Impact of information technology on productivity and efficiency in Iranian manufacturing industries

• Published in: Journal of industrial engineering international Vol. 11; no. 1; pp. 143 - 157
• Main Authors: Abri, Amir Gholam, Mahmoudzadeh, Mahmoud
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Heidelberg Springer 01.03.2015; Springer Berlin Heidelberg; Islamic Azad University, South Tehran Branch
• Subjects: Data envelopment analysis (DEA); Efficiency; Engineering; Engineering Economics; Facility Management; Industrial and Production Engineering; Information technologies (IT); Logistics; Malmquist Productivity Index (MPI); Marketing; Mathematical and Computational Engineering; Organization; Original Research; Panel data; Productivity; Quality Control; Reliability; Safety and Risk; Information technologies (IT); Productivity; Data envelopment analysis (DEA); Malmquist Productivity Index (MPI); Panel data; Efficiency

The aim of this paper is to assess the impact of information technology (IT) on the productivity and efficiency of manufacturing industries in Iran. So, the data will be collected from 23 Iranian manufacturing industries during ''2002-2006'' and the methods such as DEA and panel...