IT IMPACT ON THE FIRM PRODUCTIVITY IN RUSSIA: METHODOLOGY OF EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION
The paper considers methodology of information technology productivity effects in Russian business empirical investigation. It focuses on two problems: factors, determining IT-budget of a Russian firm, and the impact of IT investment on the productivity of the latter. Answer to the first question is based on a regression analysis of Russian firms IT budgets, to the second question — on a production functions, using IT capital as a parameter. Data sources for such an investigation are also considered.