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Ageing and the labor market in Japan : problems and policies
Hamada, Kōichi (contributor); Katō, Hiromi (contributor) - 2007
1. Ageing and employment in Japan -- 2. Factors affecting labor force participation in Japan : empirical study of labor …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420040
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Innovation, growth, and social cohesion : the Danish model
Lundvall, Bengt-Åke - 2002
Written by the scholar who, together with Chris Freeman, first introduced the concept of the innovation system, this book brings the literature an important step forward. Based upon extraordinarily rich empirical material, it shows how and why competence building and innovation are crucial for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851756
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Innovation, entrepreneurship and culture : the interaction between technology, progress and economic growth
Brown, Terrence E. (contributor); Ulijn, J. M. (contributor) - 2004
. Culture's role in entrepreneurship : self-employment out of dissatisfaction -- 9. Towards cooperation between European start …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012419964
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Institutions, innovation and growth : selected economic papers
Touffut, Jean-Philippe (contributor) - 2003
The first book in this important new series, under the general editorship of Nobel Laureate Robert Solow, Institutions, Innovation and Growth assembles a stellar cast of international contributors. Leading economists join the debate on innovation and economic growth, focussing on a broad...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851780
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Knowledge, technological catch-up and economic growth
Rogers, Mark - 2003
Knowledge, Technological Catch-up and Economic Growth investigates the relationship between knowledge diffusion and economic growth. Using a broad definition of knowledge - encompassing technology, production skills, know-how and firm capabilities - the central argument of the book is that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473801
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Environment, technology and economic growth : the challenge to sustainable development
Tylecote, Andrew (ed.); Straaten, Jan van der (ed.) - 1997
disaster and to end mass unemployment by accelerating and redirecting world economic growth. This major volume brings together … microelectronics and biotechnology, which is now transforming the world economy, and sets it in the context of long term fluctuations … full employment are not necessarily opposed. On the contrary, as this volume demonstrates, what is required to return to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473910
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The economics of technology diffusion and energy efficiency
Mulder, Peter - 2005
Technological change plays a crucial role in realizing energy efficiency improvements and, therefore, in ameliorating the conflict between economic growth and environmental quality. However, the diffusion of new technologies can prove a costly and lengthy process, meaning that many firms do not...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014474030
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Knowledge, inequality, and growth in the new economy
Nahuis, Richard - 2003
During the past two centuries, major technological breakthroughs such as the steam engine and electricity have acted as the catalysts for growth and have resulted in a marked increase in material well-being. The dominant technology today - information and communication technology (ICT) - does...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014474134
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Technology and the future of European employment
Soete, Luc (contributor); Petit, Pascal (contributor) - 2001
between technological change and employment in all its dimensions, focusing on contemporary economies in Europe. The authors … discuss patterns of growth, and the type of employment that countries might expect to be created following the introduction of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852125
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New directions in the study of work and employment : revitalizing industrial relations as an academic enterprise
Whalen, Charles J. (contributor) - 2008
Charles Whalen's book identifies avenues leading to the revitalization of industrial relations as an academic discipline. The contributors, a stellar assemblage of the field's leading scholars, demonstrate there is much work to be done: the scope and intellectual content of industrial relations...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851299