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Spatial Determinants of Productivity: Analysis for the Regions of Great Britain

Rice, Patricia; Venables, Anthony J - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

and productivity. We decompose the spatial variation of earnings into a productivity effect and an occupational … that doubling the population of working age proximate to an area is associated with a 3.5% increase in productivity in the …

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Does Services Liberalization Benefit Manufacturing Firms?

Arnold, Jens; Javorcik, Beata; Mattoo, Aaditya - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

productivity of manufacturing industries relying on services inputs. The results, based on firm-level data from the Czech Republic …

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Sectoral Agglomeration Economies in a Panel of European Regions

Brülhart, Marius; Mathys, Nicole Andréa - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

We estimate agglomeration economies, defined as the effect of density on labour productivity in European regions. The … productivity effects from own-sector density. …

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Foreign Investment, Corporate Ownership, and Development: Are Firms in Emerging Markets Catching Up to the World Standard?

Sabirianova Peter, Klara; Svejnar, Jan; Terrell, Katherine - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005

Economic development implies that the efficiency of firms in developing countries is approaching that of firms in advanced economies. We examine the extent of this convergence in the Czech Republic and Russia, economies that represent alternative models of implementing development policies,...

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Industrial Productivity in 51 Countries, Rich and Poor

Causa, Orsetta; Cohen, Daniel - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

productivity of the industrial sector is indeed the product of about five times 70%. But 0.70 to the power of five is 17%. The … least productive country in the sample, Bangladesh, has a productivity level worth about 2% of that of the richest nations … relative price of manufactured goods. We show that productivity differentials explain about half of the relative price …

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The Economic Value of Cultural Diversity: Evidence from US Cities

Ottaviano, Gianmarco; Peri, Giovanni - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

We use data on wages and rents in different US cities to assess the amenity effects on production and consumption of cultural diversity as measured by diversity of countries of birth of city residents. We show that US-born citizens living in metropolitan areas where the share of foreign-born...

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Continuous quality improvement through post‐occupancy evaluation feedback

Preiser, Wolfgang F. E. - In: Journal of Corporate Real Estate 5 (2003) 1, pp. 42-56

Over the past 30 years, both the governmental and private sectors have made use of a feedback mechanism, which helps improve the quality of environments: post‐occupancy evaluation (POE) or similar systematic processes, which gauge the satisfaction with, and importance of, the designed and...

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Productivity and employee satisfaction in flexible workplaces

van der Voordt, Theo J.M. - In: Journal of Corporate Real Estate 6 (2004) 2, pp. 133-148

to stimulate new ways of working (dynamic, less closely linked to place and time), to improve labour productivity and to … satisfaction and labour productivity. …

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Introduction of AHP Satisfaction Index for workplace environments

Khamkanya, Thadsin; Heaney, George; McGreal, Stanley - In: Journal of Corporate Real Estate 14 (2012) 2, pp. 80-93

improving knowledge‐intense organisation performance through satisfaction‐based productivity. Previous research which focused on … on levels of satisfaction and perceived productivity, in order to construct an AHP Satisfaction Index for comparing with …

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New work practices and their drivers in FIREB firms: evidence from Hong Kong

Oladinrin, Olugbenga Timo; Jayantha, Wadu Mesthrige; … - In: Journal of Corporate Real Estate 25 (2022) 3, pp. 205-228

employee productivity. Originality/value This paper presents comprehensive overview of drivers that designers, developers …

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