complementarities between IT capital and OC initiatives of the firm. It analyzes the productivity impact of different clusters of IT and … OC in the manufacturing and services sectors of the economy. Three dimensions of OC are studied: process, structure, and …-level observations in the Netherlands for the period 1994-2006. The results reveal that the productivity effect of IT significantly …

We examine changes in market values and accounting returns for a sample of publicly traded Chinese firms around …

Small Manufacturing Enterprises (SMEs) in an overpopulated developing economy serve the dual role of job-creation and … grounds of low productivity and economic viability. Sustainability of SMEs is argued to depend on improving labour … productivity (LP) through technological upgradation. In a developing economy this may be a costly proposition due to capital …

productivity level in Small Manufacturing Enterprises (SMEs) and suggest appropriate policies for augmenting productivity levels … national income is questioned because of their low productivity. The present paper tries to identify important determinants of … determinants of productivity. A close association between productivity levels and emolument per worker is also observed. Policies …

looking at the total factor productivity (TFP) growth. Furthermore, the study also investigate the efficiency in commercial …

) 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 …