Browsing by Keywords "Productivity"
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Accounting for externalities in the measurement of productivity growth: the Malmquist cost productivity measure
(Elsevier BV, 2005)This paper starts with the basic premise: that conventional measures of productivity growth-often used as a measure of corporate performance-which ignore external or social output, are biased. We then construct an alternative ... -
Analyzing impact of experience curve on ROI in the software product line adoption process
(Elsevier BV, 2015)Context Experience curve is a well-known concept in management and education science, which explains the phenomenon of increased worker efficiency with repetitive production of a good or service. Objective We aim to analyze ... -
European integration, productivity growth and real convergence
(Elsevier BV, 2007)This paper derives a stochastic endogenous growth model to investigate the impact of European Union (EU) integration on convergence and productivity growth. The theoretical model implies both temporary and permanent positive ... -
European integration, productivity growth and real convergence: evidence from the new member states
(Elsevier BV, 2009)We estimate the determinants of labor productivity growth in 8 new European Union (EU) member states that joined the Union in 2004. Our focus is on the impact of globalization and EU integration efforts on labor productivity ... -
Financial development and productivity a panel data approach
(Bilkent University, 2006)Much ink has been spilled over the relation of financial market development and economic growth. Productivity growth is one of the main sources of economic growth. In this study we empirically examine the role of financial ... -
Financial, economic, banking sector and institutional development and productivity
(Bilkent University, 2004)This thesis explores the links between Malmquist Productivity Index (and its two components, namely efficiency change and technological change) and the banking sector, economic, financial development and institutional ... -
Hyperbolic efficiency and return to the dollar
(Elsevier BV, 2002)This paper, after establishing the relations between hyperbolic graph measure of technical efficiency and the radial measures of technical efficiency, shows that the dual, cost and revenue interpretation of the hyperbolic ... -
Managerial motivation dynamics and incentives
(2007)Firms can increase profitability by appropriately motivating managers. We investigate drivers of managerial motivation, and propose how firms can use performance pay to alter motivational patterns. We focus on the agent's ... -
Modelling the relationship between productivity, employment and wages in Turkish small and medium sized enterprises,1981-1998
(Bilkent University, 2001)This thesis analyzes the empirical relationship between wages and productivity as well as the relationship between wages and employment in Turkish manufacturing industry. Unlike the previous studies done for manufacturing ... -
Patterns of productivity growth and the wage cycle in Turkish manufacturing
(Routledge, 2001)In this paper we investigate the distributional consequences of the post-1980 accumulation patterns and technological change in the Turkish manufacturing industries. We utilise two quantitative techniques. First, we make ... -
A producer survey on Turkish furniture industry
(Bilkent University, 1996)Turkish furniture industry has been growing steadily since the liberalization of Turkish economy in early 1980’s. However, the industry faces some technological and economical problems which affects the competitiveness ... -
Productivity and openness in Turkish economy
(Bilkent University, 2000)A growth accounting and an econometric exercise are used to provide insights into the evolution o f the Turkish economy over the period 1968-1997. The growth accounting results show that the contribution o f total factor ... -
Shortest-route formulation of mixed-model assembly line balancing problem
(Elsevier, 1999)A shortest-route formulation of the mixed-model assembly line balancing problem is presented. Common tasks across models are assumed to exist and these tasks are performed in the same stations. The formulation is based on ... -
A study of military factories in Turkey from the viewpoint of productivity and cost effectiveness
(Bilkent University, 2006)This study is a field study which investigates military workshops with a investigation methodology for proper determination of concerns that are considered to have adverse effects on productivity and cost-effectiveness ... -
Value added productivity analysis: applied to Turkish Fertilizer Corporation, 1988-1991
(Bilkent University, 1994)In this study a value added productivity analysis is conducted at a publicly owned enterprise in Turkey. The chosen method is known as Wainai method. By adapting this method, we first find out the value added for the ...
