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This paper assesses the evolution of output and productivity in the Greek banking industry for the period 1990 … estimation of output and inputs and the estimation of productivity (partial and total factor) we relied on the index number … method (Tornqvist index). Additionally, we considered the effect of labor quality on banks’ productivity and using a growth …
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The Private Sector Development Project (PSDP) was a culmination of the renewed commitment of the Government of Ghana to accelerate the pace of development of Ghana’s private sector. The project was also a direct result of the Business Community’s own assessment of Lingering issues which...
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Newspapers and media in general talk frequently on productivity. As, for example, in terms of “. the problem of our … economy is that productivity is comparatively low/is-lagging-behind (and here the figure for a productivity index)”. Or … “…There is a need for serious reforms be undertaken addressed to increase productivity, in order our economy become more …
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This paper examines effects of the formation of physical and human capital on the growth of labour productivity, Total … Factor Productivity (TFP) and wages in China, incorporating the market reform factors such as ownership shifts, population … economic regions of China show different growth patterns. The capital inputs mostly help the labour productivity growth in the …
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This study analyzes the total factor productivity of 1,067 Japanese manufacturing firms. In production estimation, we … employ the directional distance function and Luenberger productivity indicator. Research and development strategy survey data … are used to analyze the determinant factors related to improvements in innovation and productivity. Our results indicate …
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an efficient work organization. In this article it is analyzed the evolution of the productivity and employment levels in … labor productivity is also the pointer of the quality of life in a economy, therefore it represents the value produced by … the work. Moreover, the total factors productivity is the measure of the technological and organizational progress (don …
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The study observes that although there has been an improvement in outreach activity in the banking sector, the achievement in respect of financial inclusion is not significant in West Bengal. An index of financial inclusion (IFI) has been developed in the study using data on three dimensions of...
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Abstract The paper determines whether minimum wage stimulates economic growth in Ghana, for the period 1984-2013, using autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) bounds testing approach to cointegration, within an error correction framework. A preliminary test provides evidence of correlation...
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Corporate Growth is a concept that has been widely treated in a specific way or as part of strategy theories, in definition and in econometric models and has also been studied in many different aspects and approaches. The author describes in depth the main variables affecting corporate growth...
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This paper presents an empirical examination of firm characteristic determinants of the capital structure of a sample of 299 Irish small and medium sized firms (SMEs). Hypotheses formulated from pecking order and agency theories incorporating a financial growth life cycle approach are tested on...
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