past few decades when the large emerging economies - notably China - have increased their role in world's industrial …

&D efforts. Traditionally, the effects of R&D on productivity have been assessed from an econometrically estimated production … modelling the improvement of technology and the growth of total factor productivity. In this case, the residual of the … production function, which reflects total factor productivity, consists of two multiplicative components. The first component is …

Productivity in Finland has been increasing very rapidly since the 1980s. The increase from 1980 to 2001 was as much as … sector was 60 %, i.e., 2 times more than the industrial countries. average. Despite the rapid increase the productivity level … telecommunications and transportation, the productivity level is, however, very high by international standards. Productivity differences …

of education and firm-level sophistication increase labour productivity. China's role as global production factory and … have declined because of difficulties in telecommunication sector. Productivity analysis shows that high country-level R …&D expenditures - as in Finland and the United States - have positive correlation with labour productivity in manufacturing. Moreover …

number of exogenous factors. According to the results, foreign-owned firms have higher productivity than domestic non …-multinational firms. There is no difference in the average growth rate of productivity if the difference in levels is not controlled …. Accordingly, a shift to foreign ownership has, on average, not affected the growth rate of productivity. The results concerning …

. Firstly, it compares the quality and productivity based on international statistics and research reports, and R&D&I activities … the role of ICT for improving sector's productivity. In the end, the study explores well-being and quality of labour …

technological change and productivity growth takes place in an economy. Quite normally, some 30-50% of an industry's productivity … growth is due to this particular mechanism. Disruptions to this mechanism would have considerable effects on productivity …

concerned with the human resources, means in a highly productivity with human resources is absolutely and possible to achieve … the goals as targeted. There are many factors influencing in gaining a highly productivity such as enthusiasm and …, technology, production facilities, chance to serve and chance for performance. In order to achieve a highly productivity, the …