As Chad Syverson at the University of Chicago wryly noted in his 2011 round-up of the evidence on what drives productivity: "…no potential driver of productivity differences has seen a higher ratio of speculation to actual empirical study" than management.
For example, a physical asset such as a new factory may not reach its potential level of productivity unless the company makes parallel investments in intangible assets such as employee training and product redesign.
But as a surge in demand for food in emerging economies puts intense pressure on vulnerable smallholder farmers, it's clear that wireless communications must be used more effectively to tackle a potential crisis of productivity and sustainability in remote rural regions.
This paper investigates the injection of SNG into charcoal blast furnaces as a substitute for granular charcoal charged from the top and pulverized charcoal injections with potential increase of productivity and decrease of specific CO2 emissions.
If the sociological, broadly defined, is a real potential driver of productivity, then where does this leave the political debate ahead of May?
Section 2 summarizes the literature on wage discrimination against immigrants and discusses three potential sources of productivity differences between natives and immigrants.
In the United States and particularly in Europe, the erosion and deterioration of the middle class will likely continue due to the potential loss of productivity and global competitiveness [24].
Potential levels of productivity that can be achieved through the development of sustainable systems is illustrated.
The costs of this epidemic are difficult to calculate, and must take into account not only acute care medical expenses but also potential loss of productivity due to illness or death.
This, coupled with the potential of seed productivity (>200,000 t annum−1) makes it suitable for the sustainable production of ethanol.
