) that have maintained decent productivity growth. There are some sectors, especially in manufacturing, where the level of …Ontario's private sector has had zero productivity growth in the latest six year period. Ontario performed much worse … than the rest of Canada or the United States. This is obviously a cause for concern. Productivity is an important measure …

Why have so few countries in Sub-Saharan Africa been successful in export-oriented manufacturing? This paper uses firm … of the poor institutional environment on profits and the effect of limited competition on productivity measurement. …

This paper analyzes the relationship between the intensity of international trade flows and labor productivity for 28 … to labor productivity growth in the period 1990 to 2008. These channels, which have been developed in the theoretical …, of which several turn out significant. In addition to estimates for the total manufacturing sector, we also show results …

the basis of industrial activities, employment size, capital base, pattern of linkages, and productivity levels and, (ii …

This study examines productivity and profitability of Italian manufacturing corporations in relation to IT usage and … productivity, although the significance of intensity variables depends on employment size and industry. The same occurs for some … the direction of causality between IT maturity, offshoring and productivity is also tentatively addressed: lagged …

This article presents a benchmarking model for measuring the efficiency of organizations that provide humanitarian aid … measuring the labor productivity of each organization that provides services and comparing it to the benchmark. Two main results …

This article presents a benchmarking model for measuring the efficiency of organizations that provide humanitarian aid … measuring the labor productivity of each organization that provides services and comparing it to the benchmark. Two main results …

Malmquist Productivity Indexes over individual decision making units (firms, countries, etc.) into a group Malmquist … Productivity Index. We also consider the aggregation of decomposed parts of the Malmquist Productivity Index to obtain a … decomposition of the Malmquist Productivity Index for a particular group. …

Improvements in the effectiveness and efficiency of supply-side waste management are necessary in many countries. In …-management efficiency. In this study, we measure the efficiency of waste management and explore how technology is related to technical … efficiency. We find that municipalities are likely to adopt less-efficient technologies and that the central government …