Productivity and Efficiency Analysis
Springer | Business, Economics | January 29, 2016 | ISBN-10: 3319232274 | 331 pages | pdf | 5.3 mb
Editors: Greene, W.H., Khalaf, L., C. Sickles, R., Veall, M., Voia, M.-C. (Eds.)
Presents cutting edge and rigorously developed papers covering productivity and efficiency analysis from NAPW VIII
Includes worldwide perspectives and challenges that local economies and institutions may face when changes in productivity are observed
Editors are respected names in the field
This proceedings volume examines the state-of-the art of productivity and efficiency analysis and adds to the existing research by bringing together a selection of the best papers from the 8th North American Productivity Workshop (NAPW). It also aims to analyze world-wide perspectives on challenges that local economies and institutions may face when changes in productivity are observed. The volume comprises of seventeen papers that deal with productivity measurement, productivity growth, dynamics of productivity change, measures of labor productivity, measures of technical efficiency in different sectors, frontier analysis, measures of performance, industry instability and spillover effects. These papers are relevant to academia, but also to public and private sectors in terms of the challenges firms, financial institutions, governments and individuals may face when dealing with economic and education related activities that lead to increase or decrease of productivity.
The North American Productivity Workshop brings together academic scholars and practitioners in the field of productivity and efficiency analysis from all over the world. It is a four day conference exploring topics related to productivity, production theory and efficiency measurement in economics, management science, operations research, public administration, and related fields. The papers in this volume also address general topics as health, energy, finance, agriculture, utilities, and economic dev
elopment, among others. The editors are comprised of the 2014 local organizers, program committee members, and celebrated guest conference speakers.
Number of Illustrations and Tables
19 illus., 31 in colour
Topics
Operations Management
Public Administration
Econometrics
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