developments assesses whether an acceleration of productivity growth, the touchstone of the New Economy, is likely to occur in … institutional changes such as product and labour market deregulation have served as catalysts for growth. He then looks at the role … concludes that an acceleration in productivity in Europe is likely, as is a continuation of strong productivity gains in the …

This paper gives a conceptual overview of the openness and vulnerability, sharing which in both cases respectively … depends on economic policy and on structural factors, independent from policy. It focuses on openness policy, proposed to be … measured by the residual of an openness function estimated only from structural factors, and on structural vulnerability …

growth and employment, and an overlook on the impacts of different policy measures on companies. The role of large companies … employment, especially among young and small companies. Impacts on the productivity are, however, uncertain. Cooperation of … help firms to grow larger but do not improve their productivity. …

on productivity growth, we estimate that Finland could achieve an annual growth rate of about 2 per cent in the coming 5 … the growth prospects in the coming 5 years. The weakness of Finland’s performance relative to comparative EU … recovery in turn stems from a stronger export market growth, the fading away of the negative Nokia shock, and the improvement …

Trend productivity growth is a crucial determinant of future living standards as well as fiscal balances. In this … article, Benoit Robidoux and Bing-Sun Wong from Finance Canada examine the issue of whether trend productivity growth has … authors find that Canada experienced a greater pick-up in total factor productivity growth than the United States. Increased …

highly persistent. Moreover benefits (in terms of productivity) resulting from innovation are differentiated according to the … initial technological level of firms. Lastly, innovating firms seem to contribute significantly to the economic growth over …

capital accumulation on productivity growth in Canada, differences between Gross Domestic Product and Net Domestic Product …, future productivity growth in Canada, and the OECD growth study. …This seventh issue of the International Productivity Monitor produced by the Centre for the Study of Living Standards …

the information and communications technology sector to productivity growth in Canada and the United States; the Irish …The third issue of the International Productivity Monitor produced by the Centre for the Study of Living Standards … contains six articles that deal with a wide range of issues in the productivity area. Topics covered are the contribution of …