Intangible Assets, Productivity and Economic Growth: Micro, Meso and Macro Perspectives

This book provides a comprehensive multi-level perspective on intangibles and their role in productivity growth, using a variety of empirical instruments and examining the subject within the global value chain context. It offers new insights on how to measure intangibles, how they contribute to productivity growth, and how policy can help foster intangibles investments and growth.

Format: Hardback
Length: 310 pages
Publication date: 15 February 2024
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This comprehensive book delves into the realm of intangibles and their pivotal role in driving productivity growth, offering a unique multi-level perspective. It encompasses a wide range of approaches, from micro to meso to macro, building upon firm-, industry-, and country-level data and introducing novel layers of analysis. The book employs a diverse array of empirical instruments, including a large-scale international survey, input-output analysis, register data, and more, providing fresh and comparative evidence for Europe, the USA, China, Korea, and Japan. Moreover, it examines the subject within the context of the global value chain, a highly relevant phenomenon of recent decades, and assesses cross-country trends, drawing on a unique industry-level database of intangible assets. This database is based on production input data from across the globe, offering a comprehensive understanding of intangible assets and their contributions to productivity growth.

The book provides valuable insights into measuring intangibles, their contribution to productivity growth, and the policies that can promote intangibles investments and growth. It is a valuable resource for scholars, researchers, and advanced students in the fields of economic growth, innovation, technology, and business management. By exploring the multifaceted aspects of intangibles, this book sheds light on the mechanisms that drive economic development and offers practical strategies for policymakers and practitioners to foster innovation, productivity, and sustainable growth.

Weight: 760g
Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032348674