aim of this research was toexamine the relationship between skills development and productivity in theconstruction … productivity performance, particularlywhen considering the heterogeneous nature of the construction industry. Governmentclaims … about the mono-causal relationship between skills and productivity should betreated with caution. A simple boost in …

The “killer application” of the new framework for productivity measurement presented in this paper is the impact of … information technology (IT) on economic growth. A consensus has emerged that the remarkable behavior of IT prices provides the key … to the surge in U.S. economic growth after 1995. The relentless decline in the prices of information technology equipment …

rapid emergence of the information age, the proletarianization of computer technology, and the need for continual … improvements in worker productivity have driven companies to seek ways to enhance worker productivity. The limiting factor, however …, is not technology, but workers′ ability to use it effectively. Focusses on design communication, and specifically product …