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Measuring and improving productivity in services : issues, strategies and challenges
Djellal, Faridah - 2008
The definition and measurement of productivity in services raises important conceptual, methodological and strategic problems. This book aims to provide a critical review of the main debates on productivity in the domain of services. The first part examines the theoretical consequences of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850594
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Productivity, innovation, and knowledge in services : new economic and socio-economic approaches
Gallouj, Fai͏̈z (contributor); Gadrey, J. (contributor) - 2002
Written by some of the most distinguished authors in the field, this book elucidates the critical and complex relationships between services, production and innovation. The authors discuss the limitations of current theories to explain service productivity and innovation, and call for a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851223
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The growth of service industries : the paradox of exploding costs and persistent demand
Schettkat, Ronald (contributor); Raa, Thijs Ten (contributor) - 2001
Problems arise if budgets for services are held constant whilst prices rise. Education, cultural activities and health services are under constant budgetary pressure. The authors argue that the price of commodities is linked to demand and price increases would therefore seem to threaten the very...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851326
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Trading services in the global economy
Cuadrado Roura, Juan R. (contributor);  … - 2002
Services in Economic Theory and Economic Practice: Some Conceptual Issues 4. A Comparative Approach. to the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851453
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A research agenda for workplace stress and wellbeing
Kelloway, E. Kevin (ed.); Cooper, Cary (ed.) - 2021
Contents: Part I: Setting the scene -- 1. Introduction to a research agenda for workplace stress and wellbeing / E. Kevin Kelloway and Cary L. Cooper -- 2. Workplace stress and wellbeing: Pathways for future research advances / James Campbell Quick -- 3. The cost of stress to uk employers and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012665638
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Employees and entrepreneurship : co-ordination and spontaneity in non-hierarchical business organizations
Pongracic, Ivan - 2009
' hierarchies and the empowerment of employees. Ivan Pongracic, Jr. examines these themes through the lense of the economic theory …1. Introduction -- 2. The hierarchical theory of the firm -- 3. The knowledge problem in firms -- 4. Spontaneous order …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851116
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The entrepreneur as business leader : cognitive leadership in the firm
Scheer, Silke - 2009
missing links that can be identified within the theory of cognitive leadership and demonstrates how its scope can be broadened …1. Introduction -- 2. The theory of cognitive leadership and its foundation in cognitive psychology -- 3. Dyadic … processes : cognitive leader to employee -- 4. Group processes : work group to employee -- 5. Exploring the theory of cognitive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851713
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A research agenda for workplace innovation : the challenge of disruptive transitions
Oeij, Peter R. A. (ed.); Dhondt, Steven (ed.);  … - 2023
"Elgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary. This cutting-edge Research Agenda takes a hard look at...
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Economic performance in the Americas : the role of the service sector in Brazil, Mexico and the USA
Mulder, Nanno - 2002
Economic Performance in the Americas compares the economic performances of Brazil, Mexico and the USA over the past half century. As with most other high and middle-income countries their economies are service-sector orientated and have been for several decades. This book encompasses all sectors...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850812
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Heightening competition in the postal and delivery sector
Crew, Michael A. (contributor);  … - Conference on Postal and Delivery Economics <(17th … - 2010
This compilation of original essays by an international cast of top scholars addresses some of the major issues now facing postal and delivery services throughout the world. The European Commission and member states wrestle with the problem of how to implement the scheduled liberalization of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850978