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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 …
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Emissions of global warming gases continue to rise as the world burns ever more coal, oil and gas for energy. The article, aims to run an investigation nexus between carbon dioxide (CO2) emission per capita and economic growth of energy consumption in over the period 1990-2100. To evaluate the...
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Summary Many recent studies exploring conditional factor demand or factor substitution issues use firm level panel data. A considerable number of establishment panels contains no direct information on the capital input, necessary for production or cost function estimation. Incorrect measurement...
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growth accounting, different estimates of total factor productivity emerge. The methodological difference, however, does not …
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to try to formulate a conceptual model for service-oriented export pricing by looking at both demand- and supply-side considerations by taking export price as a function of domestic price of service. Design/methodology/approach – Continuous time...
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A small and simple questionnaire survey of UK production managers was undertaken in 1983. The objective was to collect information to help in curriculum design. The summary results presented may be of interest to those who teach this subject. Data were collected from 45 production managers (and...
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A framework is provided whereby a satisfactory manufacturing policy can be drawn up and policy amendments subsequently audited. Five axioms are set down which must be taken into account, and three unities, which must be preserved in a policy, are stated. The characteristics of the production...
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Purpose – Institutions, social norms and the nature of industrial relations vary greatly between Latin American and Western European countries. Such institutional and organizational differences might shape firms’ operational environment in general and the type of competition in product and...
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Abstract Der Arbeitsmarkt in Deutschland wurde bisher in weitaus weniger sichtbarem Maße von der Wirtschaftskrise getroffen als vielfach erwartet. Dies lag an der umfänglichen Nutzung interner numerischer Flexibilitätsinstrumente. Doch diese Strategie - die mit der demografischen Entwicklung...
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This article highlights the advantages of Lean Construction (‘Lean') and Building Information Modelling ('BIM') that have received much attention. Individually, each promises transformative and beneficial effects on the construction process, prompting researchers to consider the possibility of...
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