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 …

The 1980s have seen the emergence of a new perception of productivity and its relationship to quality, cost and … quality and high productivity and profitability are mutually exclusive has been seriously challenged by academics and managers … alike. While most company studies point to a positive relationship between quality and productivity, the results of the …

The essence of the lessons from Japanese industry are abstracted so that it is possible to relate productivity …

Japan's superior quality and high growth rate of productivity. Just‐In‐Time (JIT) is one of the best known Japanese … production system requires many changes in the organisation; yet successful implementation results in improved productivity and …

corporate productivity are a flexible sense of involvement in duties, an enterprising forwardness in doing these duties and …

Japan's adoption (and adaption) of QC circles 10 years earlier than most of the rest of the world, and the role this … has played in Japan's advancement as an industrialised nation, is examined. The growth of circles in Japan is charted, and …

The spectacular productivity gains achieved by Japanese firms from quality circle programmes have attracted the … Singapore, the National Productivity Board has directed its effort towards a nationwide use of quality circle programmes … improving quality of products, increasing productivity, improving skills level, motivating workers and enhancing morale. However …

Gives an overview of Japanese productivity management in both manufacturing and service industries. Discusses education … and training, as well as corporate attitudes to productivity. Highlights the relationship of productivity to the Japanese … productivity management and their control systems. Reveals the prominence of productivity and quality in Japanese operations …

Japan. Productivity improvement programmes, particularly in Canada, are examined to determine why some fail while others … succeed. Specific case studies are also presented to determine how productivity can be improved through effective human …