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Empirical support for global integrated assessment modeling: Productivity trends and technological change in developing countries' agriculture and electric power sectors
Sathaye, Jayant A. - 2009
and analyzing statistical data on productivity trends and technological change in the energy-intensive manufacturing … also examine the impact of alternative model specifications on estimates of productivity growth and technological change …. malleable-- in contributing to productivity growth and technological change. The project has already produced a data resource on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009435944
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Community Development Districts: The Entrepreneurial Side of Government
Scutelnicu, Gina - 2010
In an effort to reduce the cost and size of government public service delivery has become more decentralized, flexible and responsive. Public entrepreneurship entailed, among other things, the establishment of special-purpose governments to finance public services and carry out development...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009460566
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11.471 Targeting the Poor: Small Firms, Workers, and Local Economic Development, Fall 2004
Tendler, Judith - 2004
Covers conditions under which public-sector policies, programs, and projects succeed in enhancing the economic activities of poorer groups and micro-regions in developing countries. Topics include local economic development; small enterprises; various forms of collective action; labor and worker...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009432508
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Australia's mining productivity paradox: implications for MFP measurement
Zheng, S.; Bloch, Harry - 2010
This paper investigates the mining industry's poor productivity performance as measured by the conventional multifactor … productivity (MFP) index during the recent mining boom in Australia. We derive a relationship between the measured and 'true' MFP …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009434879
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Growth and productivity in Australia
Agbenyegah, Benjamin K.; Bloch, Harry - 2008
This paper empirically investigates and identifies the main contributing factors to output and productivity growth in … capital and ICT are important drivers of output growth in Australia, so their omission from standard productivity measures …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009434976
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A case study: Integrated work environment and organizational change
Heubach, J.G.; Montgomery, J.C.; Weimer, W.C.; … - 2009
The failure to integrate environmental and organizational interventions may help explain the lack of success of many change efforts. The high rate of failure for change efforts (50% to 90% failure rates) has been noted by many writers. While specific causes of failure are diverse, a common theme...
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Balancing the scales: Data on electricity supply and demand resources
Hirst, E. - 2008
, because of the need to improve economic productivity, and because state regulatory commissions will provide financial …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009435623
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India's cement industry: Productivity, energy efficiency and carbon emissions
Schumacher, Katja; Sathaye, Jayant - 2008
Historical estimates of productivity growth in India's cement sector vary from indicating an improvement to a decline … in the sector's productivity. The variance may be traced to the time period of study, source of data for analysis, and … type of indices and econometric specifications used for reporting productivity growth. Analysis shows that in the twenty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009435632
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India's pulp and paper industry: Productivity and energy efficiency
Schumacher, Katja - 2008
Historical estimates of productivity growth in India's pulp and paper sector vary from indicating an improvement to a … decline in the sector's productivity. The variance may be traced to the time period of study, source of data for analysis, and … type of indices and econometric specifications used for reporting productivity growth. The authors derive both statistical …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009435633
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India's iron and steel industry: Productivity, energy efficiency and carbon emissions
Schumacher, Katja; Sathaye, Jayant - 2008
Historical estimates of productivity growth in India's iron and steel sector vary from indicating an improvement to a … decline in the sector's productivity. The variance may be traced to the time period of study, source of data for analysis, and … type of indices and econometric specifications used for reporting productivity growth. The authors derive both growth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009435634