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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Firm-level productivity"”.
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Using a productivity measurement model to drive gainsharing
… research shows how a state-of-the-art, plant and firm level, productivity measurement model, the Total Factor Productivity Measurement Model (TFPMM) can be used to drive an organization's gainsharing effort. The TFPMM uses accounting data from actual operations to isolate the dollar effects on …
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Risk, efficiency and industry dynamics in the Australian banking sector
… applies innovative methods to the efficiency and productivity analysis of the Australian banking system. Key areas of investigation include the impact of regulatory reforms on bank performance, the impact of firm entry and exit on industry productivity and the changing nature of banking and the …
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Towards a More Efficient Tariff Rate Quota Regime: Evidence from Chinese Firm-Level Grain Imports
… economics literature emphasizing the role of firm-level productivity differences has shed new light on the dynamics of international trade. Despite gaining significant traction in the international economics literature, firm-level analysis in the agricultural economics literature is …
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A multiple case study research to determine and respond to management information needs using Total-Factor Productivity Measurement
… There are basically two models of TFPM - the Productivity Indices (PI) Model and the Profitability = Productivity + Price Recovery (PPPR) Model. I proved that as implemented with discrete variables, Gollop's Model is equivalent to the PPPR Model. Various versions of these two models feature …
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Essays in intangible capital reallocation, mergers and acquisitions and financial frictions
… novel empirical facts at the aggregate and the firm level on the reallocation of tangible and intangible capital. First, at the aggregate level, I interpret firm physical capital sales data as tangible capital reallocation and data on mergers and acquisitions (M\&As) data on intangible capital …
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Sources of productivity growth in Vietnam: Three essays
This thesis examines the sources of productivity growth in Vietnam, a developing country that has been transitioning from a centrally-planned economy to a more market-oriented one since 1986. Following the introduction, which sets the motivation and scope of the study, the thesis is organised into …
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Sources of productivity growth in Vietnam: Three essays
This thesis examines the sources of productivity growth in Vietnam, a developing country that has been transitioning from a centrally-planned economy to a more market-oriented one since 1986. Following the introduction, which sets the motivation and scope of the study, the thesis is organised into …
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Essays on the Macroeconomics of Labor Markets
This thesis contributes to the study of firms and labor markets in macroeconomics. The first two chapters argue that analyzing how workers with varied skills are organized in production – opening the “black box” of firms – provides new insights about macroeconomic outcomes and trends. The first …
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Essays into Firms, Innovation and Productivity
This empirical research aims to understand firm-level innovation and productivity in the context of firm’s innovative activities or international activities such as offshoring and exporting. The PhD dissertation consists of three chapters that use the Survey of Business Activities annually provided …