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Making the business environment more supportive of productivity in Belgium

Walkenhorst, Peter; Demmou, Lilas; Frohde, Manav - 2017

Un environnement économique favorable est crucial pour stimuler la productivité en Belgique et l’inclusivité, et est le principal moteur de la prospérité économique à long terme. Ce document analyse l’impact de l’environnement économique sur la performance de productivité. La...

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The UK productivity puzzle through the magnifying glass : a sectoral perspective

Kierzenkowski, Rafał; Machlica, Gabriel; Fulop, Gabor - 2018

, too rapid expansion of financial services, weak innovation in the manufacturing sector, and a secular decline of oil and …

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Environmental policies and productivity growth : a critical review of empirical findings

Koźluk, Tomasz; Zipperer, Vera - 2013

well-designed environmental policies can provide a ‘free lunch’ – encouraging innovation, bringing about gains in …

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Scaling new heights : achievements and future challenges for productivity convergence in Lithuania

Westmore, Ben - 2016

role of workplace training will be important. So too will be further measures that support the innovation capacity of the … business sector, including innovation policies that promote the absorptive capacity of firms and do not favour incumbents at …

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Creating good conditions for innovation-driven productivity gains in Australia

Hemmings, Philip J.; Park, Taejin - 2017

Innovation is key to boosting Australia’s productivity and inclusiveness. This paper examines the policies that create … good conditions for innovation, not only in science and technology but also wider forms, such as business-model innovation …’s numerous innovation-related SME support schemes are uncertain. Federal and state governments are taking a positive approach to …

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Boosting productivity and living standards in Thailand

Koen, Vincent; Asada, Hidekatsu; Rahuman, Mohamed … - 2018

productivity through diversification, upgrading technology and innovation, and increasing employment and entrepreneurship. Thailand … innovation and digitalisation, improving the SME policy framework and expanding regional integration, as emphasised in the …

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Norway's economy : maintaining successful business sector in a changing world

Hemmings, Philip J.; Egeland, Jagoda; Garin, Juan - 2018

Norway’s success in maintaining high living standards, low inequality and good progress in gender balance owes much to its business sector. High-productivity business-sector jobs support high wages and profits, providing capacity to fund comprehensive public services and inclusive employment...

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Raising competitiveness and long-term growth of the Slovenian economy

Sila, Urban; Jemec, Nataša Todorović; Morgavi, Hermes - 2015

The rapid growth after independence stopped in 2008 as the global crisis exposed important structural weaknesses. Large state involvement and rigid labour and product markets lowered productivity. Weak corporate governance and easy credit before the crisis led to high indebtedness and...

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Reforms for sustainable productivity growth in Ireland

Jin, Yosuke; Westmore, Ben - 2018

The Irish economy has experienced a decline in productivity growth over the past decade. This has mostly reflected the poor performance of local firms, with the large productivity gap between foreign-owned and local enterprises having widened. Given the mobility of foreign-owned firms, achieving...

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Enhancing dynamism in SMEs and entrepreneurship in Korea

Jones, Randall Sidney; Lee, Jae Wan - 2018

Making SMEs and start-ups a driver of growth and job creation requires a number of policies to improve the performance of SMEs, whose labour productivity in the manufacturing sector has fallen to less than a third of that in large companies. The large-scale support for SMEs should shift from...

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