Las nuevas tecnologías y la competitividad industrial

Mas, Matilde and Quesada, Javier and Robledo, Juan Carlos (2007): Las nuevas tecnologías y la competitividad industrial. Published in: Papeles de Economía Española , Vol. 112, (2007): pp. 121-134.

Abstract

This article analyses the role of the new technologies in the competitiveness of Spanish industry. We exclude the energy factor and focus our attention on the impact of the ICT capital services (hardware, software and telecommunications)on the productivity of the manufacturing sectors, as well as their contribution to the rise in productivity of the Spanish economy as a whole. We conclude that penetration of the ICTs is still limited and lower in the manufacturing industry than in the services, so it is not surprising that their beneficial fruits are not yet visible.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• English Title: New technologies and industrial competiveness
• Language: Spanish
• Keywords: new technologies, ICT capital, productivity, growth
• Subjects: O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O4 - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity > O47 - Empirical Studies of Economic Growth ; Aggregate Productivity ; Cross-Country Output Convergence; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O5 - Economywide Country Studies > O52 - Europe

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