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Biographical note
Edited by Philip McCann, Sir Terry Leahy Chair in Urban and Regional Economics, The Productivity Institute, Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester and Tim Vorley, Co-Director, Innovation and Research Caucus and Pro Vice-Chancellor of the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, UK<i>'Productivity, what determines it and how to boost it, is one of the great challenges in contemporary economics. This book offers us a hike along the frontiers of current thinking on the productivity puzzle, guided by a team of leading researchers.'</i><br /> --Murray Sherwin, New Zealand Productivity Commission, New Zealand<p><i>'This book rightly identifies low productivity growth as the central policy challenge of this time and brings a truly broad and diverse set of perspectives to bear on this issue, leading to many fresh insights.'</i><br /> --Robert Inklaar, University of Groningen, the Netherlands</p>
This book will be essential and insightful reading for academics across the social sciences, business leaders and policy makers working on the productivity puzzle. Written in an accessible manner, it will also be of interest to a wide audience in government, the private sector and civil society.
Contributors include: M. Abreu, J. Cook, I. Docherty, G. Dymski, B. Gardiner, D. Hardy, R. Harris, A. Henley, R. Huggins, H. Izushi, R. Lewney, K. Lisenkova, C. Mason, P. McCann, L. McSorley, J. Nelles, K. Newsome, V. Sena, I. Sprackling, T. Vorley, D. Waite