productivity and the re-organization of work in the global car industry …Introducing the myth of Japanese efficiency -- Wide selection : a myth encountered -- Production malapropisms : the BMW … totalizing myth : Japanese efficiency as a cultural fiction …

-economic factors influencing low agricultural productivity in the developing world. Agricultural productivity has long been regarded as … stagnated and low agricultural productivity in developing countries. This book goes beyond the traditional discussion of low … productivity being primarily determined by technological factors, and addresses the more complex determinants. Special attention is …

Labour Supply and Incentives to Work in Europe highlights recent developments in the labour supply in Europe and gives …pt. 1. Incentives to work -- pt. 2. Factors affecting labour force participation -- pt. 3. New forms of employment …

This book analyses the policy mixes that provide the best possible incentives for firms and governments to act on … barriers of the Kyoto Protocol for industry; and the incentives for firms to undertake climate-related R&D and investments. As … of the Kyoto protocol : costs, benefits and incentives to ratification and new international regimes …

Incentives to Improve Education identifies three categories of incentives: rewards, (financial rewards for teachers …

. Public organizations that fail are more often than not protected and allowed to continue even though their efficiency is …

first English language study in the literature to address the efficiency issue of the Chinese insurance sector, and presents … a comprehensive review on alternative methodologies for analyzing firm efficiency …ch. 1. Introduction -- ch. 2. China's insurance market - development issues -- ch. 3. Review of efficiency studies in …