Author: Publisher: Odile Jacob
ISBN: 2738177107
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Author: Publisher: Odile Jacob
ISBN: 2738177107
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Lien Entre L'innovation Et la Productivité Dans Les Industries Manufacturières
Author: Wulong GuPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Industrial productivity
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
This paper argues that the lack of evidence for a strong link between innovation & productivity in Canada is due to incomplete measures of innovation. The authors first construct a comprehensive measure of innovation that models innovation as an unobservable latent variable that underlies four indicators: research & development propensity, measured as a percentage of output; patents per worker; technology adoption, measured as real investment in machinery & equipment; and skill intensity, measured as the employment share of workers with a university education. The authors then examine the relationship between innovation & productivity in 14 Canadian manufacturing industries over 1980-1997 using the new measure. The results also show that the length of time it takes for innovation to have a positive & significant impact on productivity differs across industries.
La Politique monétaire en économie ouverte (II).
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Capital movements
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Demography: Analysis and Synthesis, Four Volume Set
Author: Publisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 0080454852
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 2857
Book Description
This four-volume collection of over 140 original chapters covers virtually everything of interest to demographers, sociologists, and others. Over 100 authors present population subjects in ways that provoke thinking and lead to the creation of new perspectives, not just facts and equations to be memorized. The articles follow a theory-methods-applications approach and so offer a kind of "one-stop shop" that is well suited for students and professors who need non-technical summaries, such as political scientists, public affairs specialists, and others. Unlike shorter handbooks, Demography: Analysis and Synthesis offers a long overdue, thorough treatment of the field. Choosing the analytical method that fits the data and the situation requires insights that the authors and editors of Demography: Analysis and Synthesis have explored and developed. This extended examination of demographic tools not only seeks to explain the analytical tools themselves, but also the relationships between general population dynamics and their natural, economic, social, political, and cultural environments. Limiting themselves to human populations only, the authors and editors cover subjects that range from the core building blocks of population change--fertility, mortality, and migration--to the consequences of demographic changes in the biological and health fields, population theories and doctrines, observation systems, and the teaching of demography. The international perspectives brought to these subjects is vital for those who want an unbiased, rounded overview of these complex, multifaceted subjects. Topics to be covered: * Population Dynamics and the Relationship Between Population Growth and Structure * The Determinants of Fertility * The Determinants of Mortality * The Determinants of Migration * Historical and Geographical Determinants of Population * The Effects of Population on Health, Economics, Culture, and the Environment * Population Policies * Data Collection Methods and Teaching about Population Studies * All chapters share a common format * Each chapter features several cross-references to other chapters * Tables, charts, and other non-text features are widespread * Each chapter contains at least 30 bibliographic citations
Accélérer la réduction de la pauvreté en Afrique
Author: Kathleen BeeglePublisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 1464814376
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
Le redressement de l’Afrique subsaharienne a été spectaculaire au cours des deux dernières décennies. Après de nombreuses années de déclin, l’économie du continent a commencé à reprendre de la vigueur au milieu des années 90. Grâce à cette croissance macroéconomique, la santé de la population s’est améliorée, le nombre des jeunes fréquentant l’école a augmenté, et le taux d'extrême pauvreté a diminué de 54 % en 1990 à 41 % en 2015. La région a connu moins de conflits (en dépit de ceux qui couvent dans certains pays et du nombre inquiétant des personnes déplacées), un élargissement des libertés politiques et sociales, et des progrès dans l’égalité hommes-femmes. Malgré ces avancées, les défis sont énormes. La croissance économique a ralenti au cours des dernières années. Les taux de pauvreté affichés dans de nombreux pays sont les plus élevés du monde. Et la croissance démographique africaine provoque une augmentation du nombre des pauvres du continent. Au niveau mondial, on assiste à un déplacement de la pauvreté de l'Asie du Sud vers l'Afrique. La stabilité et la croissance macroéconomiques sont certes des composantes essentielles de la réduction de la pauvreté et de l’amélioration du bien-être, mais elles ne sont pas suffisantes. Ce rapport explore les points d’entrée critiques et les domaines d’action prioritaires pour l’accélération de la réduction de la pauvreté en Afrique. Au-delà de la stabilité et de la croissance macroéconomiques, il cherche à savoir ce qui peut encore être fait et à identifier les points sur lesquels les décideurs devraient se concentrer pour réduire la pauvreté. Un agenda des politiques favorable aux pauvres requiert de la croissance aux endroits où ceux-ci vivent et travaillent, ainsi que de s’attaquer aux nombreux risques auxquels les ménages sont exposés. En conséquence de quoi, le présent rapport a ajouté une optique « emplois » à son travail. Il met carrément l’accent sur la productivité et les moyens de subsistance des pauvres et des personnes vulnérables, autrement dit sur ce qui est nécessaire pour accroître leurs revenus. Il s’attache enfin à la manière de financer l’agenda de lutte contre la pauvreté et de développement.
Innovation Policy and Performance A Cross-Country Comparison
Author: OECDPublisher: OECD Publishing
ISBN: 9264006737
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
This publication examines the relationship between innovation policy and economic performance in six OECD countries – Austria, Finland, Japan, the Netherlands, Sweden and the United Kingdom. In-depth analyses highlight countries’ strengths and ...
Canadian Tax Journal
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 950
Book Description
IMF Staff papers
Author: International Monetary Fund. Research Dept.Publisher: International Monetary Fund
ISBN: 1451930690
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
This paper outlines potential strengths and weaknesses of various versions of the target zone approach and confronts operational outlines potential strengths and weaknesses of various versions of the target zone approach but also confronts operational. Target zones differ from a pure system of clean floating in that the authorities are permitted (and indeed are likely) to intervene in the exchange market, and, more generally, are encouraged to take a view on the desirable level of the exchange rate. The hard version of target zones shares some of the attributes of the existing European Monetary System (EMS). Unlike the EMS, hard target zones neither entail a formal commitment for exchange rate intervention nor there is analog to the credit facilities of the EMS. The soft version of target zones differs from existing IMF surveillance. Whether measured in real or nominal terms, bilateral or effective terms, and the short-run variability of exchange rates over the period of managed floating has been high—indeed, significantly higher than during the previous Bretton Woods system.
Hausse Récente Des Demandes de Brevets Et la Performance Des Principaux Pays Industrialisés Sur Le Plan de L'innovation
Author: Mohammed RafiquzzamanPublisher: Industrie Canada
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
In recent years Canada has experienced an increase in patenting activities. This paper has 5 objectives: to investigate whether the recent surge is a global phenomenon or something unique to Canada, and to examine its causes; to examine Canada's inventive performance vis-à-vis that of other G-7 countries; to demonstrate the trend in the flow of patent applications to and from Canada; to understand international patenting activities; to identify the most innovative and dynamic industries within the Canadian manufacturing sector. Also looks at the pro-patent and the fertile technology hypotheses.
OECD Reviews of Innovation Policy: Slovenia 2012
Author: OECDPublisher: OECD Publishing
ISBN: 9264167404
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
This review of innovation policy in Slovenia offers a comprehensive assessment of Slovenia's innovation system, focusing on the role of government. It provides concrete recommendations and identifies good practices.
