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Productivity in Asia : economic growth and competitiveness
Jorgenson, Dale Weldeau (contributor);  … - 2007
international productivity level : comparison with China, Korea, Taiwan and the United States. …1. Introduction -- 2. Investigating productivity slowdown in the 1990s by using the KLEM database in Japan -- 3. The … sources of growth of US industries -- 4. Total factor productivity growth in Chinese industries, 1981-2000 -- 5. Growth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420031
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The dynamics of Asian manufacturing : a comparative perspective in the late twentieth century
Timmer, Marcel - 2000
comparison with the world productivity leader, the USA. The author uses new empirical data to assess the degree of structural … change in the manufacturing sector and its importance for productivity growth. He then discusses conditions for economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473898
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The growth process in East Asian manufacturing industries : a re-examination
Sun, Chia-Hung - 2004
factor productivity (TFP) growth and aims to identify the sources of output growth in these East Asian economies. Chia … are compared. Using sensitivity tests to consolidate the findings of this study and a comparison with earlier TFP studies …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014474036
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Economic policy and manufacturing performance in developing countries
Tribe, Michael A. (contributor);  … - 2001
This book considers the impact of economic reforms on manufacturing performance and explores policy options for promoting manufacturing. Using country-specific case studies spanning Africa, South Asia, South East Asia and Latin America, the authors examine the evidence for and against both trade...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850989
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Public enterprise revisited : a closer look at the 1954-79 UK labour productivity record
Iordanoglou, Chrisafis H. - 2001
The book compares the 1954-79 labour productivity record of 5 expanding public sector industries to that of 24 … industries' labour productivity growth was significantly faster than that of the private sector industries. Strikingly, he also … finds that the state-owned industries were narrowing their productivity gap with their US counterparts at a significantly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851212
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Employment relations and national culture : continuity and change in the age of globalisation
Pot, Ferrie - 2000
Historically, alternative models of the employment relationship have developed across culturally diverse nation states. However, the trend towards globalization incorporates a powerful force towards an international uniformity of employment relations. Underlying the issues addressed in this book...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473741
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Transatlantic sport : the comparative economics of North American and European sports
Barros, Carlos Pestana (contributor);  … - 2002
This book offers a comparative perspective on the economics of sport and highlights both the similarities and differences in the North American and European models of sport. It tackles policy issues, such as the organising, financing and regulation of team sports alongside theoretical issues...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852037
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Exemplary economist : Volume I, North America
Backhouse, Roger (ed.); Middleton, Roger (ed.) - 2000
These volumes gather together a selection of autobiographical essays written by significant economists whose work is generally recognized to be at the forefront of the discipline as we enter the twenty-first century. The essays are largely based on introductions to volumes in the Edward Elgar...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473819
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Aging and working in the new economy : changing career structures in small IT firms
McMullin, Julie Ann (contributor);  … - 2010
The case studies and analyses developed in this timely book provide insight into the structural features of small and medium-sized firms in the information technology sector, and the implications of these features for the careers of people who are employed by them
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850936
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Entrepreneurs and the transformation of the global economy
Ellison, Anthony P. - 2002
US Domestic Civil Aviation System -- 8. The organisational re-design of Canada's aviation infrastructure -- 9. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851782