‐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 … significant positive or negative effect of O‐FDI on productivity. Breaking down the data by location of the investment, however …

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 …

neoclassical growth models is that capital accumulation is induced by both productivity growth and increases in investment rates … productivity growth constant. The role of human capital is also discussed. Findings – An increase in the productivity growth rate …. Hence an upward trend in productivity growth has been more than twice as important as the doubling of the investment rate. A …

Extends the approach of an earlier article which studies the underlying trend rate of growth of labour productivity in … the post‐war UK economy. Analyses productivity growth trends in the member countries of the OECD. Also explores some … implications for the productivity slow‐down debate. Begins by providing a brief summary of the estimation method used, then reports …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to incorporate factors that characterize the agricultural activity as productivity … of six productivity indices, that the authors then employ to calculate the regional agricultural competitiveness index …

review studies investigating the impacts on economic growth, employment and regional development as well as productivity and …