Histories Of Productivity
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Histories Of Productivity
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Author : Peter-Paul Banziger
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-07-15
Histories Of Productivity written by Peter-Paul Banziger and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-07-15 with History categories.
Global issues such as climate change and the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis have spurred interest in thinking about the history of the modern economy that goes beyond disciplinary economic history. This book contributes to the cultural history of capitalism and its different regimes of productivity by pursuing the perspective of body history and by providing a global scope. Throughout modernity, the body served as a fundamental, albeit essentially changing, linchpin for both the organization of economic practices and for intellectual reflections on the economy. In particular, it was the pivotal interface to render notions of economic productivity intelligible. The book explores this central thesis in a range of case studies, drawing on source material from West Africa, Europe, Mexico, and the US. Framed by a theoretically informed introduction, which also provides a conceptual history of notions of productivity, and by an afterword that brings the approaches explored in this volume into dialogue with scholarship inspired by Marx and Foucault, the individual chapters tackle the concept of productivity from a wide array of angles, each illuminating the promises and problems of a cultural take on the history of economic productivity.
Understanding Productivity
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Author : William Nelson Parker
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1988
Understanding Productivity written by William Nelson Parker and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with Production (Economic theory) categories.
Productivity And Performance In The Paper Industry
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Author : Gary Bryan Magee
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1997-03-27
Productivity And Performance In The Paper Industry written by Gary Bryan Magee and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-03-27 with Business & Economics categories.
This pioneering 1997 study examines the economic development of the British paper industry between 1860 and 1914 - an era in which it is often claimed that the origins of Britain's relative economic decline are first witnessed. For paper-making, this was also a period in which an array of important new forces, including inter alia the development of new raw materials and the move to ever larger scales of production, came on the scene. Gary Bryan Magee looks at the effect of these changes and assesses how effectively the industry coped with the new pressures, drawing upon an extensive range of quantitative and archival sources from Britain, America, and other countries. Along the way, Dr Magee addresses issues central to the understanding of industrial competitiveness, such as technological change, entrepreneurship, productivity, trade policy, and industrial relations.
Productivity Machines
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Author : Corinna Schlombs
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press
Release Date : 2019-10-01
Productivity Machines written by Corinna Schlombs and has been published by MIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-10-01 with Technology & Engineering categories.
How productivity culture and technology became emblematic of the American economic system in pre- and postwar Germany. The concept of productivity originated in a statistical measure of output per worker or per work-hour, calculated by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. A broader productivity culture emerged in 1920s America, as Henry Ford and others linked methods of mass production and consumption to high wages and low prices. These ideas were studied eagerly by a Germany in search of economic recovery after World War I, and, decades later, the Marshall Plan promoted productivity in its efforts to help post–World War II Europe rebuild. In Productivity Machines, Corinna Schlombs examines the transatlantic history of productivity technology and culture in the two decades before and after World War II. She argues for the interpretive flexibility of productivity: different groups viewed productivity differently at different times. Although it began as an objective measure, productivity came to be emblematic of the American economic system; post-World War II West Germany, however, adapted these ideas to its own political and economic values. Schlombs explains that West German unionists cast a doubtful eye on productivity's embrace of plant-level collective bargaining; unions fought for codetermination—the right to participate in corporate decisions. After describing German responses to US productivity, Schlombs offers an in-depth look at labor relations in one American company in Germany—that icon of corporate America, IBM. Finally, Schlombs considers the emergence of computer technology—seen by some as a new symbol of productivity but by others as the means to automate workers out of their jobs.
Productivity Improvement
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Author : Jerome M. Rosow
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1981
Productivity Improvement written by Jerome M. Rosow and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981 with Industrial productivity categories.
The Future Of Productivity
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Author : OECD
language : en
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Release Date : 2015-12-11
The Future Of Productivity written by OECD and has been published by OECD Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-12-11 with categories.
This book addresses the rising productivity gap between the global frontier and other firms, and identifies a number of structural impediments constraining business start-ups, knowledge diffusion and resource allocation (such as barriers to up-scaling and relatively high rates of skill mismatch).
The Marginal Productivity Theory Of Distribution
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Author : John Pullen
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2009-06-26
The Marginal Productivity Theory Of Distribution written by John Pullen and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-06-26 with Business & Economics categories.
The Marginal Productivity Theory of Distribution (MPTD) claims that in a free-market economy the demand for a factor of production will depend upon its marginal product – where "marginal product" is defined as the change in total product that is caused by, or that follows, the addition or subtraction of the marginal unit of the factor used in the production process, with all other inputs held constant. From its inception in the early nineteenth century the MPTD has been claimed by some economists to be a solution to the ethical problem of distributive justice, i.e. to be a means of determining fairness in wages, profits, interest and rent. Other economists have rejected this ethical claim, but have seen the MPTD as a valid demand-side criterion in the determination of equilibrium and efficiency. This book argues that the MPTD is valid, neither as a normative theory of social justice, nor as a positive law of economics. It suggests that economics is yet to develop a satisfactory theory of distribution that is scientific in the quantitative or mathematical sense. Through a survey of the origin and subsequent evolution of the MPTD in the writings of over 50 contributors over 150 years, John Pullen presents a critical history of the concept. The book begins by examining the conceptual tools that have been deployed to facilitate this analysis of past contributions to the MPTD and then looks at various economists and their contribution to the debate including its supporters such as Wicksteed, Marshall, Wicksell and Stigler, and its critics such as Pareto, Hobson, Edgeworth, Adriance and Cassel.
Productivity Growth Inflation And Unemployment
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Author : Robert James Gordon
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2004
Productivity Growth Inflation And Unemployment written by Robert James Gordon and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Business & Economics categories.
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50 Years Of Singapore S Productivity Drive
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Author : Woon Kin Chung
language : en
Publisher: World Scientific
Release Date : 2017-12-26
50 Years Of Singapore S Productivity Drive written by Woon Kin Chung and has been published by World Scientific this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-12-26 with Business & Economics categories.
2017 marks the 50th year of Singapore's national productivity drive. This book provides a comprehensive account of the phases, milestones and activities of the productivity drive from its humble beginnings in 1967. The coverage ranges from the assistance that Singapore received through the United Nations Development Programme and the Japan–Singapore Productivity Development Project, to the national campaigns and programmes to build competencies in enterprises and the workforce. The various developments are placed in the context of the economic environment and the priorities of the country at different points in time. This makes it clear why certain policies were implemented and why the productivity drive was transformed as Singapore progressed from a developing country to a developed country. Drawing insights from the 50-year history, the book concludes with a list of issues for reflection. Contents: ForewordAbbreviationsAbout the AuthorsPrologue: Overview of 50-Year Productivity Journey1960s–1970s: 1960s: Sowing Seeds of Productivity to Support Industrialisation1970s: Ramping Up the Productivity DriveRole of United Nations Development Programme: 1967–19821980s: Laying Foundation for the Productivity Push in the 1980s1980s: Decade of Intense Productivity DriveSingapore Productivity Development Project: 1983–19901990s: Establishing Framework to Address Total Factor Productivity in the 1990s1990s: Intensification of Total Approach to Productivity2000s: Shifting Productivity Gears in the 2000s2000s: Turning Point in the Productivity Drive2010s: Renewing the Productivity Drive in the 2010s2010s: The Big Challenge to Raise ProductivityEpilogue: Back to the FuturePostscriptBibliographyIndex Readership: Policy-makers, employees in different enterprises, academics and general public interested in Singapore's productivity movement. Keywords: Productivity;Singapore;Economic Growth;Competitiveness;Asian Economy;Business;Asian StudiesReview:0
The Story Of Productivity
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Author : Leighton A. Wilkie
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1962
The Story Of Productivity written by Leighton A. Wilkie and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1962 with Baccalaureate addresses categories.