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The purpose of this study is to develop a methodology in measuring productivity growth by decomposing it into technical … of liberalization on productivity growth of India's paper industry. Specifically, this study quantifies the level of … technical efficiency and technical change in this particular manufacturing sector. The paper applies Malmquist Productivity …
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annual Census Bureau information on 116 pulp and paper mills' vintage, technology, productivity, and pollution abatement … operating costs for 1979-1990. We find a significant negative relationship between pollution abatement costs and productivity … deviation increase in abatement costs is predicted to reduce productivity by 5.4 percent. Older plants appear to have lower …
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The increasing pressure on natural resources and the climate has been noted by businesses and governments worldwide, who now face the difficult task of integrating paths of environmental sustainability and economic growth. One promising approach to sustainable development, reducing the pressure...
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This paper examines the impact of investments in modernization and innovation on productivity in a sample of firms in … focuses on the impact of R&D and patents on firms’ performance and productivity, we examine data on actual investment … achieved higher productivity, and these estimated quantitative effects are greater than the impact of standard innovation …
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