Productivity perspectives / edited by Philip McCann, Tim Vorley.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

McCann, Philip, editor.

Vorley, Tim, editor.

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Industrial productivity.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (390 pages)

Place of Publication:

Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2020.

Summary:

"Productivity Perspectives offers a timely and stimulating social science view on the productivity debate, drawing on the work of the ESRC funded Productivity Insights Network. The book examines the drivers and inhibitors of UK productivity growth in the light of international evidence, that has resulted in the dramatic slowdown and flatlining of productivity growth in the UK. The reasons for this so-called productivity puzzle are not well understood, and this book advances explanations and insights on these issues from different disciplinary and methodological perspectives. It will be of value to all those interested and engaging with the challenge of slowing productivity growth. This book will be essential and insightful reading for academics across the social sciences, business leaders and policy makers working on the productivity puzzle. Written in an accessible manner, it will also be of interest to a wide audience in government, the private sector and civil society"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Contents: 1. Introduction to Productivity Perspectives (1) / Philip McCann and Tim Vorley

2. Productivity perspectives : observations from the UK and the international arena (18) / Philip McCann

3. Measuring productivity (48) / Vania Sena

4. FDI, capital and investment markets (78) / Richard Harris

5. Innovation and productivity : a multi-perspective assessment (103) / Robert Huggins and Hiro Izushi

6. Small business growth and productivity (129) / Andrew Henley

7. Productivity and the UK's deficiency in scale-ups (147) / Colin Mason

8. Human capital, skills and productivity (174) / Maria Abreu

9. Demographic ageing and productivity (190) / Katerina Lisenkova

10. Inequality, well-being and (inclusive) productivity growth (206) / Leaza McSorley

11. Contemporary work and employment and the productivity puzzle (224) / Kirsty Newsome and Tim Vorley

12. Regional and city productivity debates : insights from work undertaken by Cambridge Econometrics (243) / Ben Gardiner and Richard Lewney

13. Infrastructure and productivity (255) / Iain Docherty and David Waite

14. From silos to systems : insights and implications for productivity policy (274) / Tim Vorley and Jen Nelles

15. Productivity policy review (293) / Jonathan Cook, Dan Hardy and Imogen Sprackling

16. The UK productivity paradox and the governance of UK science and technology policy: lessons from California? (324) / Gary Dymski

Index (363).

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-78897-880-3