...Bich Ngoc Thi Le; Nam Hoang Vu Purpose This study investigates the impacts of backward and forward linkages with state-owned enterprises (SOEs) on private firm productivity within Vietnam's transitional economy, where SOEs remain influential. Furthermore, it examines how these effects vary across...

...Mohammad Yaqoob; Yasmin Bani; Suryati Ishak; Anitha Rosland Purpose The ongoing demographic change has been changing the age structure of populations in developing countries, with far-reaching implications for economic growth and productivity. This study engages with the ongoing debate concerning...

...Salimata Traoré; Richard K. Moussa Purpose In Burkina Faso, maize is a key component in farm households’ food security and welfare. However, maize productivity in the country is low and productivity improvements do not necessarily result in better living conditions. This paper aims to establish...

..., the highly celebrated autoregressive distributive lag (ARDL) model is applied on annual time series data for the period 1991–2020 to investigate the long-run and short-run impact of the said relationship. Findings The authors observe that public investment is more productive than input subsidies...

...Folorunsho M. Ajide Purpose In this study, an investigation into the asymmetric impacts of crime rate on total factor productivity (TFP) in Nigeria is conducted. Design/methodology/approach The study employs linear and non-linear autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) modelling techniques...

...Wanglin Ma; Puneet Vatsa; Xiaoshi Zhou; Hongyun Zheng Purpose The purpose of this study is to explore the relationship between farmers' happiness and farm productivity, taking maize production in China as an example. Design/methodology/approach The conditional mixed process model is employed...

...Sujatra Bhattacharyya; Arup Mitra Purpose This paper aims at assessing the impact of innovation on productivity as sustainable development can be attained primarily through non-resource-driven growth. Secondly, it also proposes to reflect on the rising capital intensity in the Indian industries...

... entrenched social contract. Political economics Productivity Income distribution Culture Economic philosophy/theory Social evolution There is a growing angst among citizens of the USA that the American Dream is increasingly beyond the reach of the majority (New York Times, 2014...

... Governance Productivity Efficiency Enterprise Agency Stakeholder This paper uses an African case study to examine drivers of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) performance. SOEs continue to maintain a strong presence in Africa, particularly in the Sub-Saharan Africa where they operate virtually...

... productivity and welfare in Nigeria. The remaining sections of the paper are organized as follows. The next section of the paper is the literature review, followed by the methodology, which includes the data and analytical techniques used in the study. The results and discussion section follows...

.... Table I gives per capita net state domestic product (pcnsdp) at constant prices (1993-1994) for the major states of India over time. The per capita income is highest in Goa and Maharashtra followed by Gujarat, Punjab and Tamil Nadu. In four southern states, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala and Andhra...

... preference on development in two ways. First, we outline how time preference gives rise to the “process of civilization.” This process is broadly defined as the accumulation of productive goods giving rise to a general increase in productivity that allows for either: increased leisure time to maintain...

...Justin Doran; Geraldine Ryan Purpose – Eco-innovation is any form of product, process or organisational innovation that contributes towards sustainable development. Firms can eco-innovate in a variety of ways. The purpose of this paper is to identify nine different eco-innovation activities...

...A.H.G.M. Spithoven From the early 1980s to the late 1990s overall productivity rates did not reflect the rising investment in information and computer technology (ICT). This paradox, the productivity paradox, which was widely discussed among economists may well turn out to be mainly a mirage once...

...A.H.G.M. Spithoven Since the early 1980s, Dutch productivity rates have been driven by a shift from traditional mass production firms to lean production. It slightly counteracted the generally acknowledged procyclical productivity rates; instead of working less hard during the recession...

..., and this then, is regarded as an explanation for their rising share in overall employment. The fact that due to the new information technologies, labor productivity in services has been perceptively increasing is not adequately reflected and acknowledged in economic statistics. This article discusses some aspects relating...

...Maria Jolanta Welfens The discussion of sustainable development focused attention on new environmental goals and raised the issue of improving resource productivity. A first step towards sustainability would be to slow‐down and reduce the man‐induced movements of materials: this is the focus...

... the productivity levels of the workers concerned. There should certainly not be any “free lunch” – especially not in a low‐productivity economy such as South Africa. The formal sector of the economy is continually confronted by labour market related public policy measures like maximum working hours...

...Tatsuo Kinugasa This paper provides an empirical test of the available evidence concerning firms’ productivity structure and the Schumpeterian hypothesis using the Japanese trunk route airlines during the period 1977‐1993. Empirical tests of this hypothesis have traditionally examined...

... have actually deteriorated. One reason commonly assigned for this economic malaise is a low rate of productivity improvement since 1973. Aims not to pursue this matter along customary lines in an attempt to unravel the “mystery” behind the sluggish productivity figures; rather, to suggest three other...