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Workplace organisation and innovation in small and medium-sized enterprises

Lorenz, Edward H.; Potter, Jonathan - 2019

This paper examines the relationship between workplace organisation and innovation in small and medium … Assessment of Adult Competencies and the Community Innovation Survey. It contrasts SMEs adopting a “learning organisation” or …, knowledge exchange with employees and supervisors, on-the-job training, and employee performance incentives. They account for …

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Making New Zealand's economic growth more inclusive

Carey, David - 2015

New Zealand generally performs well in terms of economic and social inclusion. It has high employment rates, and education and health-care systems work well for most. However, some New Zealanders are stuck on low incomes and face material deprivation and multiple barriers to economic and social...

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Making growth more inclusive in Costa Rica

González Pandiella, Alberto - 2016

In the past 30 years Costa Rica has grown steadily and social indicators have improved markedly. Well-being indicators are comparable or even above the OECD average in several dimensions, such as health, environment or life-satisfaction. This paper reviews the social progress that Costa Rica has...

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Sharing the benefits of China's growth by providing opportunities to all

Westmore, Ben - 2017

Living standards in China have greatly improved over the past few decades. Both sustained economic growth and an expansion of the social security system have contributed to a sharp reduction in the number of people in poverty. However, urban-rural inequalities remain large and some of the...

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The economy of well-being : creating opportunities for people’s well-being and economic growth

Llena-Nozal, Ana; Martin, Neil; Murtin, Fabrice - 2019

As well-being has matured as a statistical and measurement agenda, it has become increasingly relevant as a “compass” for policy, with a growing number of countries using well-being metrics to guide decision-making and inform budgetary processes. One remaining challenge has consisted in...

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Networks of innovation : towards new models for managing schools and systems

2003

: to what extent can they replace cumbersome bureaucracies as forms of management and as sources of innovation and … seminars held in Hungary, the Netherlands and Portugal, organized with the OECD's Centre for Educational Research and … Innovation. They were concerned with the "how?" and not just the "what?" and "why?" of changing schools for the future …

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China's march to prosperity : reforms to avoid the middle-income trap

Koen, Vincent; Herd, Richard; Hill, Sam - 2013

liberalisation; strengthening competition in markets for goods and services; education, research and innovation. Progress is also …

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Policies to support sustainable long-term growth in New Zealand

Cheung, Calista - 2013

innovation leveraged off the country’s strong primary industry knowledge base. Continuing to raise skill levels and the …

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Effects of reducing gender gaps in education and labour force participation on economic growth in the OECD

Thévenon, Olivier; Ali, Nabil; Adema, Willem; Salvi … - 2012

This paper assesses the extent to which the increase in women’s human capital, as measured by educational attainment, has contributed to economic growth in OECD countries over the past five decades. Using cross-country/time series data covering 30 countries from 1960 to 2008 on education (the...

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Skills at work : how skills and their use matter in the labour market

Quintini, Glenda - 2014

numerous types of skills, the Survey of Adult Skills offers a unique opportunity to advance knowledge in this area and this …

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