Productivity and Efficiency Analysis (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)

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.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics
Release date:	December 2015
First published:	2016
Editors:	William H. Greene • Lynda Khalaf • Robin Sickles • Michael Veall • Marcel-Cristian Voia
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	331
Edition:	1st ed. 2016
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-23227-0
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Public administration Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Econometrics > General Books > Business & Economics > Business & management > Management of specific areas > Production & quality control management
LSN:	3-319-23227-4
Barcode:	9783319232270

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