This paper examines the causal relationship between exporting and productivity using a ten years long plant-level panel … data set from an annual census of Ethiopian manufacturing, rarely available in the sub-Saharan Africa. We exploited its … length to trace the trajectory of TFP and other productivity measures of groups of firms classified by their export history …

while there was an increase in the productivity of factor inputs during the 1990s, most of the growth in value added is … explained by growth in the use of factor inputs. We also find that median technical efficiency declined in all but one of the … industries between the two years, and change in technical efficiency explains a very small proportion in the change in gross …

derive the incremental change in retail prices associated with increased manufacturing costs for improving energy efficiency. … impacts of energy efficiency increases over a sample population of consumers to quantify the proportion of households having …

manufacturing, wholesale, and retail distribution subsectors, or energy efficiency-focused operations and maintenance performed by …This report provides a baseline assessment of the current state of energy efficiency-related education and training … programs and analyzes training and education needs to support expected growth in the energy efficiency services workforce. In …

efficiency. A Consumer Analysis at two levels: national aggregate impacts, and impacts on individuals. The national aggregate …

Project Objectives:1. Promote energy efficiency concepts in undergraduate and graduate education. 2. Stimulate and … interest in pulp and paper industrial processes, which promote and encourage activities in the area of manufacturing design … efficiency.3. Attract both industrial and media attention.Background and executive Summary:In 1997, the Institute of Paper …

of impact the increased manufacturing costs caused by higher efficiency requirements will have on appliance sales. We …

Today's manufacturing systems and equipment must perform at levels thought impossible a decade ago. Companies must push … concerned with market shares, equity growth, market saturation, and profit. U.S. manufacturing is no exception and is a prime … term ''Agile Manufacturing''. The survival and ultimate success of the American Manufacturing economy may depend upon its …

productivity and efficiency. For the United States in the nineteenth century, it is shown that factories were more efficient than … paths cannot be confirmed.It is also shown that the american civil war had rather less influence on manufacturing efficiency … efficiency. Analyzing the determinants of labor productivity in Russia the results suggest a strong positive influence of …

and analyzing statistical data on productivity trends and technological change in the energy-intensive manufacturing … also examine the impact of alternative model specifications on estimates of productivity growth and technological change …. malleable-- in contributing to productivity growth and technological change. The project has already produced a data resource on …