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High-growth firms and productivity: evidence from the United Kingdom

Du, Jun; Temouri, Yama - In: Small Business Economics 44 (2015) 1, pp. 123-143

. However, the literature so far does not adequately explore the link between HGFs and productivity. This paper investigates the … empirical link between total factor productivity (TFP) growth and HGFs, defined in terms of sales growth, in the United Kingdom …

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On the Functional Form of an Efficiency Index

Hougaard, Jens; Keiding, Hans - In: Journal of Productivity Analysis 9 (1998) 2, pp. 103-111

An input efficiency index gives a numeric assessment of the degree to which a given input combination falls short of being efficient in producing a fixed amount of output. This paper presents a system of axioms which characterise a certain family of efficiency indices containing the well-known...

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Bonus compensation and productivity: evidence from Indian manufacturing plant-level data

Chun, Natalie; Lee, Soohyung - In: Journal of Productivity Analysis 43 (2015) 1, pp. 47-58

This paper examines whether bonus compensation for managers and workers matter for manufacturing plant productivity. We … skilled workers leading to increases in plant productivity. The effect of bonus compensation policies on productivity is … managers and workers has a significant positive effect on productivity. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media New York 2015 …

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Projections Onto Efficient Frontiers: Theoretical and Computational Extensions to DEA

Frei, Frances; Harker, Patrick - In: Journal of Productivity Analysis 11 (1999) 3, pp. 275-300

Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) has been widely studied in the literature since its inception in 1978. The methodology behind the classical DEA, the oriented method, is to hold inputs (outputs) constant and to determine how much of an improvement in the output (input) dimensions is necessary in...

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Nonparametric analysis of technology and productivity under non-convexity: a neighborhood-based approach

Chavas, Jean-Paul; Kim, Kwansoo - In: Journal of Productivity Analysis 43 (2015) 1, pp. 59-74

approaches now commonly used in efficiency and productivity analysis: data envelopment analysis where convexity is imposed; and …

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Regulation and Productivity

Dufour, Charles; Lanoie, Paul; Patry, Michel - In: Journal of Productivity Analysis 9 (1998) 3, pp. 233-247

total factor productivity (TFP) in the Quebec manufacturing sector during the 1985–88 period. Our results show that … productivity growth, while the presence of mandatory prevention programs and of fines for infractions to OSH rules have led to an … increase in productivity growth. Interestingly, this is, to our knowledge, the first result showing that OSH regulation may …

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The Relationship Between Stock Market Returns and Technical Efficiency Innovations: Evidence from the US Airline Industry

Alam, Ila; Sickles, Robin - In: Journal of Productivity Analysis 9 (1998) 1, pp. 35-51

This paper analyzes the association between two firm performance measures: stock market returns and relative technical efficiency. Using linear programming techniques (Data Envelopment Analysis and Free Disposal Hull), technical efficiencies are calculated for a panel of eleven US airlines...

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International Comparisons of Australia's Infrastructure Performance

Lawrence, Denis; Houghton, John; George, Anna - In: Journal of Productivity Analysis 8 (1997) 4, pp. 361-378

, service quality, labour productivity and capital productivity. This paper reviews and summarises the performance comparisons …

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A day without a search engine: an experimental study of online and offline searches

Chen, Yan; Jeon, Grace; Kim, Yong-Mi - In: Experimental Economics 17 (2014) 4, pp. 512-536

With the evolution of the Web and development of web-based search engines, online searching has become a common method for obtaining information. Given this popularity, the question arises as to how much time people save by using search engines for their information needs compared to offline...

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Rethinking the import-productivity nexus for Italian manufacturing

Conti, Giuliano; Turco, Alessia Lo; Maggioni, Daniela - In: Empirica 41 (2014) 4, pp. 589-617

We provide evidence on the firm level productivity effects of imports of intermediates. By exploiting a large panel of …. Importing does not permanently affect the firm productivity growth. This finding holds both when we test for the import entry by …

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