performance. A survey data set of Australian workplaces is used, with the change in labour productivity as the dependent variable …. The results show strong support for the idea that intense competition raises productivity growth in managerial workplaces … greater demand uncertainty reduces productivity growth. In contrast, for managerial workplaces, greater demand uncertainty …

This paper investigates the impact of foreign acquisition on domestic firm productivity. In contrast to previous … changes. It finds evidence of significant positive productivity effects following acquisition by US and European … multinationals, at least in technology importing industries. Higher productivity gains are achieved the more competitive the industry …

This paper examines the convergence process of industrial productivity between Chinese regions. Both σ- and β …- and β-convergence methods fail to detect productivity convergence over the whole sample period, although they suggest … to scale constraint, show that productivity gaps between Chinese regions declined during 1985-1999 with a rate of …

Current research focuses on assessing productivity, cost, and delays for concrete batch plant (CBP) operations using …, productivity, and price/m3 for the CBP. Two ANN models were designated to represent the CBP process considering many CBP variables … cycle time, cost of delays, delivery cost, productivity, and price/m3. The ANN outputs have been validated to show the ANN …

mitigating these potential negative outcomes of lower labour productivity rates and higher project costs. This paper explores the … impacts of planned and unplanned schedule compression on labour productivity. Additional impacts of schedule compression …

Poor productivity of construction workers is one of the major causes of cost overruns and schedule slippages in … construction projects. Anecdotal evidence suggests that workers' attitudes towards higher productivity may not be limited to purely … compared to each other to ascertain the factors that influence productivity. The factors and their relative importance …