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HBS Working Knowledge July 7, 2003 Jim Heskett	Can We Have Too Much Productivity Improvement? We tend to think of improvement in the productivity of labor and capital like safety; one can't have too much of it. But is that always the case? Is the U.S. in fact experiencing untimely increases in productivity now?
IndustryWeek January 24, 2012 Jonathan Katz	Midsize Firms Choose Technology Over Hiring Executives attribute productivity increases to business process improvements and tech investments.
The Motley Fool November 3, 2006 Dan Caplinger	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.
CFO November 1, 2011 Alix Stuart	More, Better, Faster: But How? A new survey helps explain why productivity is skyrocketing at so many companies.
HBS Working Knowledge June 19, 2006 Jim Heskett	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?
BusinessWeek October 20, 2003 Gary S. Becker	The Productivity Boom Is Just Warming Up In the past, productivity almost always fell during recessions because both labor and capital were underutilized as output sagged. But the apparent paradox of the past few years is that labor productivity has grown even more rapidly since 2000 than in the '90s.
Finance & Development March 2011 Lora & Pages	Face-to-Face with Productivity It is not lack of investment but inefficient production that holds back Latin American incomes.
The Motley Fool September 17, 2010 Ed Salwin	Why the Stock Market Can Go Up Forever It's a thing called productivity.
IndustryWeek October 1, 2007 Jonathan Katz	Efficiency Boosts Productivity Increased employee output increases productivity.
IndustryWeek August 1, 2004 David Drickhamer	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?
HBS Working Knowledge January 12, 2004 Jim Heskett	How Should We Think About the Exportation of Jobs? Service jobs are just as exportable as many of the manufacturing jobs that left the U.S. and other highly-developed economies before them. And not all of them are relatively boring and low-paying. How should we think and feel about these trends?
Finance & Development June 1, 2001 Paula De Masi	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...
IndustryWeek August 19, 2009 Jack Buffington	Consider This -- Rethinking Management for the 21st Century A return to 'classical management' would shore up American manufacturing, and the U.S. economy.
CIO September 1, 2003	Going There, Doing That Asked about their companies' offshore outsourcing experiences and expectations, 101 CIOs, IT executives and managers in a survey confirmed what you might expect. India was the major destination. Labor costs were the biggest area for savings. And app development was the main activity.
Fast Company Dec 2013/Jan 2014 J.J. McCorvey	Productivity Apps Are Booming Here's why the productivity category is one of the hottest on the app market.
Knowledge@Wharton January 29, 2003	China Can Help the U.S. Tackle Its Social Security Crisis Much has been written about the looming pension crisis in the U.S., Europe and Japan, whose populations are aging. Wharton finance professor Jeremy J. Siegel argues that economic growth in China and the rest of the developing world holds the key to dealing with the impending crunch.
The Motley Fool August 11, 2010 Morgan Housel	Burnt-Out Workers Could Save the Economy What the fall in labor productivity means for our recovery.
BusinessWeek January 31, 2005 Michael J. Mandel	Productivity Can Make Up The Gap Demographics will not mean doom if we focus on fostering innovation.
Bank Systems & Technology July 29, 2008 Peggy Kendler	Without Careful Management, E-Mail Can Become a Liability What technologies and processes can banks employ to protect customers and employees from e-mail fraud and ensure that e-mail boosts productivity rather than become a liability?
CFO December 1, 2006 Edward Teach	A Productive Debate Significant or not, the gap between pay and productivity is a subject that won't go away, particularly now that control of Congress is passing to the labor-friendly Democratic Party.
HBS Working Knowledge July 26, 2004 Jim Heskett	Summing Up: Work-Life: Pathway to Improved Productivity? Can there be a a trade-off between improved work-life balance and productivity? In general, respondents rejected the notion.
Food Processing September 2013	MRO Q&A: What Is a Good Volume of Capital Projects? My maintenance guys really love working on capital and improvement projects, but I am getting behind on my PMs and I am over my budget because of the projects. Any suggestions on changes I can make?
IndustryWeek July 1, 2008 Brad Kenney	Plugging The Gaps In U.S. Broadband Lack of broadband hurts productivity.
CIO May 15, 2001	The Great Debate: I.T. & Productivity Two sides of the heated debate over productivity increases due to information technology.
CFO April 1, 2006 Tom Leander	View from Asia India won't benefit fully from the amazing productivity of its companies unless it builds a better infrastructure for business.
The Motley Fool August 10, 2010 Rich Smith	Picture of the Day: Help Wanted! Whether employers want to hire or not. Lower productivity may not be unqualifiedly good news, but by my count, that's at least two big cheers for it.
BusinessWeek November 17, 2003 Cooper & Madigan	U.S.: Productivity Isn't The Villain -- It's The Hero While some may blame increased productivity for a loss of jobs, productivity will ultimately make things better for everyone.
BusinessWeek July 12, 2004 Mandel, Green & Arndt	Will The Miracle Last? How long can the economy sustain its remarkable gains in productivity? Quite a while, say some leading economists
BusinessWeek March 19, 2007 Michael Mandel	The Real Threat Isn't Housing If productivity growth keeps sliding, a widespread crisis could be next.
Investment Advisor June 2010 Mark Tibergien	A Clear Sign You Haven't Achieved Critical Mass You know you've achieved critical mass when the departure of an employee or significant client doesn't send the business into a tailspin.
BusinessWeek August 2, 2004 Fairlamb, Reinhardt & Cohn	Is Europe Suffering From Productivity Paralysis? Why can't Europe be more productive? That's a question investors, executives, and politicians are asking with increasing urgency.
Job Journal April 11, 2004 Lona O'Connor	Career Pros: Favor Your Co-Workers You help your own cause when you help your co-workers.
BusinessWeek October 3, 2005 Rich Miller	Workers May Be Slowing To A Trot Productivity growth is not as robust - and that could mean more interest-rate hikes.
HBS Working Knowledge June 6, 2005 Jim Heskett	Is a "Level Playing Field" a Good Thing? Who benefits most from a level playing field? A developing economy achieving productivity gains with volume increases achieved through low factor costs of production?
Finance & Development June 2010 Olaf Unteroberdoerster	Serving Up Growth Promoting the services sector in Asia is another way to restore balance and boost growth.
BusinessWeek February 19, 2007 James Mehring	The Housing Drag Casts A Long Shadow During 2006, productivity growth was the weakest in nine years, while the labor cost required to produce a given unit of a good or service surged. But don't fret too much: The data on productivity and unit labor costs are being skewed by the housing downturn.
InternetNews July 21, 2010	Microsoft Visual Studio Power Tools Get Update New improvements, features and big fixes are on tap for users of Productivity Power Tools for Visual Studio 2010.
InternetNews June 29, 2010	White House to Cut Billions From Iffy IT Projects Administration eyes trimming up to $3 billion from financial IT projects that aren't necessarily making the grade, along with other risky technology initiatives.
HBS Working Knowledge March 6, 2013 James Heskett	Who Should Manage Our Work Time? An unusual number of time-management publications have crossed the author's desk recently, leading him to question: Who is responsible for the management of our time on the job? What do you think?
Managed Care September 2005	Improving Processes Easier Said Than Done Nearly all health plans intend to increase business process automation in the next two years, primarily to decrease errors while increasing productivity, according to a study.
Finance & Development March 1, 2006 Baily & Farrell	Breaking Down Barriers to Growth Encouraging competition is key to reviving stalled industrial economies.
BusinessWeek August 22, 2005 Cooper & Madigan	U.S.: Doubts About The Productivity Slowdown What's the Federal Reserve to do about widely differing measures of productivity?
HBS Working Knowledge July 28, 2003 Martha Lagace	India vs. China: Who Will Win? Can India overtake China? That's the title of an influential new article in Foreign Policy magazine. A Q&A with authors Yasheng Huang of M.I.T. and Tarun Khanna of HBS.
CRM February 1, 2006 MacGibbon & Schumacher	BPO's Next Level Exploring the possibilities of high-value-added BPO, as well as its more traditional productivity improvements, will help businesses create differentiated, compelling value propositions.
BusinessWeek March 22, 2004	Where Are The Jobs? Economic growth is very strong, but America isn't generating enough jobs. Many blame outsourcing. The truth is a lot more complicated
BusinessWeek March 22, 2004	Productivity: Who Wins, Who Loses The U.S. is reaping big -- but uneven -- gains from its highly efficient workforce
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