The proliferation of the internet has often been referred to as the fourth technological revolution. This book explores the diffusion of radical new communication technologies, and the subsequent transformation not only of products, but also of the organisation of production and business methods.

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SERGE ALLEGREZZA holds a PhD in applied economics, and has been director general of STATEC (The Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies of Luxembourg) since April 2003. He is also head of the Competitiveness Observatory (Ministry of Economics and Foreign Trade, Luxembourg) and serves as a board member of state owned IT companies. He has previously advised the government on electronic commerce at the Ministry of Economics.

ANNEDUBROCARD is Head of the Research Unit at STATEC. She holds a PhD in Economics from the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, France. She created and led a research team supported by STATEC and the Ministry of Economics exploring productivity and firm performance in Luxembourg.

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PART I: ICT AND PRODUCTIVITY Information Technology and the Transatlantic Productivity Divergence Technical Efficiency and the Role of Information Technology Analyzing ICT Adoption across European Regions PART II: DETERMINANTS OF DEMAND FOR ICT Determinants of Usages in the Ivory Coast Adoption and Access Frequency Valuing Time Intensive Goods Contingent Valuation of Digital Identification Cards in Luxembourg Blogs and the Economics of Reciprocal Attention PART III: NEW ORGANISATIONAL FRONTIERS File Sharing and its Impact on Business Models in Music An Empirical Analysis of Organisational Innovation in Japanese SMEs Determinants of the Intra-Firm Diffusion Process of ICT Does ICT Enable Innovation in Luxembourg?