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Financial and alternative choices in personal transportation habits

Smith, Alan D. - In: International Journal of Electronic Finance 4 (2010) 3, pp. 236-268

An empirical study was conducted of employed professionals, representative of the marketing and financial services industry located within the metropolitan section of Pittsburgh, PA, resulting in 191 useable questionnaires. The thrust was to investigate the degree of seriousness on the part of...

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Paradigm shift in productivity of e-age banking: some evidence from the Indian banks

Uppal, R.K. - In: International Journal of Education Economics and Development 1 (2010) 3, pp. 277-295

The present paper examines productivity and profitability in pre and post e-banking period and highlights the emerging …

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Economic performance and technological intensities of electronics firms in Johor: Does size matter?

Rasiah, Rajah; Malakolunthu, Asokkumar - In: International Journal of Technological Learning, … 3 (2010) 1, pp. 47-66

This paper examines size differences in productivity, and export and technological intensities, and the statistical … productivity and overall technological intensity means than small and medium enterprises (SMEs) these differences disappear once …

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Thinking locally: exploring the importance of a subsidiary-centred model of FDI-related spillovers in Brazil

Marin, Anabel; Costa, Ionara - In: International Journal of Technological Learning, … 3 (2010) 1, pp. 87-107

This paper investigates FDI-related spillovers in Brazil. Contrasting to previous studies on other emerging economies, it found horizontal spillovers. However, spillovers did not arise simply as consequence of technology transfer from MNC headquarters as the standard approach presumes; nor were...

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Utility function-based patient prioritisation in the emergency department

Claudio, David; Okudan, Gul E. - In: European Journal of Industrial Engineering 4 (2010) 1, pp. 59-77

With the increased awareness of productivity problems in healthcare operations, many researchers have proposed the …

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Structural development accounting

Gancia, Gino; Müller, Andreas; Zilibotti, Fabrizio - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 2010

We construct and estimate a unified model combining three of the main sources of cross-country income disparities: differences in factor endowments, barriers to technology adoption and the inappropriateness of frontier technologies to local conditions. The key components are different types of...

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Productivity measurement and growth in Nigeria: challenges and prospects

INGWE, Richard; IKEJI, Chibueze C.; OTU, Judith E. - In: Economia. Seria Management 13 (2010) 2, pp. 254-268

Productivity (growth) measurements (describing the assessment of an economy’s rate of change in the ratio of a volume … related to society (institutions), history, innovation and productivity change, which are concerned with promoting growth … beyond mere productivity accounting. This paper has attempted to address all these issues as they pertain to Nigeria’s rather …

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Product Market Regulation and Competition in China

Conway, Paul; Herd, Richard; Chalaux, Thomas; He, Ping; … - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2010

lowering barriers to foreign direct investment in services would also increase competition and enhance productivity growth …

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In Defense of Electricity as a General Purpose Technology

Kander, Astrid; Enflo, Kerstin; Schön, Lennart - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2007

energy productivity and overall productivity in the American economy in the 1920s. This view was challenged by Nicholas and … Moser (2004) based on patent statistics. We argue that other methods are required for studying productivity effects and … propose cointegration analyses. Wedemonstrate a clear impact from electrification on energy productivity in those broad …

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Electrification and energy productivity

Kerstin, Enflo; Kander, Astrid; Schön, Lennart - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2008

effect of electricity on energy productivity in Swedish industry 1930-1990. Electricity augmented energy productivity in … those industrial branches that used electricity for multiple purposes. This productivity effect goes beyond “book …

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