Increasing productivity growth through innovation is a key to raising living standards. Although R&D intensity in Japan …. The innovation system, which developed during the catchingup process, is largely input-driven and focused on incremental … innovation based on closed and stable corporate and employment systems. However, this approach is less appropriate in the current …

factor productivity gains, which are in turn driven to a large extent by innovation. While a number of Korean firms are at … protection. Strengthened competition, particularly in the service sector, is needed to promote the diffusion of new technologies …. Innovation also requires policies to ensure the supply of high-quality human capital through reforms of tertiary education. This …

balance between federal control and state autonomy in public service provision and its financing has not been easy. Over time …-national revenues potentially affecting public sector efficiency and service quality. A better balance, one in which central government … likely to improve outcomes. Federal-state shared responsibilities continue to affect the efficiency of healthcare service …

productivity growth in manufacturing vis-à-vis services. Such a gap is due not only to improvements in the manufacturing sector but … also to a significant slowdown of productivity growth in services. Therefore, despite the success in export markets, the … German surplus may signal long-run weaknesses associated with constraints on service sector productivity growth and the …

decade in terms of labour productivity growth and international competitiveness. However, the services sector has had much … domestically oriented sectors, including network industries, crafts and professional services would release hidden growth potential … productivité de la main-d’oeuvre comme de compétitivité internationale. Le secteur des services en revanche affiche des taux de …

on the effects of regulatory reform on service productivity, prices and innovation. Finally, it discusses ways in which … productivité, les prix et l’innovation dans les services. Enfin, elle analyse la manière dont la régulation peut encourager la …The paper looks at patterns of regulation in service industries and explores their implications for service performance …

trade in both goods and services, thus aiming to account for the most important channels of globalisation and dealing with … most modes of cross-border services supply. It first describes trends in trade, FDI and the four sets of policies using a … de niveaux adéquats d’équipements d’infrastructure. L’analyse, qui couvre l’IDE et les échanges de biens et de services …

of competition and economic performance.<P>Régulation des services dans les pays de l'OCDE : évaluation et traits … saillants<BR>Régulation des services dans les pays de l’OCDE : évaluation et traits saillants Ce document décrit un nouvel …