Describes a microcomputer software system for total productivity measurement in manufacturing organi‐zations, named … TOPROD, developed by the author. Beginning with a discussion advocating the greater use of total productivity ratios in … considers all output items. The fifth and sixth algorithms compute total and value‐added productivity respectively, as well as …

Export grouping schemes are a commonly used vehicle for promoting international competitiveness, but their success rate … nature and role of export groups using the results from two in‐depth Australian case studies. The focus of analysis is on … export groups as structuring devices rather than structures. They are viewed as action learning exercises in which knowledge …

Applies new tests for parameter instability in cointegrated models to evaluate the traditional export demand function …. The determinants of exports considered are world real income, export price and competitors’ export price. The data for … satisfy the conditions of a small, price‐taking country in world trade. Irrespective of whether one normalizes export demand …

the purpose of improving their saleability. Long‐term objectives include improving efficiency and export potential of …

critically influencing full‐package apparel manufacturing and export. Data analysis deductively focused on the use of local … resources, the role of technology, understanding of the export market and the ability to develop a product suitable for that … job creation in Mexico through apparel production and export under NAFTA.  …

measurement is user research, as for every £1 spent by government on export turnover, £21 was gained.  … or utility of official export services. States that co‐operation between exporters and government officials is essential … export promotion. Documents that the Irish and Canadian governments have carried out cost‐benefit analysis which, ostensibly …