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How important are capital and total factor productivity for economic growth?
Baier, Scott L.; Gerald P. Dwyer, Jr.; Tamura, Robert - 2002
The authors examine the relative importance of the growth of physical and human capital and the growth of total factor …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010397560
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How important are capital and total factor productivity for economic growth?
Baier, Scott L.; Gerald P. Dwyer, Jr.; Tamura, Robert - Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta - 2002
The authors examine the relative importance of the growth of physical and human capital and the growth of total factor …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005721631
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Standardized Marketing Strategies in Retailing? IKEA's marketing strategies in Sweden, the UK and China
Burt, Steven Leslie; Johansson, Ulf; Thelander, Asa - 2010
IKEA is often cited as an example of a “global” retailer which pursues a similar “standardized” approach in every market. This paper systematically assesses the degree of standardization (and adaptation) of four commonly identified retail marketing mix activities – merchandise,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009465943
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Productivity improvement from economic concept to an engineering tool
Oraee, Kazem; Hossein, Navid; Soltani, Mohammadreza; … - 2010
In broad terms, productivity is defined as the ratio of all outputs to all inputs. In this paper, productivity is distinctly used as an engineering tool and from practical viewpoint. With such engineering look, productivity is an adequate tool for evaluation of the advancement in...
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Productivity in Industry
Oraee, Kazem - 2009
described inthe next part. Such variables could include: labor cost and all itsimplications; capital as one of the most …
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Shifts in industry production functions a study of technological change and the measurement of its contributions to productivity in firms
Okpokwasili, Bertram C. I. - 1984
contributions made when a surrogate is used for technology. The surrogate used in this case is the ratio of net to gross capital … dependent variable while Gross Capital and Labor Hours are the independent variables in a multiple regression estimation of the … be incorporated financially in a measure of capital, whether gross or net. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009472081
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Where do firms export, how much, and why?
Lawless, Martina; Whelan, Karl - 2008
The empirical finding that exporting firms are more productive on average than non-exporters has provoked a large theoretical literature based on models such as Melitz (2003), where more productive firms are more likely to overcome costs associated with trade. This paper provides a systematic...
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Disorganization in the process of transition firm-level evidence from Ukraine
Konings, Jozef; Walsh, Patrick P. - 1999
the more out-dated the capital stock inheritance from the planning system. In contrast, disorganization plays no role in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009475684
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Productivity and trade unions in British manufacturing industry 1973-85
Denny, Kevin - 1997
This paper uses panel data on british manufacturing industries between 1973 and 1985 to examine the relationship between productivity and labour organization. It is shown that the relationship between unions and productivity levels is sensitive to the econometric specification. The evidence...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009475689
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Embodiment, productivity, and the age distribution of capital
Whelan, Karl - 2007
An important theme in modern research on productivity has been that technological progress may be embodied in capital … in the sense that traditional measures of TFP growth reflect unmeasured improvements in the quality of capital inputs as … is that there should be a negative relationship between measured TFP and the age of the measured capital stock. This …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009475714