Technological Progress and Material Consumption -- Convergence - Theory, Econometrics and Empirics -- Material Productivity … Measurement -- Empirical Evidence on the Development of Material Consumption and Material Productivity -- Research Question … -- Data and Descriptive Statistics -- Examination of Material Productivity Convergence -- Discussion -- Conclusion. …

This book, in contrast with previous research and popular discussions that focus on the productivity of workers …, identifies the critical influence of supervisors and engineers as key drivers of productivity differentials. To do so, it … analyzes productivity at a Japanese car component plant and its three offshoot plants located in the United States, Thailand …