ICT and e-Business Impact in the Retail Industry - empirica

e-Business in the Retail SectorExhibit 4.2-6: Average working hours per employee in retail, 1980 – 2004 (annual averagegrowth rates)-3 -2 -1 0 1 2Austria-0.7-0.5-0.1Belgium-0.6-0.60.1Denmark0.2-0.41.1Spain-0.6-0.30.1France-0.9-0.7-0.9Germany-0.9-1.1-0.7Greece-0.1-0.10.0Ireland-2.1-0.8Italy-0.4-0.2-0.6Luxembourg-0.10.00.6Netherlands-1.5-1.1-0.9Portugal-0.7-0.4-0.1Sweden-0.7-0.30.2United Kingdom-0.3-0.5-0.11980-19951995-20002000-2004Source: EUKLEMS data base, GGDC; own calculation92