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Economic theory predicts that outsourcing public services to private firms will reduce costs, but the effect on quality is ambiguous. We explore quality differences between publicly and privately owned ambulances in a setting where patients are as good as randomly assigned to ambulances of...
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them into higher output. All five process innovation outputs are associated with higher labor productivity and higher sales … analyzed five different measures of process innovation output: cost reductions, defect rate reductions, reductions in … of process innovation and that smaller firms are more likely to introduce new processes and are better able to transform …
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industries, the impact of high skilled labour, product and process innovation are significant in determining global value chain … development, low-skilled labour, medium skilled labour, process innovation and price level have significant impact on … building their innovation value systems (IS). Specifically for South Korea with proximity in high technology intensive …
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Over the last decades, productivity in the tradable sector rose substantially, while in the non-tradable sector, output … duality in higher education as well as heterogeneous ability of individuals can explain the differences in labor productivity … can explain that despite an increase in human capital in both sectors, there is still a gap in productivity. In other …
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account, that: i) labor productivity in most manufacturing sectors is significantly lower; ii) average TFP differs …The study focuses on the question of whether productivity estimates are biased due to the emergence of a new input that … is usually omitted: temporary agency worker (TAW). The study analyzes labor productivity and TFP by means of a structural …
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new product using a technology new to the firm. On the other hand, process innovation has consistently shown to be … role of foreign linkages to innovation activities of manufacturing firms in the CALABARZON region. Utilizing a probit … linkages can indeed positively affect a firm's likelihood to undertake product innovation that involves the development of a …
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growth; the role of information technology in driving the productivity revival in the United States; the characteristics of … are the determinants of trends in the living standards of Canadians in the 1990s; the role of innovation in productivity …The second issue of the International Productivity Monitor produced by the Centre for the Study of Living Standards …
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productivity in manufacturing. But when the more appropriate output per hour measure of productivity is used, the United States is … no longer the manufacturing productivity leader, being surpassed by the Netherlands and Belgium. The much greater number …International productivity comparisons have traditionally focused on productivity growth rates. International …
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is a positive development in the evolution of crypto-asset regulation in Canada, but it is also incomplete. Third …, and non-custodial DCA investment advice are currently unregulated with no standards, certifications, or safeguards … other financial market agencies, is necessary to fully support innovation in crypto assets while ensuring financial system …
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strategies. This innovation has potential consumer utility, but it also creates many risks. Currently, there is no overarching … regulatory framework for stablecoins in Canada, and no authority has asserted jurisdiction over the operations of their issuers …-informed regulatory design principles, for fiat-backed stablecoins in Canada. It provides two unique and vital contributions to policy …
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