Fiscal incentives to invest in training and technology, harnessing the power of our world - class universities, encouraging skilled migration to fill current skills gaps, investment in a strategic nationwide programme of skills development, including apprenticeships and even sharing insight from economies
with higher productivity growth would all help.
Friedrich, T. (2009): Wise exploitation — a game
with a higher productivity than cooperation — transforms biological productivity into economic productivity.
With higher productivity / bio-security & rising emerging markets demand, I believe there'll be an increasing emphasis on volume, as fish earns a larger share of cheap protein supply.
Park Systems» advanced AFM know - how and a self - developed and especially accurate feedback control system in their AFM products allow their customers to both image and manipulate nanostructures with increased accuracy and
with higher productivity.
Working in a green building is also associated
with higher productivity, lower employee turnover and a decrease in the length of open staff positions.
The only way you can not lag long term and be a communist regime is to not have a competing free system
with higher productivity driven by better incentive structures.
So I think publicly traded companies who have incentives to constantly cull out costs and expenses and replace
them with higher productivity and more efficiencies in their system.
The evidence that incentives based on group outcomes are associated
with higher productivity contravenes the oft - repeated critique that employee stock ownership and profit sharing can not possibly work due to the incentive to «free ride.»
And even if some geographic locales are associated
with higher productivity and growth, that doesn't mean cluster success can be manufactured by government fiat.
The employees
with the highest productivity ratings, in fact, don't even work eight - hour days.
A democratic economy, in which appropriate technology is combined
with high productivity and therefore with the possibility of increased leisure, is not utopian in terms of present possibilities.
The authors find that the main barriers to large - scale deployment of both macro - and micro-algae, include high demands of key resources for algal growth (such as nutrients, water and CO ₂), difficulty in maintaining selected species
with high productivity content in outdoor culture, as well as high energy requirements and costs of algal production and conversion into biofuels.
Eco-efficient rice production systems,
with high productivity and low impact on the environment, are critical for the future.
Much of the organic matter associated
with this high productivity sinks onto the relatively wide continental shelf, where decay results in the reduction of dissolved oxygen in bottom waters [5].
Not exact matches
With a lot of offices beginning to take the «collaborative» approach to working, noise can become a significant problem, and studies have shown that more noise leads to
higher degrees of stress, and less
productivity as a result.
Turns out, the secret to retaining the
highest level of
productivity over the span of a workday is not working longer — but working smarter
with frequent breaks.
After being elected in 2007 using the slogan «Work more to earn more,» Sarkozy inherited a nation
with a sluggish economy,
high unemployment, declining competitiveness and low
productivity.
«Sleep problems are also associated
with short and long - term sick leave, resulting in yet lower
productivity and
higher costs.»
Show your people some love, and they'll respond
with loyalty and
higher productivity.
Today, the people who run the most successful companies have learned that helping workers balance their lives on the job and off results in a healthy environment
with less stress, much
higher productivity, and much lower employee turnover.
Interestingly, slightly more than half of those surveyed who gave the «
highest agreement rating» to the statement «I feel I can approach my manager
with any type of question» are considered actively engaged in their work, according to The Wall Street Journal, in a sign that manager openness may be tied to worker
productivity.
All propagation - of - the - species imperatives aside, research suggests that women
with children demonstrate
higher productivity over the course of their careers than their childless peers.
People who scored
high on the
productivity assessment were 10 times less likely to agree
with statements such as «I live in a mess — cluttered office, buried desk, disorganized home» and «I often feel distracted.
«In the developed U.S. economy, unionized firms are able to use
productivity enhancements to offset any
higher costs associated
with collective bargaining.»
A happy outlook brings surprising benefits to the workplace, such as
higher energy levels, fewer sick days, greater
productivity and better capacity to deal
with stress.
With potentially lower staff turnover, better customer service,
higher productivity, and a better reputation, the raises may even pay for themselves.
«Turns out, the secret to retaining the
highest level of
productivity over the span of a workday is not working longer — but working smarter
with frequent breaks,» she explains.
He explained that companies
with more female workers in senior managerial positions experience
higher returns and enjoy better
productivity.
They found that employees who receive it on a regular basis increase their individual
productivity, receive
higher loyalty and satisfaction scores from customers, and are more likely to stay
with their organization.
Employees who responded more positively to these questions worked in business units
with higher levels of
productivity, retention and customer satisfaction.
Compared
with people at low - trust companies, people at
high - trust companies report: 74 % less stress, 106 % more energy at work, 50 %
higher productivity, 13 % fewer sick days, 76 % more engagement, 29 % more satisfaction
with their lives, 40 % less burnout.
A one percentage point increase in the growth rate of
productivity has been associated
with between two - thirds and one percentage point
higher growth in median worker compensation in the period since 1973, and
with between 0.4 and 0.7 percentage points
higher growth in production / nonsupervisory worker compensation.
«Embracing the remote work environment has proven to be a highly effective approach to not only attracting talent, but allowing companies to achieve
higher levels of
productivity, and gain efficiencies while providing employees
with greater work - life balance.»
In a deflationary environment unless
productivity growth rates are
high, it is very difficult to keep the value of assets rising in line
with the value of debt.
As
with most flexible work options, employees who feel more in control over their work days and environments often translate that empowerment into improved
productivity and
higher job satisfaction.
The truth of the matter is that natural skill, combined
with «how to» training is the real secret to
high level
productivity.
New shale oil well
productivity drove U.S. production
higher in the last few years,
with the average daily rate for the first month of operation rising from less than 100 Continue Reading
With OSIsoft's software, this data is consolidated into one
high - fidelity framework that ensures all monitoring and analytics applications work seamlessly, resulting in a multitude of benefits including optimized asset utilization, reduced operational costs, and improved worker
productivity.
A 2013 Gallup study shows that companies in the top quartile for employee engagement outperform their bottom 25 % competitors
with: 147 %
higher earnings per share (no, that's not a typo), 22 %
higher profitability, 21 %
higher productivity and 41 % fewer quality defects.
Higher farm
productivity also made food cheaper for all consumers, leaving them
with more money to spend on other goods and services.
For the transportation industry, predicting operational failures before they occur cuts down on the
high costs that come
with lost
productivity and limited performance.
Because it hasn't, the only other way I can get reported GDP growth to reconcile
with much
higher credit growth is to assume that much of the investment will never result in increased
productivity, and so will never cause GDP growth to pick up.
Any blow to the British car industry, which was dogged by wild - cat strikes and poor
productivity in the 1970s and 1980s, could undo years of recent progress
with output currently expected to reach a record
high of 2 million by 2020.
The group incentive nature of employee stock ownership and profit sharing makes this an effective way to create and reinforce a sense of common purpose, and to encourage
higher commitment and
productivity.23 It is also the case
with ESOPs that the new ownership might not be viewed by the firm in the same way as other added compensation because the ownership is financed through loans to buy new capital as company stock,
with Federal tax incentives, and the shares are not paid as normal wages and benefits out of company budget reserved for this purpose.
With the deduction for state and local taxes, the federal government is effectively subsidizing
high earners in
high -
productivity states and cities.
He will bring a strong emphasis on customer service, efficiency and
productivity and, working closely
with his colleagues in China, ensure that Alibaba will deliver a
high quality experience to international merchants and consumers in China.
Both valuations and consumer sentiment may be at
high levels, but
with stable real yields, rising
productivity and «normalised» valuations, the equity outlook is not necessarily negative — as long as economic growth continues.
indicates that companies
with more women in leadership have
higher returns on capital, greater innovation, increased
productivity and
higher employee retention and satisfaction.
[2] While the labor input is running
high, labor
productivity, inflation and the term premium are all historically low,
with plenty of room to rise.
It stands to reason: More gender equality, particularly in corporate settings, likely corresponds
with increased
productivity; greater innovation;
higher employee retention and better risk management — all critical factors for improving a tech company's odds of staying competitive.