Think Like an Enterprise: Why Nations Need Comprehensive Productivity Strategies

Information Technology & Innovation Foundation, May 2016

124 Pages Posted: 6 Nov 2017

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Robert D. Atkinson

Information Technology and Innovation Foundation

Date Written: October 27, 2017

Abstract

Productivity is the key to improving living standards — so policymakers should ignore conventional economists who say there is little government can do about it and instead make it the principal goal of economic policy.

Keywords: productivity, incentives, technology, R&D

JEL Classification: O47

Suggested Citation

Atkinson, Robert D., Think Like an Enterprise: Why Nations Need Comprehensive Productivity Strategies (October 27, 2017). Information Technology & Innovation Foundation, May 2016, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3060843

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