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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Rincón-Aznar, Ana
• Foster-McGregor, Neil
• Pöschl, Johannes
• Stehrer, Robert
• Vecchi, Michaela
• Venturini, Francesco

Titel

Reducing productivity and efficiency gaps : the role of knowledge assets, absorptive capacity and institutions

Ist Teil von

• Research report / WIIW - The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies : 396 (Alle Bände)

Ort / Verlag

Wien : Verein "Wiener Inst. für Internat. Wirtschaftsvergleiche" (WIIW)

Erscheinungsjahr

2014

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• This report is based on the Background Study for the European Competitiveness Report 2013. The work was done for the European Commission, DG Enterprise and Industry, under the Framework Contract ENTR/2009/033
• Erhältlich unter: wiiw.ac.at
• Literaturverz. S. 103 - 117
• This study analyses the impact of knowledge assets on productivity and technical efficiency in the EU, as well as their role in the process of knowledge transfer. The analysis covers the role of the institutional and regulatory environment in affecting productivity and technical efficiency and how different regulations interact with both the accumulation of knowledge assets and the transfer of technology. Special emphasis is put on the analysis of trends and performance within the EU, across countries and sectors. The trends and performance of the EU at aggregate and sectoral levels are also contrasted with those of other major competitors, such as the United States, Japan or Korea. Further, the effects of the recent crisis on productivity and efficiency at company level are explored