Driving Economic Growth

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Driving Economic Growth: Innovation, knowledge spending and productivity growth in the UK presents the latest data on investments in intangible assets and the contribution to productivity growth.

The report is based on a modification of the pilot Index published in 2009, providing greater accuracy in the measurement of the investments in intangibles and the contribution t productivity growth.

The report includes an industry breakdown highlighting the importance of manufacturing in overall productivity growth as well as the share of investments in intangibles within consumer and business services.

Published
January 2011

Authors
Jonathan Haskel, Peter Goodridge, Annarosa Pesole, Gagan Awano, Mark Franklin and Zafeira Kastrinaki