5.1: Analysing the socio-economic consequences of the technological transformation: EU-wide empirical evidence from three combined employer-employee datasets
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We view the technological transformation, not only as the inclusion of digital technologies into the production process but also as a relationship embedded in the production process, sometimes called the knowledge production function that relates inputs in which firms invest with innovation outputs. Digital technologies are one of these inputs, together with R&D expenditures. We add a third input to this knowledge production function: the learning capacity of the organisation. The learning capacity of an organisation is its ability to adapt and compete at low cost through learning. It is related to the skills, management tools and organisational practices that support individual and organisational learning. An organisation that invests heavily in learning capacity is a learning organisation. It promotes innovative work behaviour of employees that stimulates innovation without directly consuming scarce environmental resources.
TNO Identifier
989891
Publisher
European Commission
Collation
248 p.
Place of publication
S.L.