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Inventory Bloat at Toyota. What Gives? Answer may lie in the supply chain. |
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Jobs: The Lull Will Linger Structural shifts across several key sectors make the robust job growth of the 1990s unlikely to return anytime soon. The current shortfall in job growth is heaviest in a few surprising sectors, such as retailing, education, health care and telecommunications. |
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Who Has a New Economy? IMF staff and other economists are conducting research into whether the relationship between information and communications technologies and productivity growth extends to other major industrial countries besides the U.S. The evidence so far is mixed... |
The Motley Fool
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Know Your Numbers: Productivity Productivity figures released by the BLS provide a rare look at the quality of economic activity within the economy. Keeping track of changes in productivity levels can give you an indication of the sustainability of economic growth that other types of economic data can't duplicate. |
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Fast Company
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Innovation Now! Conventional wisdom says to get back to basics. Conventional wisdom says to cut costs. Conventional wisdom is doomed. The winners are the innovators who are making bold thinking an everyday part of doing business. |
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IT Investments that Pay Off Whether you believe that IT revolutionized business processes or didn't change a thing, this article will help you get a handle on how to forge ahead in the "new" economy. |
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Innovation Grade: Improvement Needed One would think that U.S. manufacturing firms were zeroed in on improving their innovation efforts. But, new research suggests that their efforts are struggling. |
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HBS Working Knowledge
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Showcasing The Best Community Bank IT Initiatives Technology can be a critical factor for small banks. Learn about the criteria to become one of 10 community banks that will be profiled for excellence in technology innovation. |
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You Get What You Measure Manufacturers have been measuring productivity for a long time. You know what it means; you know what it looks like. Is it time to look a little deeper? |
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MRO Q&A: Linking Health and Safety to Productivity How can I link my operation's health and safety measures to our performance and productivity measures to create a clearer picture for management of how these two measurement groupings are interrelated? |
HBS Working Knowledge
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Summing Up: How Important Is the "Service Sector Effect" on Productivity? Readers respond: Do increases in social sector productivity, which seem to prevail at least in the U.S., benefit consumers at the expense of workers? Or is the scale weighted in favor of the latter who may benefit two ways, in terms of both an income stream from increased employment and lower costs? |
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