Productivity, Innovation and Economic Performance - Rilegato

 
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Sinossi

The book compares and explains differences in levels of incomes among industrialised countries.

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Descrizione del libro

There are many explanations of why some countries are richer than others. This book compares levels of income among industrialised countries, and goes on to explain them. Central to the explanation are the science base and the level of research and development it supports.

Contenuti

1. Introduction R. Barrell; 2. Britain's productivity performance in international perspective: 1879–1990: a sectoral analysis S. Broadberry; 3. Labour productivity and product quality: their growth and inter-industry transmission in the UK 1979–1990 C. Greenhalgh and M. Gregory; 4. Productivity, employment and the 'IT paradox': evidence from financial services M. Haynes and S. Thompson; 5. Productivity and service quality in banking: commercial lending in Britain, the United States and Germany G. Mason, B. Keltner and K. Wagner; 6. Productivity growth in an open economy: the experience of the UK G. Cameron, J. Proudman and S. Redding; 7. Innovation and market value B. H. Hall; 8. Gross investment and technological change: a diffusion P. Stoneman and Myung-Joong Kwon; 9. National systems of innovation under strain: the internalisation of corporate R&D P. Patel and K. Pavitt; 10. Agglomeration economies, technology spillovers, and company productivity growth P. Geroski, I. Small and C. Walters; 11. Human capital, investment and innovation: what are the connections? S. Nickell and D. Nicolitsas.

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