Fostering productivity patterns, determinants, and policy implications
The main purpose of this book is to enhance the understanding of differences in productivity performance between countries and sectors and to improve our insight in the drivers of productivity levels and its growth. Due to demographics the speed-up of productivity growth will be of increasing import...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Boston
Elsevier
2004
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| Edition: | 1st ed |
| Series: | Contributions to economic analysis
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| Collection: | Emerald Business, Management and Economics eBook Collection Archive - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction / Theo Roelandt
- Human capital and productivity : a labour market perspective / Anne Reitsma
- Wage moderation and labour productivity / Frederik Huizinga
- Integrating evidence on the determinants of productivity / Henri L.E. de Groot
- Four sources of innovation and stimulation of growth in the Dutch economy / William J. Baumol
- Market structure, innovation and productivity : a marriage with chemistry / Henry van der Wiel
- Firm dynamics and labour productivity / Wim Verhoeven
- The contribution of business services to aggregate productivity growth / Henk L.M. Kox
- Increasing productivity through innovation and entrepreneurship in business services / Menno van Dijk
- The OECD growth study : implications for the Netherlands / Dirk Pilat
- What do the numbers mean? / Bart van Ark
- A policy agenda for higher productivity growth / Theo Roelandt
- Helping thy neighbour : productivity, welfare and international trade / Ben Geurts
- R&D and innovation : drivers of productivity growth / Luuk Klomp
- An international comparison of productivity performance : the case of the Netherlands / Stephan Raes
- ICT and Productivity / George van Leeuwen
- Includes bibliographical references