"Operational Performance Measurement: Increasing Total Productivity presents a new integrated theory of performance measurement, including a never-before-published measurement model that is applicable to any business activity. The theory also explains the human and technical req…
"All kinds of processes - those that make things or deliver services or operate companies - can be made more productive, and society's continued well-being requires it. This book is for all those with a stake in improving how companies run. It introduces the concept of 'swift, e…
This work explores the changing place of consumption as a source of investment in production and growth within economic writings from ancient history to the present. This project is carried out with great skill, vigour and originality and will help to bring consumption studies t…
As the rural township, village and private enterprises are becoming more and more significant in the Chinese economy, this book focuses on the comparison of the rural (non-state) and state firms in terms of performance. The analysis is based on the empirical results from estimat…
Through illustrative examples from organizations including AT & T, GTE, Ford, and Motorola, the authors show how their Process Management approach can: forge a stronger link between strategy and process redesign; install a top-to-bottom measurement system that provides a foundat…
Deming makes a case to transform management style from working in current growth to a style where managers and executives are evaluated according to their ability to plan to stay in business. The plan to stay in business includes forecasting industrial futures and matching compa…
Deming makes a case to transform management style from working in current growth to a style where managers and executives are evaluated according to their ability to plan to stay in business. The plan to stay in business includes forecasting industrial futures and matching compa…
This book deals with one of the central problems for theories of word-formation, the productivity of morphological processes. The productivity of these processes is assessed, using both text-based and dictionary - based measures (Cobuild corpus vs. Oxford English Dictionary). Im…
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"This collection of seventeen essays treats the three core topics of macroeconomics - economic growth, inflation, and unemployment. In all three topic areas, the essays have established the context of macroeconomic discussions, including the author's early skepticism that the Ne…