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Research questions

• How do long-run production and performance profiles in ICT and science-based industries differ from those in other sectors?
• Are New Economy industries homogeneous? How do ICT-based services differ from ICT manufactures?
• Are there examples of industrial dynamism outside the boundaries of New Economy hubs such as ICT industries and science-based industries?
• To what extent has employment growth in New Economy industries occurred disproportionately in large urban centres? What factors help explain the overrepresentation of the ICT workforce in urban centres?
• What percentage of the workforce is comprised of knowledge workers? How has this changed over time?
• Are patterns of training in the New Economy industry-specific, or do they depend more on the technological characteristics of individual workplaces?
• At the macroeconomic level, how have investments in new technology contributed to economic growth?
• At the microeconomic level, are firms that invest in advanced technologies more likely to outperform their competitors?