This volume studies the various aspects of the ICT revolution, with an analysis of firm-level determinants of productive efficiency and growth and the effects of internationalization and the completion of the European market.

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ROBERTO BASILE Institute for Studies and Economic Analyses (ISAE) and University of Macerata, Italy LEONARDO BECCHETTI University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy LUIGI BENFRATELLO University of Turin and Ceris-CNR, Italy ANDREA BONACCORSI Università di Pisa, Italy GIULIO BOTTAZZI Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Italy DAVIDE CASTELLANI University of Urbino and Centro Studi Luca d'Agliano, Italy ANNALISA CASTELLI University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy SILVIA GIANNANGELI Scuola Superiore di Studi Universitari e di Perfezionamento 'Sant' Anna' di Pisa, Italy MARCO GRAZZI Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Italy PAOLO GUERRIERI Università 'La Sapienza' Roma, Italy CECILIA JONA-LASINIO ISTAT, Italy DALE W. JORGENSON Department of Economics, Harvard University, USA BERNARDO MAGGI Università 'La Sapienza' Roma, Italy STEFANO MANZOCCHI Università di Perugia, Italy VALENTINA MELICIANI Università di Teramo, Italy FRENACESCO NUCCI Università 'La Sapienza' Roma, Italy PIER CARLO PADOAN International Monetary Fund, USA ALBERTO F. POZZOLO Università del Molise and Ente Luigi Einaudi, Italy FABIANO SCHIVARDI Banca d'Italia, Research Department, Italy ANGELO SECCHI Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Italy FRANCESCO VENTURINI Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy

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Capital Accumulation; M.Malgarini & G.Piga Information Technology and the G7 Economies; D.W.Jorgenson Which Factors Affect IT Investment in European Countries? A Panel Data Analysis; P.Guerrieri, C.Jona-Lasinio & S.Manzocchi How Much Does IT Consumption Matter for Growth? Evidence from National Accounts; F.Venturini Inside the Blackbox: Economic Performance and Technology Adoption when Space and Product Relationships Matter; L.Becchetti & A.Castelli Is Firm's Productivity Related to its Financial Structure? Evidence from Microeconomic Data; F.Nucci, A.F.Pozzolo & F.Schivardi Why New Firms Never Get Large? Evidence on Post-Entry Growth of Italian New Firms; A.Bonaccorsi & S.Giannangeli Characterizing the Production Process: A Disaggregated Analysis of Italian Manufacturing Firms; G.Bottazzi, M.Grazzi & A.Secchi Technology Diffusion, Services and Endogenous Growth in Europe: Is the Lisbon Strategy Useful?; P.Guerrieri, B.Maggi, V.Meliciani & P.C.Padoan Attracting Foreign Direct Investments in Europe: Are Italian Regions Doomed?; R.Basile, L.Benfratello & D.Castellani