出版社：Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis
摘要：Since it is ultimately productivity that determines the standard of
living, a crucial question is what drives productivity growth. Since
productivity growth is associated with technological change, the
natural candidate for driving force is innovation. In an interesting
study, Henry van der Wiel (cf. CPB Report, 2001/1), investigated
the relationship between innovation and productivity in services.
¡°Innovation¡± is measured quantitatively (innovation expenditures
as a percentage of turnover) and qualitatively (firm reports of
innovation projects: technological vs. non-technological and successful
vs. non-successful). For ¡°productivity¡± the author takes
labour productivity, which remains undefined (if it is turnover per
unit of labour, then ¡°productivity¡± would be ill-defined, but on the
same footing as ¡°innovation¡±. If labour productivity is defined correctly
as (real) value-added per unit of labour, then it is on a different
footing than ¡°innovation¡±).
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