Jonathan Timmis

The #AI revolution is underway & its impact on productivity growth is at the center of many debates. How should government policy adapt to opportunities & potential disruptions? Join our upcoming event on #AI & stay updated on the latest advancements. wrld.bg/PHRN50QeBiC

🗓️ December 12: Save the Date for the webinar“How is AI Transforming Firms?”. Join academic, policy and industry experts and learn how #AI is used in businesses. Register now: wrld.bg/swWy50QfhN6 @GeorgetownCBPP

🗓️ May 17: Save the Date for a webinar on AI and Big Data. Join academic, policy and industry experts to learn more about how new technologies diffuse around the world and disrupt economies. Register now: wrld.bg/qsU050Ojyhx

COVID means more people are working from home. Faster #broadband and working from home mean firms can save on office space. See our article @Tim_DeStefano @RAKneller @JonathanTimmis live-streamed at youtube.com/c/NBERvideos/f… #NBERSI2020. nottingham.ac.uk/gep/documents/…

I'm presenting new work (w/ S. Li & A. Zhou from @USCMarshall) using @LinkedIn data to measure social capital in the US economy today at 2:15pm ET at @nberpubs IT & #Digitization Track - livestream all day here: youtube.com/channel/UC79EL… full agenda here: conference.nber.org/sched/SI20PRIT

How has #broadband impacted #firms in the long-run? They can now squeeze more output from less space. See our article with @Tim_DeStefano @RAKneller @JonathanTimmis that will be presented today at #NBERSI2020: nottingham.ac.uk/gep/documents/…

Is #cloud different to earlier ICTs that benefited big business? Cloud computing leads to #growth mainly of young firms. See our @voxeu article with @Tim_DeStefano @RAKneller @JonathanTimmis voxeu.org/article/cloud-…

#COVID-19 has accelerated the shift to telework & cloud computing, but what is the impact of #cloud on firms? Cloud allows firms to decentralize away from their HQ. See our @voxeu article with @Tim_DeStefano @RAKneller @JonathanTimmis voxeu.org/article/cloud-…

@TheEconomist citing our @OECDinnovation work on increasing concentration and declining business dynamism: powerful firms are becoming even more powerful. economist.com/special-report… #OECD_PBD @C_Criscuolo @Sara_Calligaris @g_berlingieri @JonathanTimmis @matejbajgar @FLCalv

Don't miss @johnvanreenen talking about the rise of superstar firms! Nicely complemented by #OECD_PBD work on rising mark-ups (oecd-ilibrary.org/industry-and-s…) and rising divergence in productivity and wages (oecd-ilibrary.org/science-and-te…) @C_Criscuolo @Sara_Calligaris @g_berlingieri

Interesting article on challenges of measuring #InternetofThings, see related work on measuring digital sectors by @FLCalv @C_Criscuolo Luca Marcolin Mariagrazia Squicciarini doi.org/10.1787/f40473… #GoingDigital #OECD_PBD

Interesting article .... Work with @C_Criscuolo on OECD economies finds Global Value Chains can help smaller / non-frontier firms catch-up doi.org/10.1787/56453d… #OECD_PBD