Title of article
An investigation on the effect of technology on total factor productivity improvement of insurance firms
Author/Authors
Peykarjou، Kambiz نويسنده Assistant Professor, Department of Management and Economics, Science & Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran , , Malekshahi، Tahereh نويسنده Master of economy, Department of Management and Economics, Science & Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran ,
Issue Information
ماهنامه با شماره پیاپی 31 سال 2014
Pages
4
From page
1591
To page
1594
Abstract
This paper presents an empirical investigation to study the impact of the implementations of the recent advances on technology on total factor productivity improvement (TFP) of some Iranian insurance firms over the period 2008-2012. The study considers the number of information and communication technology (ICT) employees, insurance treaty and the number of computers used together with online users as technology advancement. Using generalized least square technique, the study has determined a positive and meaningful impact of the number of research and development employees as well as the number of personal computers together with online users on TFP improvement. However, the numbers of ICT employees and insurance treaty have no significant impact on TFP improvement.
Journal title
Management Science Letters
Serial Year
2014
Journal title
Management Science Letters
Record number
1332311
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