology capabilities / large scale information technology projects / information technology using data / computer-controlled machinery / manufacturing technologies / basic technologies / greater product / Web vs. / important by-product / on-line account maintenance system / manual processing / machinery / communications links / information technology adoption / e - business / information technology investment / web retailers / laundry products / information technology use / manufacturing schedules / web access / manufacturing productivity / gross marginal product / perishable products / productive metal-working plants / digital communication technology / computer-based equipment / interorganizational information systems / inventory management / symbol processors / interorganizational systems / high communications / manufacturing industries / information technology-intensive production process / information technology adopters / computer-based inventory systems / information technology labor / automated information processing / Internet-based procurement systems / consumer products / Information technology / personalized recommendations / scale-intensive manufacturing technology / manufacturing / firm-level information technology investment / computing / retail stores / retail category / information technology costs / build-to-order production systems / /
Organization
School of Management / Wharton School / U.S. government / Massachusetts Institute of Technology / Bureau of Economic Analysis / Center for eBusiness / University of Pennsylvania / Philadelphia / /
Person
Robert Solow / Denise Caruso / Erik Brynjolfsson / Bernhardt / Lorin M. Hitt / Van Alstyne / Renshaw Alstyne / /
Position
Assistant Professor of Operations and Information Management / Co-director / Harper / industry analyst / Hunter / well-intentioned worker / white-collar worker in the service sector / Associate Professor / Assistant Professor / /
ProvinceOrState
Pennsylvania / Massachusetts / /
PublishedMedium
Journal of Economic Perspectives / /
Technology
digital communication technology / purpose technologies / Information Technology / inflexible / scale-intensive manufacturing technology / symbol processors / purpose technology / same basic technologies / combining information technology / Case Examples Companies using information technology / information processors / 1 Productivity Versus Information Technology / /
Journal of Economic Perspectives—Volume 14, Number 4 —Fall 2000 —Pages 23– 48 Beyond Computation: Information Technology, Organizational Transformation and Business Performance