Innovation and Employment: Process Versus Product Innovation
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Which kinds of growth lead to increased employment and which do not? This is one of the questions which this volume attempts to answer. It explores the complex relationships between innovation, growth and employment that are vital for both research into, and policy for, the creation of jobs. Politicians claiming that more rapid growth would remedy unemployment do not usually specify what kind of growth is meant. Is it, for example, economic (GDP) or productivity growth? Growing concern over "jobless growth" requires both policymakers and researchers to make such distinctions, and to clarify their employment implications. The authors initially address their theoretical approach to, and conceptualization of, innovation and employment, where the distinction between process and product innovations and between high-tech and low-tech goods and services are central. They go on to address the relationship between innovation and employment, using empirical material to analyze the effects that different kinds of innovations have upon job creation and destruction. Finally, the volume summarizes the findings and addresses conclusions as well as policy implications.
Book Details
ISBN-13: 9781840644272
EAN: 9781840644272
Publisher Date: 01 Oct 2001
Binding: PAPERBACK
Continuations: English
Edition: 1st
Language: English
No of Pages: 214
Sub Title: Process Versus Product Innovation
ISBN-10: 1840644273
Publisher: Edward Elgar Pub
Acedemic Level: English
Book Type: English
Depth: 13
Height: 229 mm
LCCN: 00065408
Spine Width: 17.78 mm
Width: 152 mm