Elements of IPM for Dairy Cattle in New York State

NYS IPM Type: Livestock IPM ElementsThis is a checklist of items to help you develop or analyze whether you use IPM for flies in your dairy operation. If the IPM practice listed below is used across the farm then check it off and give yourself the all the points. If not, no points should be awarded. To be considered an IPM farm you must have 80% of the points accumulated

Indian Manufacturing Productivity: What Caused the Growth Stagnation before the 1990s?

This article addresses the question of why productivity growth in Indian manufacturing was slow in the pre-reform period and analyzes how economic reforms in the 1990s accelerated productivity growth. The answer lies in two subtle but important distortion-inefficiency mechanisms, which affected productivity growth by distorting intermediate input allocation. The interaction of quantitative restriction policies and inflexible labour laws resulted in lower than optimal materials per worker usage. The combination of high inflation and unavailability of credit exacerbated this factor distortion and lowered productivity growth further. Using a panel dataset on Indian industries, this article finds widespread underutilization of materials compared to labour until recently, and this sub-optimal materials per worker usage lowered productivity growth.productivity, growth, materials, labour, quotas, labour laws, public policy, India

ICT Production and Productivity in Sweden and Finland, 1975-2004

This article compares the development of labour productivity in the Swedish and the Finnish business sectors and the role of the information and communication technology (ICT) sector in this process. The results show that the Finnish productivity level has been converging towards the Swedish level, but that there is still a significant difference. This trend has coincided with the growing importance of the ICT sector, especially since the mid 1990s. Due to higher productivity and employment growth, the Finnish ICT sector has contributed to this convergence. This is explained by the electrical engineering industry. The Nokia effect has been stronger than the Ericsson effect.Productivity, Convergence, Finland, Sweden, ICT production

Editor’s Overview

This 22nd issue of the International Productivity Monitor published by the Centre for the Study of Living Standards contains five articles. The topics addressed are: a comparative industry perspective on productivity and economic growth in Europe; a detailed analysis of labour productivity growth in the transportation equipment industry in Canada; a portrait of the productivity performance of the Canadian provinces from a growth accounting perspective; a review of productivity experience and challenges in Latin America and the Caribbean and insights for Canada; and a discussion of the relationship between ageing and productivity.productivity

Confessions of a Serial Productivity Researcher

With an ageing population and declining labour force growth productivity is becoming increasingly important as a source of economic growth. Despite this importance, governments fear the productivity word because of public misunderstanding of its meaning. For many years the author believed that Canada’s weak productivity performance reflected inappropriate public policy. Despite most of the public policy agenda that was put forward to improve productivity being implemented, productivity growth in this country since 2000 has actually deteriorated. This suggests that the private sector bears more responsiblity for Canada’s productivity malaise than previous thought. A research agenda with a focus on firm behaviour from a micro approach is needed to obtain a deeper understanding of Canadaès terrible productivity record and to develop actions to boost productivity growth.

Improving US National Accounts Integration and Consistency: A Review Article on A New Architecture for the U.S. National Accounts

The review article first presents a brief overview of each chapter, focusing on the main contributions of the respective authors. This does not fully do justice to their work since these chapters include much more than can be considered here, but it will provide a useful summary of the main topics addressed idea of the various sections of the book. We then single out and discuss some of the most important implications of these new developments from the point of view of data users.Review, National Accounts, United States

Is Canada Really All That Bad At Innovation?: A Tale of Two Industries

This commentary raises questions about the degree to which global innovation indicators enable us to understand the historical dynamics of innovation in Canada, and about future directions for Canadian innovation policy. By focusing on the automotive and telecommunications sectors, two currently troubled Canadian industries with completely different histories, some of the major successes and mistakes of Canadian industrial policy are assessed critically. The conclusion is that the innovation problem in Canada has less to do with capabilities or opportunities, than with recent tendencies not to follow through when ambitious innovation initiatives in specific industries could be transformed into new national "engines of growth".Review, Innovation, productivity, telecommunications industry, automotive industry, research and development,

Some Reflections on the Expert Panel Report on Business Innovation in Canada

This article reviews the Council of Canadian Academies Expert Panel report on business innovation. It finds the report comprehensive in its gathering and assessment of available research, innovative, in its own right, in its analysis of innovation as an outcome of business strategy formation, and impressively well ordered and written. Both lay readers and professional students of innovation and labour productivity will find the report to be of great value.Review, innovation, productivity

Editor’s Overview

THIS ISSUE OF THE International Productivity Monitor contains five articles on: recent productivity developments in the world economy; aggregate measures of income and their implications for productivity and living standards; the role of sectoral employment shifts in aggregate productivity growth in Canada; productivity trends in regulated industries in Canada and the United States; and international productivity comparisons in the financial and business services sectors.Productivity, Living Standards, Aggregate Measures of Income, Sectoral Employment, Productivity Growth,

New Estimates of Multifactor Productivity Growth for the Canadian Provinces

This article presents new estimates of multifactor productivity for the Canadian provinces for the 1997-2007 period. In contrast to earlier estimates, these estimates incorporate both changes in labour and capital composition or quality. Reflecting differences in labour productivity and capital productivity, multifactor productivity growth varies greatly by province. Newfoundland enjoyed the strongest multifactor productivity growth and Alberta the weakest.multifactor productivity, labour composition, capital composition, capital quality, labour quality,