A Comparative Analysis of Cases of Conflictual Labor Relations in the Corn Processing, Steel, Paper, and Coal Industries

A review and analysis of the state‐of‐the‐art research on productivity measurement

“…An inverse U-shaped relationship exists between organizational slack and innovation in multinational firms Sueyoshi (1995) Linear programming Telecommunications A new DEA application to production analysis in different time periods is illustrated Balvers and Bergstrand (1997) Economic models OECD countries and US Offers insight into the robust cross-sectional relationship between relative per capita GDPs and relative national price levels Birechee and Konzelmann (1997) Economic models Corn, processing, steel, paper and coal Increasingly aggressive/adversarial labor relations characterize firms that have chosen to follow the low-wage path Ford and Pittman (1997) Economic models Technical institute Created a unique program and CI mode that has significantly increased productivity and profitability phase. First, based upon a factor analysis of loss variables the common loss factors are determined.…”