Introduction: Setting the stage, linking intangible assets to productivity

TY - CHAP

T1 - Introduction

T2 - Setting the stage, linking intangible assets to productivity

AU - Bloch, Carter

AU - Protogerou, Aimilia

AU - Vonortas, Nicholas S.

PY - 2024/1/1

Y1 - 2024/1/1

N2 - Arguably the role and importance of intangibles for the economy and for the effectiveness of policy have changed dramatically over time, most notably over the last two decades. The nature of intangibles continues to pose a number of challenges for how we measure investments and factors of production, for analysis of the drivers of innovation and productivity, and for policy that seeks to foster knowledge creation, innovation and economic growth, and increasingly also to address key societal challenges. The purpose of this book is to explore new approaches to measuring intangibles and productivity and how these measures can be used to investigate key issues concerning the role of intangibles for productivity growth. The book offers new insights on how to measure intangibles, how they contribute to productivity growth, and how policy can help foster intangibles investments and growth. This first chapter provides an introduction to the book and the individual chapters.

AB - Arguably the role and importance of intangibles for the economy and for the effectiveness of policy have changed dramatically over time, most notably over the last two decades. The nature of intangibles continues to pose a number of challenges for how we measure investments and factors of production, for analysis of the drivers of innovation and productivity, and for policy that seeks to foster knowledge creation, innovation and economic growth, and increasingly also to address key societal challenges. The purpose of this book is to explore new approaches to measuring intangibles and productivity and how these measures can be used to investigate key issues concerning the role of intangibles for productivity growth. The book offers new insights on how to measure intangibles, how they contribute to productivity growth, and how policy can help foster intangibles investments and growth. This first chapter provides an introduction to the book and the individual chapters.

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85184552637&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.4324/9781003324225-1

DO - 10.4324/9781003324225-1

M3 - Book chapter

AN - SCOPUS:85184552637

SN - 9781032348674

SN - 9781032348681

SP - 1

EP - 10

BT - Intangible Assets, Productivity and Economic Growth

A2 - Bloch, C.

A2 - Protogerou, A.

A2 - Vonortas, N.S.

PB - Routledge

CY - Abingdon

ER -