Kenneth L. Kraemer|Jason Dedrick
Payoffs from investment in information technology: Lessons from the Asia-Pacific region
University of California, Irvine|University of California, Irvine
paper examines factors influencing investment information technology payoffs investment use productivity economic growth 12 asia pacific countries 19841990 finds significant positive correlation growth investment growth gdp productivity sevenyear period countries higher growth rates investment achieved consistently higher growth rates gdp productivity finding consistent notion itled development challenges socalled productivity paradox notion investment paid productivity improvements