Low aggregate investment in Finland has been argued to merely reflect structural change to an innovation economy, with … high R&D levels adequately compensating for reduced physical investment. This paper briefly reviews the issues and … discusses the severity and persistence of the shortage. Immaterialization of investment clearly plays a role and outward FDI …

economic growth, productivity, competitiveness, collective bargaining and industrial policy. Bibliography and statistical …

Total factor productivity growth was stagnant or slowing in many advanced countries even prior to the crisis. This … paper documents sector-level productivity patterns across advanced economies prior to the crisis and examines the role of … driving productivity differences across sectors and countries. Since productivity payoffs of reforms evolve over time, we also …

the aggregate level, the productivity performance of the Portuguese services sector is low relative to that of selected … potential to increase its productivity and participation in international trade. Portugal should thus focus on the development … productivity and standards of living differentials relative to most of our European partners. Decisio makers should also not forget …

both productivity and employment to growth and then proceed to the definition of a cluster analysis. This methodology …

three questions (a) What is the source of knowledge flows? (b) To what extent do such flows contribute to productivity …

productivity. The results will provide guidanceon policy interventions. …

Literature on growth accounting has generally introduced productivity to explain the growth of services. One of the … lower productivity level than the other productive sectors, and that its growth is always quite slow. Such a statement is … and the incorporation of technical progress. From this approach we can derive the relative lower productivity in some …