Using sectoral intangible investment data we confirm that intangible capital is a significant determinant of labour productivity growth. The sectoral setting further allows us to identify the differential impacts of intangible capital across industries with varying degrees of ICT intensity....

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to understand the recent developments and trends of intangible investment in Egypt and South Africa. Design/methodology/approach: This paper follows the framework pioneered by Corrado, Hulten and Sichel (2005, 2009) and measures investments in scientific...

Background: The current health care reform in China launched in 2009 tackles the problem of access to appropriate medicines for its 1.3 billion people by focusing on providing essential medicines to all. To provide evidence for the reform process, we investigated the manufacturing, purchasing,...