Measuring and improving productivity in services : issues, strategies and challenges / Faridah Djellal, Faïz Gallouj.
By: Djellal, Faridah [author.].
Contributor(s): Gallouj, Faïz [author.].
Series: Services, economy, and innovation. Publisher: Cheltenham, UK : Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar, 2008Description: xiv, 246p.ISBN: 9781847202697 (hbk.).Subject(s): Service industries | Industrial productivityDDC classification: 331.118 Summary: The definition and measurement of productivity in services raises important conceptual, methodological and strategic problems. This book aims to provide a critical review of the main debates on productivity in the domain of services. The first part examines the theoretical consequences of services specificities on the concept of productivity and reviews the attempts to measure it. The second part is devoted to the main determinants of productivity growth and the strategies to increase productivity in service firms and organisations.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-232) and index.
The definition and measurement of productivity in services raises important conceptual, methodological and strategic problems. This book aims to provide a critical review of the main debates on productivity in the domain of services. The first part examines the theoretical consequences of services specificities on the concept of productivity and reviews the attempts to measure it. The second part is devoted to the main determinants of productivity growth and the strategies to increase productivity in service firms and organisations.
English.
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