knowledge sector is bounded, as productivity increases, the economy moves from a ‘Solovian zone’ where wages increase with … productivity, to a ‘Marxian’ zone where they paradoxically decline with productivity. This is because as consumption of a given … creativity is more unevenly distributed than productivity, technical progress always increases inequality. Redistribution from …

This paper uses a novel empirical approach to assess if the development of online platforms affects the productivity of …) and ten OECD countries using internet search data from Google Trends, which we link to firm-level data on productivity in … these industries. We find that platform development supports the productivity of the average incumbent service firm and also …

Using a stochastic frontier model and a comprehensive dataset, we study factors that affect corporate efficiency in … efficiency, and (iii) high competition is less conductive to efficiency than moderate or low competition. In terms of ownership …, we find that (iv) efficiency increases when a majority owner must deal with minority shareholders and that (v) domestic …

coalitions and shed light on many other subtleties of how ownership and the specific industry affect firm efficiency. …In this paper we analyze the evolution of firm efficiency in the Czech Republic. Using a large panel of more than 190 …,000 Czech firm/years we study whether firms fully utilize their resources, how firm efficiency evolves over time, and how firm …

The United Kingdom is preparing a modern industrial strategy to boost labour productivity across the whole country and … meeting these targets. This study identifies industrial strengths of each region and scope to boost regional productivity … productivity, but the sectoral composition of regions and their type of investment are more important determinants. Each region has …

the Bothnian Arc have shown a remarkable vitality, notably Oulu (Finland), driven by an innovation ecosystem that builds … Facebook data centre. The area is looking to go beyond ad hoc projects for a more strategic approach to innovation …-driven collaboration to be the dynamic hub of the north. This case study is part of the project <i>Regions and Innovation: Collaborating …

The subject of this round table is policies in support of innovation and competitiveness of Italian firms, whose … productivity has been showing low growth rates since the second half of the 1990s. The round table participants discuss the reasons … for the slowdown in productivity, examine the situations of other countries, and evaluate the effectiveness of industrial …

In this paper I report on work that has aimed at measuring and understanding the sources of productivity differences …