Understanding whether technical change is beneficial or detrimental for employment is at
the center of the policy debate, especially in phases of economic recession. So far, the …

This chapter reviews and integrates much of what has been learned on the processes of
technological evolution, their main features, and their effects on the evolution of industries …

G. Stoney Alder is a doctoral candidate at the University of Colorado at Boulder. He is
pursuing a degree in organizational behavior and human resource management. His …

In the 1980s stagflation and high unemployment caused a renewed interest in supply side
economics and in factors determining economic growth. Simultaneously, the 1980s and …

Executive Overview Although most of the research and public pressure concerning
sustainability has been focused on the effects of business and organizational activity on the …

Research into firm growth has been accumulating at a terrific pace, and Alex Coad s survey
of this multifaceted field provides a detailed, comprehensive overview of the latest …

Recent research using establishment-and firm-level data has raised a variety of conceptual
and measurement questions regarding our understanding of aggregate productivity growth …

This paper reviews research that uses longitudinal microdata to document productivity
movements and to examine factors behind productivity growth. The research explores the …

The purpose of this paper is to document the fundamental shift that is taking place in OECD
countries. This shift is from the managed economy to the entrepreneurial economy. While …

A LTHOUGH RESEARCH on the turn-over of business units has a long tradition, primary
data on the full populations of business units (firms, establishments) present in nations' …