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Priorities and Directions for Future Productivity Research: The Need for Historical Perspective
Ark, Bart van - In: International Productivity Monitor 27 (2014) Fall, pp. 17-19
This article identifies three priorities for future productivity research: intangible assets, a better understanding of the impact of innovation on productivity, and a bridging of the gap between firm-level measures of productivity and industry-level and aggregate measures. It also makes the...
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What is the value of entrepreneurship?: a review of recent research
van Praag, C. Mirjam; Versloot, Peter H. - 2007
This paper examines to what extent recent empirical evidence can collectively and systematically substantiate the claim that entrepreneurship has important economic value. Hence, a systematic review is provided that answers the question: What is the contribution of entrepreneurs to the economy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276297
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A global decline in research productivity? Evidence from China and Germany
Böing, Philipp; Hünermund, Paul - 2020
In a recent paper, Bloom et al. (2020) find evidence for a substantial decline in research productivity in the U.S. economy during the last 40 years. In this paper, we replicate their findings for China and Germany, using detailed firm-level data spanning three decades. Our results indicate that...
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What Is the Value of Entrepreneurship?A Review of Recent Research
Praag, Mirjam van; Versloot, Peter H. - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
This paper examines to what extent recent empirical evidence can collectively andsystematically substantiate the claim that entrepreneurship has important economic value.Hence, a systematic review is provided that answers the question: What is the contribution ofentrepreneurs to the economy in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005862087
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R&D and Innovation : Evidence from Patent Data
Takahashi, Koji; Oh, Yusuke - 2021
We investigate innovation dynamics in Japanese listed firms by calculating an indicator for the accumulation of innovation based on patent citations, the “citation stock.” The calculated citation stock has decreased since the mid-2000s, which implies that the pace of innovation accumulation...
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What is the Value of Entrepreneurship? A Review of Recent Research
van Praag, Mirjam - 2015
This paper examines to what extent recent empirical evidence can collectively and systematically substantiate the claim that entrepreneurship has important economic value. Hence, a systematic review is provided that answers the question: What is the contribution of entrepreneurs to the economy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012750339
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A global decline in research productivity? : evidence from China and Germany
Boeing, Philipp; Hünermund, Paul - 2020
In a recent paper, Bloom et al. (2020) find evidence for a substantial decline in research productivity in the U.S. economy during the last 40 years. In this paper, we replicate their findings for China and Germany, using detailed firm-level data spanning three decades. Our results indicate that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012239797
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Editor's Overview
Sharpe, Andrew - In: International Productivity Monitor 5 (2002) Fall, pp. 1-2
The fifth issue of the International Productivity Monitor published by the Centre for the Study of Living Standards contains six articles. Topics covered are: the Canada-US manufacturing productivity gap; trends in Canadian living standards; the impact of economic reform on British productivity...
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The anatomy of emergence, with a focus upon capital formation
Harper, David A.; Endres, Anthony M. - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 82 (2012) 2, pp. 352-367
emergence—and apply these ideas to capital formation at all levels of economic order. The economy-wide capital structure … organization; it is not a mere aggregate of capital goods. Within the realm of capital phenomena, we also compare the … emergent capital pattern to illustrate conditions (1)–(7) above and the different types of emergence. …
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Productivity management: integrating the intellectual capital
Phusavat, Kongkiti; Comepa, Narongsak; Sitko‐Lutek, … - In: Industrial Management & Data Systems 113 (2013) 6, pp. 840-855
the intellectual capital or IC can be used to support productivity measurement. Design/methodology/approach – The research …
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