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The growth rate of GDP stabilized around 1984, and improvements in production management have been cited as a possible cause. This article examines this rationale with two-digit SIC manufacturing data. The empirical questions are whether there is evidence of structural change in industry output...
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This paper models the scale of the technology shocks as a decision variable whose value is determined by the production manager. It is shown that smaller shocks enhance profit in several ways and thus the firm has an incentive to adopt more reliable production technologies. The adoption of these...
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There is evidence that the growth rate of GDP in the United States stabilized in 1984 and improvements in production management are frequently cited as a source. This paper defines the quality of production as the scale of the firm's production shock and assumes that the firm can exercise...
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