The productivity paradox of information technology
Communications of the ACMPublished 1 December 1993Open access
Erik Brynjolfsson
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The increased interest in the «productivity paradox,» as it has become known, has engendered a significant amount of research, but thus far, this has only deepened the mystery.
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