, we find that O‐FDI in other countries enhances productivity in Taiwan, while O‐FDI in China does not. We interpret the …‐country productivity. Design/methodology/approach – A panel data set for 15 Taiwanese manufacturing industries over the period between 1991 … and 2007 is employed for a model in which productivity is regressed on a measure of O‐FDI. Findings – The study finds no …

Purpose – China's real estate market is rampantly expanding. The purpose of this paper is to examine the factors … underpinning China's real estate price escalation from 1998 to 2009. Design/methodology/approach – Cointegration approach, vector …) does not catch up with national gain (GDP) in China, or “ Guojinmintui ” (national gain outpaces personal gain). Neither is …

reduce cost of manufacturing and to increase the productivity by reducing cycle time and down time. The aim of this paper is … by 48 percent and an increase in productivity by 52 percent. Research limitations/implications – The paper is looking at … cockpit layout and combining of processes on a single machine. Improves job satisfaction and productivity of shop floor …

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 …

2000, but too little attention has been focused on the twenty‐first century. With this rapid growth of China's export … to 2009, not only within the world market but also in the US market. Second, it is very important for China to stabilize … the overseas market demand and secure exports, this paper shows how China could cope with a crisis.  …

workforce productivity and competitiveness also, to identify new effective strategies for China to maintain and enhance … workforce productivity given the depleting abundant workforce supply. Design/methodology/approach – Based on data from China … workers' education and associated productivity. Findings – At the time China arrives at a Lewisian Turing Point, workforce …

Purpose – Based on a sample of foreign‐financed manufacturing firms in southern China, the purpose of this paper is to … study the effects of ISO certification on productivity. Design/methodology/approach – The paper employs the stochastic … implementation of ISO was able to improve firms' productivity in the form of a wholly disembodied shift of the production frontier …

from mainland China; in total, 224 information responses were obtained, then statistical analysis was carried out to test … has value for examining the practice of JIT in China and reference value for other developing countries’ firms.  …