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Productivity enhancement in North American automotive industry : Strategies and techniques to reduce hours-per-vehicle

Abolhassani, Amir; Jaridi, Majid - In: International Journal of Productivity and Performance … 65 (2016) 8, pp. 1112-1136

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify effective factors, their impact, and find estimation models of the most well-known productivity measurement, hours-per-vehicle (HPV), in the automotive industry in North American manufacturing plants. Design/methodology/approach Data used in this...

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Assembly line productivity improvement as re-engineered by MOST

Karim, A.N. Mustafizul; Tuan, Saravanan Tanjong; Emrul … - In: International Journal of Productivity and Performance … 65 (2016) 7, pp. 977-994

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to address and solve operational problems of an automotive industry in reaching production target by adopting Maynard Operation Sequence Technique (MOST) as lean and productivity improvement strategies. Design/methodology/approach In the undertaken case of...

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A labour performance score and grading system to the next normal practices in construction

Manoharan, Kesavan; Dissanayake, Pujitha B.G.; … - In: Built Environment Project and Asset Management 13 (2022) 1, pp. 36-55

Purpose The performance-based utilisation of labour resources is a decisive function for developing characteristics of the next normal in the construction industry. Based on the industry's needs, this study aims to develop a framework for the systematic process of labour performance evaluations...

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Endogenous Cycles in Competitive Models: An Overview

Reichlin, Pietro - In: Studies in Nonlinear Dynamics & Econometrics 1 (1997) 4

It is a common assertion that, in a world with perfect markets and rational expectations, endogenous cycles could only arise under very unrealistic assumptions. This paper offers a short discussion on this claim and a review of the relevant contributions to the literature on deterministic...

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Growth, Saving, Financial Markets, and Markov Switching Regimes

Jacobson, Tor; Lindh, Thomas; Warne, Anders - In: Studies in Nonlinear Dynamics & Econometrics 5 (2002) 4

We report evidence that the relation between the financial-sector share, private saving, and growth in the United … between financial development and growth evolves in a stepwise fashion. Theoretical models in which structural financial …

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Demografie und Wachstum: Die gesamtwirtschaftlichen Effekte einer höheren Erwerbstätigkeit Älterer

Bachmann, Ronald; Braun, Sebastian; Friedl, Andreas; … - In: Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik 62 (2013) 3, pp. 287-310

Abstract This paper quantifies the effects of increased employment of elderly persons on the growth potential of the …

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Zur Beschäftigungsentwicklung in Deutschland

Schnabel, Hubert - In: Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik 64 (2015) 1, pp. 73-110

Abstract This paper examines theoretical and empirical aspects of the employment in Germany from 2000 - 2013. Inspired by Krelle’s (1996) discussion paper relevant German labor market data are traced and it is analyzed to which extend some theoretical employment considerations and labor market...

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Schwache Unternehmensinvestitionen in Deutschland? Diagnose und Therapie

Bardt, Hubertus; Grömling, Michael; Hüther, Michael - In: Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik 64 (2015) 2, pp. 224-250

Abstract Corporate investment has developed only moderately in Germany since the global financial market crisis. The capital stock made up of machinery and equipment has been in a stalemate since 2008. However, the notion of a quantifiable investment gap is not tenable. A recent survey of German...

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How ownership affects the growth strategies of scientific journals : A study of economics journals 1950 to 2000

Day, Colin - In: Aslib Proceedings 63 (2011) 5, pp. 445-463

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine how journals expanded to accommodate the growth in scholarly writing … was assigned to one of three ownership categories and growth policies analyzed separately for each. Findings – Overall … more articles in each issue. Originality/value – This paper looks behind the general growth in scholarly literature to …

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Growth aspirations among women entrepreneurs in high growth firms

Bulanova, Oxana; Isaksen, Espen John; Kolvereid, Lars - In: Baltic Journal of Management 11 (2016) 2, pp. 187-206

growth) and feasibility (entrepreneurial self-efficacy) of business growth and women entrepreneurs’ continued business growth … research question: what reasons do women entrepreneurs state for wanting or not wanting continued business growth? Design …, perceived desirability and feasibility of business growth predict growth aspirations. Thus, the findings suggests that the EEM …

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