Productivity growth and the intangible divide

TY - CHAP

T1 - Productivity growth and the intangible divide

AU - Piekkola, Hannu

AU - Bloch, Carter Walter

AU - Redek, Tjasa

AU - Rybalka, Marina

PY - 2022

Y1 - 2022

N2 - Intangible capital has long been investigated as one of the key sources of growth. While it is often superficially assumed that intensive, knowledge driven growth is in particular important for developed economies, the catch-up process in countries such as Slovenia is also heavily dependent on intangible investments. The purpose of this chapter is to examine the importance of intangible investments for productivity growth and present the comparative position of Slovenia compared to Finland, Denmark and Norway using the innovative GLOBALINTO methodology and micro-based estimates of intangible capital.

AB - Intangible capital has long been investigated as one of the key sources of growth. While it is often superficially assumed that intensive, knowledge driven growth is in particular important for developed economies, the catch-up process in countries such as Slovenia is also heavily dependent on intangible investments. The purpose of this chapter is to examine the importance of intangible investments for productivity growth and present the comparative position of Slovenia compared to Finland, Denmark and Norway using the innovative GLOBALINTO methodology and micro-based estimates of intangible capital.

M3 - Book chapter

BT - Achieving growth that matters

PB - Časnik Finance, Slovenia

CY - S.l.

ER -