Information, Technology, and Information Worker Productivity

Sinan Aral
Sinan Aral
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Stern School of Business, New York University, New York, New York 10012
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Erik Brynjolfsson
Erik Brynjolfsson
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Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142
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Marshall Van Alstyne
Marshall Van Alstyne
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Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215; and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142
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Sinan Aral

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Stern School of Business, New York University, New York, New York 10012

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Erik Brynjolfsson

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Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142

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Marshall Van Alstyne

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Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215; and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142

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Published Online:12 Mar 2012https://doi.org/10.1287/isre.1110.0408

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