Productivity of production labor, non-production labor, and capital: An international study

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 863-872

  Wacker, John G ^a   Yang, Chen Lung ^b   Sheu, Chwen ^c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHUNG HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Factory productivity; International management; International manufacturing; Manufacturing strategy; Non production labor

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; INVESTMENTS; PRODUCT DESIGN; QUALITY ASSURANCE; STATISTICAL METHODS;

FACTORY PRODUCTIVITY; INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT; INTERNATIONAL MANUFACTURING; MANUFACTURING STRATEGY; NON-PRODUCTION LABOR;

PRODUCTION CONTROL;

EID: 33745812447     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2005.12.012     Document Type: Article

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