Skills, Competitiveness and Productivity

E-Skills, Competitiveness and Employability

In Europe in particular, the so-called Lisbon Strategy has enhanced efforts to mobilize active economic and social forces around education, innovation and knowledge intensive sectors and activities such as information and communications technologies. At the same time, European institutions and national governments have pursued their efforts to deepen and strengthen a European social model where...

E-Business Implications for Productivity and Competitiveness

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) affects to a great extent the output and productivity growth. Evidence suggests that investment growth in ICT has rapidly accelerated the TFP (total factor productivity) growth within the European Union. Such progress is particularly essential for the sectors which themselves produce new technology, but it is dispersing to other sectors, as well. N...

Skills for Competitiveness Country Report for Canada

Anil Verma skills.oecd: building the right skills and turning them into better jobs and better lives This study conducted an investigation of how regions can move to a higher-skill, higher value-added equilibrium in Canada, drawing on Ontario as a case study example. 1 Given the complexities of measuring such a shift this investigation examined the issue from different perspectives. It examined...

Bridging the Skills and Innovation Gap to Boost Productivity in Latin America The Competitiveness Lab: A World Economic Forum Initiative

COMPETING WITH LABOUR: Skills and Competitiveness in Developing Countries

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