A research note: information technology and company performance in the textile industry |
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| Authors: | Irene Hardill Pooran Wynarczyk |
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| Institution: | Irene Hardill is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Economics and Public Administration at Nottingham Polytechnic. Pooran Wynarczyk is Research Associate in the Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies at the University of Newcastleupon-Tyne. |
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| Abstract: | Here the authors examine the role of computer networks on organisations engaged in textile and clothing manufacture. The results reveal that companies with a computer network performed significantly better than those without, both in terms of growth in employment and return on sales over the period 1985–87 |
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