productivity in a sample of hotels in Spain. Design/methodology/approach – In line with Mairesse and Kremp (1993), the theoretical … results show that labour productivity increases only when certifications and quality standards specific to the hospitality … category, belonging to a chain, and outsourcing services have a positive impact on labour productivity. In contrast, the …

‐country productivity. Design/methodology/approach – A panel data set for 15 Taiwanese manufacturing industries over the period between 1991 … and 2007 is employed for a model in which productivity is regressed on a measure of O‐FDI. Findings – The study finds no … significant positive or negative effect of O‐FDI on productivity. Breaking down the data by location of the investment, however …

reduce cost of manufacturing and to increase the productivity by reducing cycle time and down time. The aim of this paper is … by 48 percent and an increase in productivity by 52 percent. Research limitations/implications – The paper is looking at … cockpit layout and combining of processes on a single machine. Improves job satisfaction and productivity of shop floor …

Abstract Productivity growth in many advanced economies has decelerated in the last decades. There is increasing … evidence that the misallocation of production function has contributed to the weakness in productivity. Factors behind this … misallocation of production factors on productivity and assess their role for the weakness in productivity growth in Germany …

verändert Industrie 4.0 auf Logistik bezogene Tätigkeiten innerhalb produzierender Unternehmen. Der Artikel prüft auf Basis von …

Summary The paper provides empirical evidence for the question whether firms’ IT-enabled labour productivity is … relationship between labour productivity and IT intensity is not affected by the proportion of older workers.  …

their productivity by optimising customer relationship management, marketing, market research and project management. On the …-consuming preventing employees from managing their normal workload. This might lead to a decrease of labour productivity. This paper … analyses the relationship between social media applications and labour productivity using firm-level data of 907 German …