Productivity is defined as a measure of the efficiency of production of goods and services, in simple terms the number of hours worked to produce an amount of product. This measure depends on a number of variables typically listed as investment, innovation, work skills, and competition.
Innovation is a magic-sounding word, not normally associated with economists’ activity.
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