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Causal Effect from IT Capital in the US Computer and Electronic Products Industry: Value Added Increase or Labor Decrease

미국 전자산업에서 IT자본의 효과: 부가가치 창출 또는 근로자의 감소

  • Sangho Lee (Department of IT Management, Sun Moon University)
  • Received : 2019.11.09
  • Accepted : 2020.01.30
  • Published : 2020.05.31
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Abstract

Since many researchers were interested in measuring the performance of information technology investment, many studies have been conducted with various data sources and analysis methods, and most studies report that IT investment produces significant and positive results. Many of these studies have been conducted at the enterprise level, but different results may occur at the industry level. In the case of the electronics industry, if the performance of the IT highly increases, the sales of the IT produced in the electronics industry may decrease, and the added value of the electronics industry may also decrease. As a result of analysis, the increase in the IT capital of the US electronic industry did not increase the added value of the industry, but the increase in IT capital per worker in the industry had a positive effect on the increase in value added per worker (labor productivity) in the industry. In addition, the increase in IT capital in the US electronics industry has resulted in a decrease in the number of workers.

많은 연구자들이 정보기술 투자의 성과 측정에 관심을 가졌기에 다양한 자료원과 분석 방법으로 많은 연구가 진행되어 왔고, 대부분의 연구들은 정보기술 투자가 성과를 창출한다고 보고하고 있다. 이러한 연구들은 기업 수준에서 많이 수행되었는데, 산업 수준에서는 다른 결과가 발생할 수 있다. 전자산업의 경우, 정보기술의 성능이 증가하면 전자산업에서 생산되는 정보기술의 판매가 감소되어 전자산업의 부가가치는 감소할 수 있다. 분석결과, 미국의 전자산업에서 산업의 정보기술 자본의 증가는 산업의 부가가치를 증가시키지 못하였으나, 산업의 근로자 1인당 정보기술 자본의 증가는 산업의 근로자 1인당 부가가치(노동 생산성) 증가에 긍정적인 영향을 주었다. 또한, 미국 전자산업에서 정보기술 자본의 증가는 근로자 수를 감소시키는 결과를 보이고 있다.

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Acknowledgement

이 연구는 2016년도 선문대학교 교내학술연구비지원에 의하여 이루어졌음. 이 연구의 초기 버전은 2019 한국경영정보학회 추계학술대회(2019년 11월 2일)에 발표되었음.

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