concern for public sector productivity. Gives examples of performance measures attempted on the state and local levels. Also …

reality of university life and its pressures, and submits that the drive for productivity and efficiency is just the same …

products, establishing improvements in their production process so as to be more competitive. Productivity, one of the … productivity, making it difficult to establish policies and strategies to improve the factory. In this article, the authors perform … a systematic review of the literature on factors affecting productivity of software factories, and models for measuring …

using the Annual Survey of Industry (ASI) data at three-digit level. It estimates total factor productivity growth (TFPG …) and technical efficiency for both labour intensive and all manufacturing industries during the pre- and post … the sector and improving the productivity and output.  …

productivity, efficiency and profit. An empirical study of one of the UK’s four large supermarket chains reveals an inverse … correlation between employee satisfaction and the measures of productivity, efficiency and profitability, the most profitable … appears to be inversely correlated with productivity and profitability. It also emerges that the pressure to maximise store …

it is desirable to minimize these costs. And since major productivity gains have already been realised in manufacturing … operations, the last frontier for productivity improvements appears to be in logistics. A formal methodology is therefore … proposed to assess the efficiency of manual insertion and packing operations such as folding, insertion, labeling, sealing and …

efficiency metrics, and Glassdoor employee satisfaction ratings, were used to test five hypotheses. Findings – Three sets of … capabilities: patient-, employee-, and efficiency-related were positively associated with hospital performance. The model explained …

This paper compares the productivity of large and small Brazilian supermarkets from 1994 to 1998. The authors’ findings … productivity of larger supermarkets is much higher, but the production gap between smaller and larger chains is increasing.  …