This project has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Programme for Research, Technological Development and Demonstration under Grant Agreement No Peter Nielsen Aalborg University Sustainable growth and collaborative assets in Danish workplaces

2 Aim of study Official view on growth focus mainly on productivity explained by tangible qualifications and capital investments. How can growth be understood as a more sustainable and dynamic phenomena? Does intangible capital dimensions related to human and knowledge resources have any effect on sustainable growth? Title/date

3 Analytical approach Concept of sustainable growth: A helix between innovation, growth and employment H1: There is a positive relation between innovation, growth and employment at workplace level Human capital and competences as individual and group resources for sustainable growth H2: Development of human capital has a positive effect on the dimensions of sustainable growth. H3: Collaborative assets at group level have a positive effect on the dimensions of sustainable growth. Knowledge and quality as management and organizational resources for sustainable growth H4: Knowledge and quality management has a positive effect on the dimensions of sustainable growth. H5: Collaborative assets at organizational level have a positive effect on the dimensions of sustainable growth. Title/date

4 Framework Title/date Collaborative assetsSustainable growth Management and Organizational level -Knowledge and quality H4 -External relations and internal process innovations H5 Management and Organizational level -Knowledge and quality H4 -External relations and internal process innovations H5 Individual and group level -Competence development H2 -Improvements and autonomy H3 Individual and group level -Competence development H2 -Improvements and autonomy H3 Product- or service innovation Productivity H1 Turnover Employment Product- or service innovation Productivity H1 Turnover Employment

A helix of innovation, growth and employment? Growth without job creation is a challenge for the economy Product or service innovation as driver of job creation, productivity and turnover Relation between innovation, productivity, turnover and employment as a dynamic phenomenon (2009 – 2011) All workplacesPrivate workplacesPublic workplaces TurnempInnoproTurnempInnoproTurnempInnopro P/S innovation0,0680,761 -0,0420,8790,2770,739 Productivity0,1360,718 0,3590,504-0,0430,818 Turnover0,8220,240 0,8150,2330,8340,186 Employment0,8500,005 0,808-0,0110,8380,042 Correlation/variation0,136/63% explained0,154/62% explained0,130/67% explained * Innopro* Turnemp* Comgrow

Intangible assets at individual level Development of human capital and competences as cornerstone of intangible assets and collaborative capabilities –On the job training (Ontrain) –Trained to job rotation (Rotrain) –Paid vocational training (Paytrain ) Effect (Exp(B))P-valueEstimate (B) Innopro Ontrain (1)2,8930,0041,062 Ontrain (2)2,6270,0060,966 Ontrain (3)2,5400,0050,932 Turnemp Rotrain (2)0,5560,051-0,587 Comgrow Ontrain (3)1,9630,0530,675

Collaborative assets at group level Collaborative assets of human competences important for developing dynamic capabilities –Improvement groups (Ideagroup) –Self managed teams (Autogroup) –Delegation of responsibility (Emplan ) Effect (Exp(B))P-valueEstimate (B) Innopro Ideagroup (1)2,1570,0120,769 Ideagroup (2)3,6630,0011,298 Ideagroup (3)1,7350,0660,551 Comgrow Ideagroup (1)1,9430,0330,664 Ideagroup (2)2,0880,0390,736

Intangible assets at management level Transformation and storage of useful knowledge and continuous quality enhancements important management assets –Monitor external ideas for innovations (Innoknow) –Document good work practices (Baseknow) –Monitor quality (Quality ) Effect (Exp(B))P-valueEstimate (B) Innopro Baseknow1,6160,0270,480 Quality (1)2,8760,0091,057 Quality (2)3,1470,0071,146 Turnemp Innoknow (1)1,7240,0430,545 Innoknow (2)2,0320,0110,709 Baseknow0,5930,015-0,522 Quality (1)3,5590,0131,270 Quality (2)3,7860,0121,331 Comgrow Innoknow (1)1,8090,0240,593 Innoknow (2)1,6940,0550,527 Quality (1)2,7630,0331,016 Quality (2)2,9580,0281,084

Collaborative assets at organizational level Collaborative assets on organizational level important for innovative capabilities. Focus on external relations and internal innovations –External collaboration on innovations (Collinno) –Internal organizational innovations (Orginno) –Internal process innovation (Proinno ) Effect (Exp(B))P-valueEstimate (B) Innopro Collinno 1,6730,0130,514 Orginno (1) 1,9860,0090,686 Proinno (1) 5,7070,0001,742 Proinno (2) 2,7480,0011,011 Comgrow Collinno 1,4050,0690,340 Orginno (1) 2,3760,0010,866 Orginno (2) 1,9280,0400,657 Proinno (1) 2,1000,0020,742

Conclusion Dual relation between innovation, growth and employment On the job training important for innovation and productivity Quality management has stronger effects than knowledge management Process and organizational innovation is (strongly) related to innovation and productivity

TÁRKI Social Research Institute Inc. (HU) Amsterdam Institute for Advanced labour Studies, Universiteit van Amsterdam (NL) The Swedish Institute for Social Research, Stockholms Universitet (SE) Fachbereich IV, Wirtschafts- und Sozialstatistik, Universität Trier (DE) Centre d’Etudis Demogràfics, Campus de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (ES) Centre d’Etudes de Population, de Pauvreté et de Politiques Socio-Economiques (LU) Centre for Social Policy, Universiteit Antwerpen (BE) Institute for Social & Economic Research, University of Essex (UK) Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences, Universität Bremen (DE) Department of Dynamics of Organisations of Work, Centre d’Etudes de l’Emploi (FR) The Centre for European Policy Studies (BE) Dipartimento di Economica e Menagement, Università di Pisa (IT) Social Statistics Division, University of Southampton (UK) Luxembourg Income Study, asbl (LU) WageIndicator Foundation (NL) School of Social Sciences, The University of Manchester (UK) Partners Co-ordinator Inclusive Growth Research Infrastructure Diffusion Contract No For further information about the InGRID project, please contact p/a HIVA – Research Institute for Work and Society Parkstraat 47 box Leuven Belgium Guy Van Gyes Monique Ramioul InGRID Danish Meadow employer survey