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Productivity Growth in Service Industries: A Canadian Success Story [PDF]
The Canadian service sector has performed well in recent years in terms of labour and multifactor productivity growth, both in absolute terms and relative to the United States, offsetting much of the poorer performance of the manufacturing sector ...
Andrew Sharpe +2 more
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Service Sector and Technological Developments
Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2015 AbstractServices were neglected due to the fact that A.Smith, one of the pioneers of Economics, described services as nonproductive endeavor. After it was understood that studying services was neglected unnecessarily and this sector could play an initiator role for economic development, studies pertaining services accelerated.
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Sustainable Productivity Growth in Agriculture: The Role of Shifts in R&D Investments and Technology
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The objective of the paper is to evaluate the long‐term prospects of sustainable productivity growth linked to plausible assumptions on public agricultural R&D investments as the key productivity driver. Second, it investigates the role of changing R&D focus from yield maximization to input saving technologies (fertilizers and pesticides). The
Zuzana Smeets Křístková +4 more
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Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We link American Community Survey and SNAP records for 185,000 units with ground‐sourced social food infrastructure data from FindFoodIL (Illinois Extension SNAP‐Ed) to examine SNAP participation determinants among eligible units. Bivariate probit models reveal, beyond SNAP offices, quantity of social infrastructure is associated with ...
Michael Lotspeich‐Yadao +3 more
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FORMATION OF PSYCHOLOGICAL COMPETENCE OF SPECIALISTS FOR WORK IN THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY
Алматы технологиялық университетінің хабаршысы, 2021 The psychological competence of specialists in the field of hospitality is of great importance for improving the service culture aimed at serving customers based on the development of psychological and practicalskills. The author proposeda combination of
T. A. Mikhailenko
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CUSTOMERS’ SATISFACTION IN ATM SERVICE: AN EMPIRICAL EVIDENCES FROM PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR BANKS IN INDIA [PDF]
The aim of this paper was to provide a preliminary comparative investigation of the customer satisfaction in ATM service of public and private sector banks in India.
Vijay M. KUMBHAR
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Ban Glyphosate—Does It Affect the Swedish Farmers' Willingness to Grow Cover Crops?
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The cultivation of cover crops is one of the new Eco‐scheme practices introduced in Sweden. This study examines how the design of policy attributes of these schemes influences farmers' willingness to grow cover crops on arable land, with particular focus on the potential impact of a glyphosate ban.
Vivian Wei Huang +2 more
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Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In recent decades, agriculture has become increasingly concentrated through horizontal mergers and acquisitions via corporate entities, and policy makers are concerned this will be exacerbated by the aging population of farm operators. To reduce market concentration in agriculture, many states have enacted policies to entice new prospective ...
Justin M. Ross +2 more
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Innovative Activity of the Service Sector of the EU Member States. [PDF]
J Knowl Econ, 2023 Decyk K.
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OUTSOURCING IN THE CROATIAN SERVICE SECTOR
Proceedings of FEB Zagreb 14th International Odyssey Conference on Economics and Business, 2023 From the beginning of its application until today, the use of outsourcing is constantly growing. The fact is that outsourcing has become indispensable in the modern business. Aware of numerous benefits such as the opportunity for specialization, cost reduction, risk prediction and elimination, increased performance within the company, outsourcing has ...
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