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We study the fine-grained relationships among information flows, IT use,and individual information-worker productivity … with productivity but mainly by allowingmultitasking rather than by speeding up work; (c) productivity isgreatest for small …
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productivity orare productive firms simply willing to spend more on IT? We address thisquestion by examining the productivity and …
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relationship with technical efficiency using a distance function approach is analyzed for the case of Czech agriculture. Contrary …
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This study contributes to the understanding of behavioural responses to climate change induced extreme weatherevents. It suggest a microeconometric method for measuring flooding related risk preferences of affectedindividuals. The method is outlined using the empirical case of agricultural...
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and analyzing statistical data on productivity trends and technological change in the energy-intensive manufacturing … analysis to the agriculture and electric power sectors in India, South Korea, and two other developing countries. They will … also examine the impact of alternative model specifications on estimates of productivity growth and technological change …
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agricultural production, consumption and trade, and resulted in significant agricultural productivity improvements. However, there … of this study is to measure and compare the levels and trends in agricultural productivity in transition countries with … those of the European Union (EU) countries making use of the most recent data available from the Food and Agriculture …
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Transgenic crops are relatively new technologies being adopted rapidly in the United States and in a few other countries. The economic impacts of these technologies have, thus far, been estimated in a piecemeal fashion. The purpose of this study was to collect and characterize the economic...
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This paper briefly presents the results of a total factor productivity (TFP) study of South African commercial … agriculture, for 1947-1997, and illustrates some potential pitfalls in rate of return to research (ROR) calculations. The lag …
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