Figure 1: The Ministry's Productivity Model - Long Description
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Note: Bold text denote issues addressed by MED strategic priorities.
Immediate Causes of Productivity
- Technological advance
- Accumulation and use of:
- Human capital
- Physical capital
- Firm organisation, and management/work practices
- Scale, scope and specialisation
- Resource (re)allocation
- Plant/firm turnover within industries
Social Influences
- Cultural support for enterprise
- Social cohesion and capability
Government Influences
The creation of services, regulations, institutions, and a policy environment that are:
- Supportive of trade, innovation and entrepreneurship
- Aligned across government
- Low cost, while maximising the net benefits to the community as a whole
Underlying Factors Influenced by Government
Areas of focus for MED
- Innovation and entrepreneurial performance
- International commerce, and inbound investment and knowledge transfer
- Availability of appropriate infrastructure
- An open, competitive economy
- Dynamic, effective and transparent markets
- Confident investors and consumers
Other important factors include:
- Quantity/quality of available human capital
- Sustainable environmental management
- Taxation and other incentives for business
- Macro-economic stability
Interactions
Social Influences interact with and influence Immediate Causes of Productivity and Underlying Factors Influenced by Government.
Government Influences interact with and influence Immediate Causes of Productivity, Social Influences and Underlying Factors Influenced by Government.
Underlying Factors Influenced by Government interact with and influence Immediate Causes of Productivity.
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