in this paper the partial and total factors productivities of isfahan province industries are analyzed. the two digit isic yearly data is used for period 1972-1993 . the results shoe that the average partial labor productivity are 6/8 and 2/2 mil. rials which are corresponded to chemical and wood industries, respectively. the average labor productivity of all industries is roughly constant befo...

Background: In brick kiln and construction industry the exposure to carbon monoxide and silica dust is the most common occupational hazard to the workers in these industries. A study on occupational health hazards of working women in these two unorganized sectors was undertaken by Lokmanya Medical Research Centre. Objectives: To study the effect of work site environment on the health of the wom...

By moving societies toward globalization and the expansion of competition in the industrial product market, human resource efficiency more than ever has become the determining factor in the competitiveness of industrial products in domestic and foreign markets and thus the profitability of the industry. The main objective of this study is to identify and explain the factors affecting the effici...

The purpose of this article is to provide a deeper empirical insight into the structural change of an industry which is more relevant than that obtained by an analysis based on the traditionally estimated average production function. The main contribution is a long run analysis of technical progress and structural change by means of the short-run industry production function introduced by Johan...

This paper examines how an industry’s productivity is changed by inward FDI occurring in affiliated downstream industries those buying from the focal industry. While controlling for FDI into the focal industry, I find that FDI in downstream industries has a significant negative influence on U.S. manufacturing industries in 1987-1991. Downstream FDI reduces productivity by lowering the demand fo...

This research focuses on ethical issues in project management within India’s digital service industry, which we define [1] as information technology (IT), telecommunications, software development, consultancy and business process outsourcing (BPO). India is the leading digital service industry nation with 55% of the global market, including the highest market value (above US$150 billion). The d...

This paper investigates the determinants of Spanish vertical intra-industry trade with a large sample of countries. We empirically test the comparative advantage explanation. To this aim, we build physical, human and technological capital stocks. On average, that is using OLS techniques, differences in endowments are a limitation for vertical intra-industry trade. Using quantile regressions tec...

In this paper I analyze the development and competitiveness of mobile telecommunications industry across the European Union. I estimate a reduced form and structural model of mobile industry using panel data for the EU countries in years 1998-2002. The competitiveness level is significantly influenced by the regulation policy. The regulation implemented throughout the liberalization process of ...

Tremendous differences in producer productivity levels exist, even within narrowly defined industries. This paper explores the influence of product substitutability in an industry on this disparity. When consumers can easily switch between producers, relatively inefficient (highcost) producers cannot profitably operate. Thus high-substitutability industries should exhibit less productivity disp...