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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"manufacturing productivity"”.
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The Effect of Leadership Training on Manufacturing Productivity of Informal Leaders
… to informal leaders, had a positive effect on manufacturing productivity. The leadership attributes of informal leaders were assessed using the Leader Attributes Inventory (LAI). Furthermore, the performance of informal leaders was measured using the Leader Effectiveness Index (LEI). …
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Manufacturing productivity at the firm level in the US defense industry
This thesis will develop measures of labor productivity for a Government-owned and operated manufacturing facility that produced military products to unique customer orders. The methodology used to calculate labor productivity is the recently revised Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) labor …
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Asian Export Performance: Diversification, Product Variety, and Productivity
… variety, and the impact of export orientation on manufacturing productivity. The developing Asian countries provide an ideal laboratory for a comparative case study of these issues for two reasons. First, these countries as a group stand out among other regions in the world for achieving …
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Asian Export Performance: Diversification, Product Variety, and Productivity
… variety, and the impact of export orientation on manufacturing productivity. The developing Asian countries provide an ideal laboratory for a comparative case study of these issues for two reasons. First, these countries as a group stand out among other regions in the world for achieving …
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AGGLOMERATION ECONOMIES, INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION, AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT
… activity, labor market composition and local productivity. I treat the designation of land-grant universities as a natural experiment after controlling for the confounding factors with a combination of synthetic control methods and event-study analyses. Three key results are obtained. First, …
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Measuring technical efficiency in Zimbabwe's manufacturing sector: a two-stage DEA Tobit approach
… and explains efficiency of firms in Zimbabwe's manufacturing sector. The paper uses a panel of 166 firms from 6 subsectors of the manufacturing sector in the financial year 2014. The Data envelopment analysis program is used to measure efficiency and identify its determinants. Exporting, labour …
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Investigation into the effect of fixturing systems on the design of condition monitoring for machining operations
… drawn the manufacturer’s attention on automated manufacturing processes using condition monitoring systems. These systems have been used for improving product quality, eliminating inspection, and enhancing manufacturing productivity. Fixtures are essential devices in machining processes to hold …
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Scheduling in two-machine robotic cell : an optimal algorithm based on buffering
… and efficient approaches for improving plant productivity are cellular manufacturing and robotics. The proliferation of robot technology is an outcome of increasing industrial automation especially in engineering and electronics. Robots offer substantial gains in manufacturing productivity, …
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Three Essays in Economic Analyses of Carbon Taxes
… employment increase, while employment at large manufacturing firms decreases. These results provide further evidence for the “job-shifting hypothesis," especially from energy-intensive and trade-exposed sectors to local small businesses. Chapter 3 investigates how carbon taxes affect …
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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 …