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Productivity, innovation, and knowledge in services : new economic and socio-economic approaches

Gallouj, Faïz (contributor); Gadrey, Jean (contributor) - 2002

relationships between services, production and innovation. The authors discuss the limitations of current theories to explain … service productivity and innovation, and call for a conceptual re-working of the ways in which these are measured. They also …pt. 1. Productivity and performances in services -- pt. 2. Innovation in services and through services …

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Economic performance in the Americas : the role of the service sector in Brazil, Mexico and the USA

Mulder, Nanno - 2002

Economic Performance in the Americas compares the economic performances of Brazil, Mexico and the USA over the past half century. As with most other high and middle-income countries their economies are service-sector orientated and have been for several decades. This book encompasses all sectors...

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Public enterprise revisited : a closer look at the 1954-79 UK labour productivity record

Iordanoglou, Chrisafis H. - 2001

The book compares the 1954-79 labour productivity record of 5 expanding public sector industries to that of 24 expanding, capital intensive, mass-production industries in the British private sector. The author shows that the public sector industries' labour productivity growth was significantly...

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Research companion to the dysfunctional workplace : management challenges and symptoms

Langan-Fox, Janice (contributor); Cooper, Cary (contributor) - 2007

A work exposing and exploring the phenomena of the dysfunctional workplace is long overdue. This fascinating book does just that, uncovering the subversiveness, counter-productive behaviour and unspoken 'issues' that managers struggle with on a daily basis

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Growth, unemployment, and deindustrialization

Groot, Henri L. F. de - 2000

The sectoral composition of economies is fundamental to the understanding of growth, unemployment and the relative performance of nations. Henri de Groot models the relationship between these four factors from a single theoretical perspective in order to determine the foundations of the wealth...

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Biomaterials innovation : bundling technologies and life

Styhre, Alexander - 2014

academic research settings today. Biomaterials Innovation offers a comprehensive overview of life science innovation and … presents empirical research in the field of biomaterials innovation. Alexander Styhre examines innovation management practices … implications of biomaterials innovation. Biomaterials Innovation will be required reading for any researcher, policy-maker or …

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Innovation, unemployment, and policy in the theories of growth and distribution

Salvadori, Neri (contributor); Balducci, Renato (contributor) - 2005

Innovation, Unemployment and Policy in the Theories of Growth and Distribution increases our understanding about the …section 1. Human capital and innovation -- section 2. Variety and quality innovation -- section 3. Employment and …

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Public procurement for innovation

Edquist, Charles (contributor) - 2015

'This is a very timely book! Public procurement for innovation has become a prominent tool of demand-side innovation … this bundle of instruments and their limitations, is highly relevant for both innovation policy analysts, students and … innovation.'--Stefan Kuhlmann, University of Twente, the Netherlands, President of the European Forum for Studies of Policies for …

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Handbook on the economic complexity of technological change

Antonelli, Cristiano (contributor) - 2011

pt. 1. Introduction -- pt. 2. The economic complexity of innovation -- pt. 3. The economic complexity of knowledge …

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Creative knowledge environments : the influences on creativity in research and innovation

Martin, Ben R. (contributor); … - 2004

processes for research and innovation …

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