REGIONAL LABOUR PRODUCTIVITY IN THE CONTEXT OF INNOVATIVE ACTIVITIES OF ENTERPRISES IN MANUFACTURING

The basic indicator of efficiency of human capital utilization in manufacturing is labour productivity, which is influenced by many factors. These factors include innovative activity and technology transfer. The paper focuses on development of a regional labour productivity in manufacturing, including finding contribution of individual territorial units to change the total labour productivity in the Czech Republic. Regional analysis was performed at level NUTS 2. Regional labour productivity growth was examined in the context of innovation activity of enterprises in the regions. It was found that labour productivity is affected by the economic cycle. Most regions have responded to the crisis by the fall in labour productivity. Conversely, in some regions impact of the economic cycle is not so important (Central Moravia). The most innovative enterprises were in the region Prague, Central Bohemia and Central Moravia, and these regions (except Prague) in this period contributed significantly to the growth of labour productivity.