Research output indicators are not productivity indicators

Research output indicators are not productivity indicators

Solomonic Separation: Risk Decisions as Productivity Indicators

A principal provides budgets to agents (e.g., divisions of a …rm or the principal’s children) whose expenditures provide her bene…ts, either materially or because of altruism. Only agents know their potential to generate bene…ts. We prove that if the more “productive” agents are also more risk-tolerant (as holds in the sample of individuals we surveyed), the principal can screen agents and bols...

Information, indicators, agricultural productivity and sustainable practices

Capsaicinoid profiles are not good chemotaxonomic indicators for Capsicum species.

Capsaicinoids have been suggested as an aid in identifying Capsicum species. The distribution of seven capsaicinoids and their chemotaxonomic significance were examined within nearly 200 accessions of six Capsicum species. The seven capsaicinoids were separated and quantified using high-performance liquid chromatography. The capsaicinoid profiles were not consistent when examined within a speci...

Comparison of Multifactor Productivity Indicators for Real Estate Sectors Using the Oecd Input-output Database

Research on the international comparison of productivity has gained significant interest throughout several previous decades. Relatively little work has however been done in the real estate sector. This paper aims to develop a new productivity measurement framework for the international comparison of the real estate sector based on the newly-published OECD input-output database. Three multifact...