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Understanding Innovation: How firms innovate and what governments can do to help - Wales and Thuring

Understanding Innovation: How firms innovate and what governments can do to help - Wales and Thuringia compared. This study looks at the relative impact of national governments on the innovation of firms through various infrastructure policies. It focuses on the opto-electronics industry in two regions of the UK and Germany: Wales and Thuringia. While both regions are characterized by active regional policies, they provide a striking contrast in the orientation of their opto-electronics industries and the thrust of regional policy. By Chris Hendry, James Brown, Hans-Dieter Ganter and Susanne Hilland. Published by the Anglo-German Foundation.

By Anglo-German Foundation, UK, Germany.

Business Policy Resource.

Utility Regulation

Utility Regulation. The focus of this report is to understand the interactions between the German and UK firms and regulatory institutions and the influence of these exchanges on the development of regulatory structures. A key question in the development of European regulation is the appropriate level and style of regulation. "Regulating the Utilities: Business and Regulator Perspectives in the UK and Germany" by David Coen, Adrienne Héritier, and Dominik Böllhoff is published by the Anglo-German Foundation.

By Anglo-German Foundation, UK, Germany.

Business Policy Resource.

Early Retirement Trends

Early Retirement Trends. In the 1980s and early 1990s, a variety of financial incentives encouraged a growing proportion of the workforce to retire or leave the labour market early. But this upward trend in early retirement is very unlikely to continue, according to new research by Richard Blundell, Costas Meghir and Sarah Smith. Published by the Institute for Fiscal Studies.

By Institute for Fiscal Studies, UK.

Business Policy Resource.

Sickness Absence

Sickness Absence. Tim Barmby, Marco Ercolani and John Treble examine the relationships between absence and age, gender and other socio-economic characteristics of workers. "Sickness Absence: An International Comparison" is published by the Centre for Population, Poverty, and Public Policy Studies.

By Centre for Population, Poverty, and Public Policy Studies, Canada,Czech Republic, France, Luxxembourg, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK.

Business Policy Resource.

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