| Title | Measuring innovation and productivity in a knowledge-based service economy |
| Author | Jonathan Haskel |
| Year | 2007 |
| Abstract | This article provides a review of measurement conventions for the services sector and for investment in knowledge assets. It is widely argued that activity modern-day economies is increasingly becoming concentrated in the services sector and in the form of spending on knowledge, assets like design software, training and research and development R&D). The article summarises recent work concludes that productivity measurement the services sector is not as unreliable some have said but more needs be done to incorporate knowledge assessment into measurement. |
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| DownloadInfo | PDF: http://www.statistics.gov.uk/elmr/07_07/downloads/ELMR_July07_Haskel.pdf |
| Remarks | Reference: Haskel, J., (2007), " Measuring innovation and productivity in a knowledge-based service economy", Economic & Labour Market Review, vol 1, no 7, pp 27-31. Article refered to the the Financial Times, July 26 2007 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/cac6bb0a-3b8a-11dc-8002-0000779fd2ac.html |