This the inaugural issue of the International Productivity Monitor, a new publication produced by the Ottawa-based Centre for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS). The objective of the Monitor is to focus atttention on the importance of productivity for improving living standards and quality of...

A la question de savoir ce qu'est la New economy, nous répondons en proposant une double distinction : (i) la distinction des discours tenus sur l'économie U.S. des années quatre-vingt dix et des caractéristiques “réelles” de cette économie, et (ii) la distinction de trois acceptions...

SMEs that operate in information technology (IT) sector need venture capital besides conventional financial techniques (capital, loans, etc.). Venture capitalists can be categorized into two groups as personal and institutional venture capitalists. Those who are individual venture capitalists...

This paper introduces a more sophisticated two-sector model of endogenous long-run growth without scale effects. The world economy consists of two similarly developed countries both of which are capable of producing manufacturings and services. The knowledge-based services as intermediate inputs...

The paper points to some new aspects in the evolution of the world's economy, where mainly the use of so far unknown or disregarded financial tools leads to brand new situations on various markets and to qualities generally called deformation of the markets. The paper also defines new,...

In dem Heft werden drei Papiere vorgestellt, die im Oktober 2000 auf einem Workshop in Heidelberg vorgetragen wurden. Gefragt wird danach, inwieweit die sog. 'new economy' mit neuen Formen der Arbeitsorganisation verbunden ist. Ziel des Workshops war es, eine theoriegestützte komparative...

Abel J. R. and Gabe T. M. Human capital and economic activity in urban America, Regional Studies. The relationship between human capital and economic activity in US metropolitan areas is examined, extending the literature in two ways. First, new data on metropolitan area gross domestic product...

The paper discusses the problems of competitiveness of the public sector of the economy. The article shows that a possible solution to this problem is the computerization of the public sector, for example, active introduction of the e-government.