Peter Nielsen Aalborg University

1. Peter NielsenAalborg 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 Collaborative assets Sustainable growth • Management and Organizational level • Knowledge and quality H4 • External relations and internal process innovations H5 Product- or service innovation Productivity H1 Turnover Employment • Individual and group level • Competence development H2 • Improvements and autonomy H3 Title/date

5. 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) * Innopro * Turnemp * Comgrow

6. 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)

7. 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)

8. 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)

9. 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)

10. 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

11. Danish Meadow employer survey