Where do we stand?

Citation

(2010), "Where do we stand?", International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, Vol. 59 No. 3. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijppm.2010.07959cab.002

Where do we stand?

Article Type: News From: International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, Volume 59, Issue 3

Manufacturing labour productivity decreased in 2008 in 12 of the 17 economies compared by the US Department of Labour’s Bureau of Labour Statistics. The Republic of Korea and the US had the largest productivity increases (1.2 per cent each) among the five economies where productivity increased. Singapore had the steepest productivity decline (−6.6 per cent).

For all economies, labour productivity in manufacturing increased less or declined more in 2008 than the average annual changes over the 2000-2008 period, when almost all of the economies studied experienced productivity increases.