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Broadband adoption and firm productivity: evidence from Irish manufacturing firms
Haller, Stefanie A.; Lyons, Sean - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
We estimate the effects of adopting DSL broadband on firm productivity and productivity growth allowing for differing …' productivity (growth). …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011111762
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Knowledge spillovers and productivity in Italian manufacturing firms
Aldieri, Luigi - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
In this paper we analyze the relationship between R&D spillovers and productivity. To this aim, we use data from 9th … results provide evidence of higher productivity in R&D intensive industries and this can be interpreted as the signal of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009372473
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Energy quality
Stern, David I. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
This paper develops economic definitions of energy quality for individual fuels and energy aggregates. There are both use- and exchange-value concepts as well as marginal and total measures of energy quality. A factor augmentation or quality coefficients approach corresponds to the use-value...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005034364
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Long-term labour productivity and GDP projections for the EU25 Member States : a production function framework
Carone, Giuseppe; Denis, Cécile; Mc Morrow, Kieran; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
This paper presents the results of long run labour productivity and GDP growth rate projections (until 2050) for each … employment and labour productivity. These base case projections reflect the working assumption of “no policy change … population is fairly limited, although it is accepted that the labour productivity of an individual is likely to decline after …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005619654
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Productivity Growth, Technical Progress and Efficiency Change in African Agriculture
Nkamleu, Guy Blaise - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2003
data set and the latest technique for analysis. The paper focuses on growth in total factor productivity and its … period, total factor productivity has experienced a positive evolution in sampled countries. This good performance of the … regression in productivity in the 1970s, and made some progress during the 1980s and 1990s. The study also highlights the fact …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005619708
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Productivity growth and organisation of work: Discussion of some factors
Moniz, António - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2002
an efficient work organization. In this article it is analyzed the evolution of the productivity and employment levels in … labor productivity is also the pointer of the quality of life in a economy, therefore it represents the value produced by … the work. Moreover, the total factors productivity is the measure of the technological and organizational progress (don …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005837053
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The strategic role of the Food Research Institute in productivity enhancement and the private sector development in Ghana
Yawson, Robert M. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
The Private Sector Development Project (PSDP) was a culmination of the renewed commitment of the Government of Ghana to accelerate the pace of development of Ghana’s private sector. The project was also a direct result of the Business Community’s own assessment of Lingering issues which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009295279
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R&D investment, productivity and rates of return: A meta-analysis of the evidence on OECD firms and industries
Ugur, Mehmet; Guidi, Francesco; Solomon, Edna; Trushin, … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
The volume of work on productivity effects of research and development (R&D) investment has expanded significantly … primary studies, we report that the average effect of R&D capital on productivity and the average rate of return on R …-analysis studies. We also report that a range of moderating factors have significant effects on the variation among productivity and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011108956
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Knowledge Management through the Lens of Innovation and Labour Productivity in a Knowledge Based Economy
Constantinescu, Madalina - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
KM upon the innovation and labour productivity within the organization, and how KM affects the firm’s innovative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005619825
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Jacobian Spillovers in Environmental Technological Proximity : The Role of Mahalanobis Index on European Patents within the Triad
Aldieri, Luigi - 2017
the lack of integrated innovation adoption behind environmental productivity performance. In this work, we analyse the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012961274