Workforce Skills and Innovation: An Overview of Major Themes in the Literature

This paper provides an account of the main approaches, debates and evidence in the literature on the role of workforce skills in the innovation process in developed economies. It draws on multiple sources including the innovation studies discipline, neoclassical Human Capital theory, institutionalis...

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Main Author: Toner, Phillip (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Paris OECD Publishing 2011
Series:OECD Science, Technology and Industry Working Papers
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Online Access:kostenfrei
Summary:This paper provides an account of the main approaches, debates and evidence in the literature on the role of workforce skills in the innovation process in developed economies. It draws on multiple sources including the innovation studies discipline, neoclassical Human Capital theory, institutionalist labour market studies and the work organisation discipline. Extensive use is also made of official survey data to describe and quantify the diversity of skills and occupations involved in specific types of innovation activities
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (73 Seiten) 21 x 29.7cm
DOI:10.1787/5kgkdgdkc8tl-en

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