Monday, January 14, 2008
[IWS] Work Foundation: PUBLIC SECTOR & KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY [January 2008]
IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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The Work Foundation
An Ideopolis Working Paper
Enterprise Priorities to Enterprise Powerhouses: The Public Sector in the Knowledge Economy
Naomi Clayton
January 2008
http://www.workfoundation.org/Assets/PDFs/public_private_ideopolis040108b.pdf
[full-text, 80 pages]
Press Release
http://www.workfoundation.org/aboutus/media/pressreleases/publicaswellasprivatesectorspendingdrivesknowledgeeconomysuccessincitiesallovertheuk.aspx
This report stresses the vital role that public expenditure plays in supporting certain cities across the UK in developing their 'knowledge' economies. Cities in both the North and South including Doncaster, Plymouth, Stoke and Hastings rely almost exclusively on the state for generating high value 'knowledge jobs' with less than one quarter of knowledge jobs in private businesses. The report argues that in light of the recent Comprehensive Spending Review and a shrinking public purse, cities need to do more to co-ordinate efforts in the public and private sectors to maximise the development of the regional 'knowledge' economy.
CONTENTS
Executive summary 3
1. Introduction 8
2. The UK's changing economy 11
3. The role of the public sector in the UK's knowledge economy 20
4. The geography of the UK's knowledge economy 28
5. Towards a typology public and private sectors in the knowledge economy and productivity in the English cities 36
6. Policy implications 56
Conclusions 66
Appendix A: Ideopolis research 69
Appendix B: Metadata 73
Appendix C: Definitions of knowledge intensive sectors 74
References 76
Figures
Figure 1.1: Total identifiable expenditure on services by country and region, per head in real terms (2005/06 prices) indexed to UK, 2001-2007 9
Figure 2.1: Employment and growth in the UK's knowledge economy 13
Figure 2.2: Earnings across the UK regions, 2007 14
Figure 2.3: Change in earnings across the UK regions, 1995 to 2005 15
Figure 2.4: Change in GVA per head across the UK regions, 1995-2005 16
Figure 3.1: Job creation in the knowledge intensive sectors, 1998-2006 21
Figure 4.1: Regional employment in the public and private knowledge intensive sectors, 2006 29
Figure 4.2: Total identifiable expenditure on services by country and region, per head in real terms (2005/06 prices), 2006/07 30
Figure 4.3: Local employment in the public and private knowledge intensive sectors, 2006 31
Figure 4.4: Variations between cities in the public and private knowledge intensive sectors, 2006 34
Figure 5.1: Typologies of UK cities 38
Figure 5.2: The knowledge economy and productivity 39
Figure 5.3: Change in the knowledge intensive sectors in the 56 English cities, 1998-2006 40
Figure 5.4: Change in economic performance in the English cities 41
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This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
The Work Foundation
An Ideopolis Working Paper
Enterprise Priorities to Enterprise Powerhouses: The Public Sector in the Knowledge Economy
Naomi Clayton
January 2008
http://www.workfoundation.org/Assets/PDFs/public_private_ideopolis040108b.pdf
[full-text, 80 pages]
Press Release
http://www.workfoundation.org/aboutus/media/pressreleases/publicaswellasprivatesectorspendingdrivesknowledgeeconomysuccessincitiesallovertheuk.aspx
This report stresses the vital role that public expenditure plays in supporting certain cities across the UK in developing their 'knowledge' economies. Cities in both the North and South including Doncaster, Plymouth, Stoke and Hastings rely almost exclusively on the state for generating high value 'knowledge jobs' with less than one quarter of knowledge jobs in private businesses. The report argues that in light of the recent Comprehensive Spending Review and a shrinking public purse, cities need to do more to co-ordinate efforts in the public and private sectors to maximise the development of the regional 'knowledge' economy.
CONTENTS
Executive summary 3
1. Introduction 8
2. The UK's changing economy 11
3. The role of the public sector in the UK's knowledge economy 20
4. The geography of the UK's knowledge economy 28
5. Towards a typology public and private sectors in the knowledge economy and productivity in the English cities 36
6. Policy implications 56
Conclusions 66
Appendix A: Ideopolis research 69
Appendix B: Metadata 73
Appendix C: Definitions of knowledge intensive sectors 74
References 76
Figures
Figure 1.1: Total identifiable expenditure on services by country and region, per head in real terms (2005/06 prices) indexed to UK, 2001-2007 9
Figure 2.1: Employment and growth in the UK's knowledge economy 13
Figure 2.2: Earnings across the UK regions, 2007 14
Figure 2.3: Change in earnings across the UK regions, 1995 to 2005 15
Figure 2.4: Change in GVA per head across the UK regions, 1995-2005 16
Figure 3.1: Job creation in the knowledge intensive sectors, 1998-2006 21
Figure 4.1: Regional employment in the public and private knowledge intensive sectors, 2006 29
Figure 4.2: Total identifiable expenditure on services by country and region, per head in real terms (2005/06 prices), 2006/07 30
Figure 4.3: Local employment in the public and private knowledge intensive sectors, 2006 31
Figure 4.4: Variations between cities in the public and private knowledge intensive sectors, 2006 34
Figure 5.1: Typologies of UK cities 38
Figure 5.2: The knowledge economy and productivity 39
Figure 5.3: Change in the knowledge intensive sectors in the 56 English cities, 1998-2006 40
Figure 5.4: Change in economic performance in the English cities 41
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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