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Technology, productivity and job creation : best policy practices / Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

By: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Paris : OECD, [1998]Copyright date: ©1998Description: 327 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9264160965 (paperback).Subject(s): Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development | Technological innovations -- Economic aspects | Information technology -- Congresses | Labor productivity -- Congresses | Job creation | Labor supply -- Effect of technological innovations on | Manpower policy -- CongressesDDC classification: 339.5
Contents:
Introduction and main conclusions -- Part I: Policy framework -- Technology, growth and employment in the knowledge-based economy -- The mechanisms of innovation and technology diffusion -- Changing patterns of public support and private R&D efforts -- The policy challenge -- Part II: Best policy practices -- Policy evaluation -- Managing the science base -- Financial support to industrial R&D efforts -- Technology diffusion policies and initiatives -- Promoting new technology-based firms -- Facilitating growth in new demand -- High-performance workplaces and intangible investment.
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On cover: The OECD jobs strategy

Bibliography: (pages 311-327).

Introduction and main conclusions -- Part I: Policy framework -- Technology, growth and employment in the knowledge-based economy -- The mechanisms of innovation and technology diffusion -- Changing patterns of public support and private R&D efforts -- The policy challenge -- Part II: Best policy practices -- Policy evaluation -- Managing the science base -- Financial support to industrial R&D efforts -- Technology diffusion policies and initiatives -- Promoting new technology-based firms -- Facilitating growth in new demand -- High-performance workplaces and intangible investment.