PRODUCTIVITY PARADOX IN POLISH FOOD PRODUCTION INDUSTRY

• Authors: PIOTR JAŁOWIECKI , MICHAŁ GOSTKOWSKI
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This paper presents the results of studies of the relationship between level of advancement of IT solutions used in Polish enterprises of food processing and the company's financial situation, logistic costs, position on the market against the sector, and quality of IT support of logistics. The results showed no significant correlation between IT solutions advancement level and financial situation, and logistic costs. These results corresponds with the productivity paradox signaled in the literature. However, there was an average correlations between the IT solutions advancement level and position on the market against the sector, and quality of IT support of logistics. The studies used the results of a survey conducted in 2009-2011 among Polish food processing sector enterprises.

Keywords

EN

IT investments; company’s performance; productivity paradox; food production

• Publisher: Katedra Informatyki Szkoła Główna Gospodarstwa Wiejskiego w Warszawie
• Journal: Information Systems in Management
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 2
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 263-273

Dates

published

2013

Contributors

author

PIOTR JAŁOWIECKI

• Warsaw University of Life Sciences - SGGW, Faculty of Applied Informatics and Mathematics

author

MICHAŁ GOSTKOWSKI

• Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Faculty of Economic Sciences

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Identifiers

ISSN

2084-5537