La productividad industrial, el costo de la mano de obra y el costo de producción en el Istmo Centroamericano = Industrial productivity, labour costs and costs of production in the Central American Isthmus: abridged text

Incluye Bibliografía

Impact of ICT and innovation on industrial productivity in Uruguay

Includes bibliography

The impact of foreign firms on industrial productivity : evidence from Japan

With a newly constructed dataset on foreign firms in Japan for the period 1995-2008 from firm-level surveys, this paper estimates the impact of foreign firms on industrial productivity at the regional level. A Bayesian-model averaging approach is taken to account for model uncertainty resulting from various linkages between foreign firms and domestic industries. The results show that the foreign firms may contribute to industrial efficiency directly through their above-average productivity and indirectly through positive spillovers in intra-industry and local backward linkages. Forward linkages with foreign firms may have a negative impact on industrial productivity. However, these impacts depend on the nationality and entry mode of foreign investors. Aggregating foreign firms may mask their distinctive impacts on productivity.

Productivity, growth and industrial exports in Brazil

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Elevated CO(2) increases photosynthesis, biomass and productivity, and modifies gene expression in sugarcane

Because of the economical relevance of sugarcane and its high potential as a source of biofuel, it is important to understand how this crop will respond to the foreseen increase in atmospheric [CO(2)]. The effects of increased [CO(2)] on photosynthesis, development and carbohydrate metabolism were studied in sugarcane (Saccharum ssp.). Plants were grown at ambient (similar to 370 ppm) and elevated (similar to 720 ppm) [CO(2)] during 50 weeks in open-top chambers. The plants grown under elevated CO(2) showed, at the end of such period, an increase of about 30% in photosynthesis and 17% in height, and accumulated 40% more biomass in comparison with the plants grown at ambient [CO(2)]. These plants also had lower stomatal conductance and transpiration rates (-37 and -32%, respectively), and higher water-use efficiency (c.a. 62%). cDNA microarray analyses revealed a differential expression of 35 genes on the leaves (14 repressed and 22 induced) by elevated CO(2). The latter are mainly related to photosynthesis and development. Industrial productivity analysis showed an increase of about 29% in sucrose content. These data suggest that sugarcane crops increase productivity in higher [CO(2)], and that this might be related, as previously observed for maize and sorghum, to transient drought stress.

The dynamics of industrial energy consumption in Latin America and their implications for sustainable development

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Productivity performance and the American economy : hearings before the Subcommittee on Economic Stabilization of the Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs, House of Representatives, Ninety-sixth Congress, second session, June 24, July 29, 31, August 27, 1980.

Mode of access: Internet.

The federal role in private sector productivity : hearing before the Subcommittee on Economic Stabilization of the Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs, House of Representatives, Ninety-seventh Congress, second session, January 27, 1982.

Item 1013-A, 1013-B (microfiche)

Productivity and the economy : a chartbook.

"June 1983."

Assessing the relationship between transportation infrastructure and productivity : summary of current research : part of a highways and economic productivity agenda.

"August 1992."

Abstracts of NSF/RANN research reports : private sector productivity /

Mode of access: Internet.

Report to the President of the United States on productivity growth : a better life for America : together with the reports of the preparatory conferences on capital investment, human resources, government organization and operation and the role of government in the economy, private sector initiatives.

Spine title: White House Conference on Productivity report.

Annual report of the National Center for Productivity and Quality of Working Life.

Report for 1976 covers period from Nov. 28, 1975-Sept. 30, 1976.

The Productivity slowdown : causes and policy responses : staff memorandum.

"Background for statement of Alice M. Rivlin before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, House Committee on Energy and Commerce."

Productivity: gauge of economic performance [and Instructor's manual]

Mode of access: Internet.