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.
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ISBN
9783319232287
Publisert
2018
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Springer
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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