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In‐depth example of how TQM at a hospital in Memphis, Tennessee has reduced costs, decreased occupancy rates and generally improved efficiency and quality. Explores the possibilities of well‐defined TQM in the health care sector, highlighting the need for education, motivation and good...
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, exports, and labour productivity, have lost prominence in explaining economic dynamics. We argue that, in the absence of … counterbalancing mechanisms, the combination of price-sensitive exports and the triggering effect of exports on productivity can enable … productivity growth - exacerbates macroeconomic disparities in terms of labour productivity. While nominal wages act as a potential …
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Performance pay has been shown to have important implications for worker and firm productivity. Although workers …
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investigates links between firm productivity and monetary and non-monetary dimensions of job quality. The results point to a … positive impact of higher salaries on firm productivity, but limited effects of non-monetary job quality indicators … quality indicators had a weak impact on productivity, however, reducing the incentive of employers to invest in job quality …
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: distorted employment decisions, increased productivity, and higher exit rates. Our empirical analysis, using a novel dataset and …% points higher annual productivity growth, and a 3.6% points higher probability of exit for firms with binding employment … after 10 years. Additionally, an alternative policy of productivity investment subsidies proved costly and less effective in …
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