| Description |
1 online resource : text file, PDF |
| Series |
Routledge Library Editions: Industrial Economics |
| Contents |
Cover Page; Half Title Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Acknowledgments; I. Introduction to the Study; An Overview of Recent Productivity Trends; Rationale for the Study; Statement of the Problem; Objectives of the Study; The Study Focus Model; Definitions and Measures of Variables; Productivity Measurement; The APC Model; Methodology Considerations; Assumptions and Limitations of the Study; Organization of the Study; II. Productivity Measurement Considerations; The U.S. Focus on Economic Growth |
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Capacity Utilization at the Industry LevelMeasuring Productivity at the Company Level; Alternative Approaches to Productivity Measurements; Available Productivity Models; The APC Performance Measurement System; Factors Contributing to Productivity Improvement; Relationships bet. Investments and Productivity; III. Productivity, Catalyst Commitments, and Profitability; Productivity and Profitability; Catalyst Financial Commitments and Profitability; Profitability Growth and Time Lags; The Gold Managerial Control Ratios Model; Summary Observations on Profitability Growth |
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IV. Research and MethodologyThe Analytical Model; Study Strategy; Statistical Methodology; Summary on Research Methodology; V. Analyses of Key Relationships; Major Relationships in Selected Industries; Major Relationships in Selected Companies; Summary; VI. Conclusions and Suggestion; Summary Observations; Assumptions and Limitations of the Study; The Most Useful Findings; Study Conclusions; Suggested Areas for Future Research; VII. Appendices; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Appendix 3; Appendix 4; Appendix 5; Appendix 6; Appendix 7; Appendix 8; VIll. Annotated Bibliography; IX. Index |
| Summary |
"Over the past several years, productivity improvement has become an increasingly vital economic issue for economies and individual firms. This book, first published in 1996, examines empirically relationships between changes in catalyst financial commitments (ie, research and development projects and capital improvements) and productivity/profitability changes, and relationships between productivity changes and profitability changes in selected manufacturing industries and companies."--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Industrial productivity.
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Industrial productivity-United States-Case studies
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Manufacturing industries-Capital productivity-United States-Case studies
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Research, Industrial-Economic aspects-United States-Case studies
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Performance technology.
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Labor productivity.
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Industrial productivity
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780203704318 |
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0203704312 |
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9781351337663 |
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1351337661 |
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9781351337649 |
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1351337645 |
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