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Wired for Innovation : How Information Technology Is Reshaping the Economy

Brynjolfsson, Erik - 2014

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Technology, Innovation, and Productivity in the Information … Age -- 2 Measuring the Information Economy -- 3 IT's Contributions to Productivity and Economic Growth -- 4 Business … Practices That Enhance Productivity -- 5 Organizational Capital -- 6 Incentives for Innovation in the Information Economy -- 7 …

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Drivers and Restraints for Economically Efficient Farm Production.

Hansson, Helena - 2009

Intro -- DRIVERS AND RESTRAINTS FORECONOMICALLY EFFICIENTFARM PRODUCTION -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- REFERENCES -- PART 1: AN INTRODUCTION TOEFFICIENCY STUDIES -- WHAT IS EFFICIENCY? -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- EFFICIENCY AS A WAY OF ANALYZINGFARM PERFORMANCE -- A NOTE ON THE...

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Measurement and Quality Control of Processes and Products in Manufacturing and Enterprise

Stepien, Krzysztof - 2015

International Symposium on Measurement and Quality Control (ISMQC) is one of the most important scientific events that is normally held once in every three years in the field of measurements and quality control. During ISMQC 2013 that were selected by Programme Committee to be published in the...

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Trends in Productions Systems Research

Shaaban, Sabry - 2015

The eight papers contributed to this special issue of the Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management on trends in Production System Research reveal a rich variety of quality research studies, which attest to the continuing interest of researchers worldwide in exploring new ways to enhance...

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Effective Meeting Skills : A Practical Guide for More Productive Meetings

Haynes, Marion E. - 1997

TITLE -- COPYRIGHT -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR -- CONTENTS -- PART 1 Introduction -- INTRODUCTION TO EFFECTIVE MEETINGS -- WHAT IS A MEETING AND WHAT MAKES ONE EFFECTIVE? -- What Is a Meeting? -- When Is a Meeting Effective? -- EVALUATE A MEETING -- TYPES OF MEETINGS -- KEY DIFFERENCES IN TYPES OF...

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The ETTO Principle : Why Things That Go Right Sometimes Go Wrong

Hollnagel, Erik - 2009 - 1st ed.

Accident investigation and risk assessment have for decades focused on the human factor, most notably in the form of "human error". Countless books and papers have been written about how to identify, classify, eliminate, prevent and compensate for "human error". This preoccupation with failure...

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Agricultural Production : Organic and Conventional Systems

Akinyemi, O.M - 2007

Intro -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgement -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- List of Graphs -- 1. Introduction to OrganicAgricultural Practices -- 1.1 FACTORS -- 1.2 THE IDEAL OF PHILOSOPHERS IN ORGANIC AGRICULTURE INPUTS -- 1.3 ORGANIC MOTIVATION -- 1.4 NECESSITY IN...

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Sustainable Solutions : Developing Products and Services for the Future

Charter, Martin - 2001 - 1st ed.

In response to toughening environmental legislation, national and supra-national environmental product policies and growing customer demands, this book provides both analysis and case studies on why and how companies are developing new products and services to fit "triple-bottom-line" expectations.

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European Productivity Agency and Transatlantic Relations, 1953-1961

Boel, Bent - 2001

Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- I. AMERICAN TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO WESTERN EUROPE, 1948- 53 -- II. A SHORT HISTORY OF THE EPA, 1953- 61 -- III. AN OPERATIONAL BRANCH OF THE OEEC -- IV. AN AMERICAN AID AGENCY -- V. A EUROPEAN FEDERATOR -- VI. EPA: A TRIPARTITE...

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Productivity spillovers from FDI : a firm-level cross-country analysis

Ahn, JaeBin; Aiyar, Shekhar; Presbitero, Andrea - 2024

This paper provides cross-country firm-level evidence on productivity spillovers from foreign direct investment (FDI … labour productivity we find: i) positive intra-industry spillover effects for firms located in advanced countries, and ii …

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