Does Innovation, Investment and Trade influence Labour Productivity? Empirical Evidence from Selected Countries

Labour productivity is linked to improved living standards of a country, where higher productivity is usually seen as a competitive advantage for the country. The current study aims to identify the influence of investment, trade, and innovation on labour productivity using multi-regression. The sample involved four countries: the United States, Russia, Japan, and China. The results reveal varying degrees of relationships between labour productivity and other variables. In general, investment showed a strong correlation, trade showed a weaker relationship, and innovation showed insignificant relationship. When needed, the policymakers may consider raising labour productivity by improving investment or trade.

Motivational Factors Affecting Construction Labor Productivity: A Review

Research on motivational factors affecting construction labor productivity (CLP) has attracted numerous researchers worldwide many years so far. This study aims to review studies on motivational factors affecting CLP from the outcomes of previous studies. Based on a comprehensive review, publications on this domain were analyzed in terms of geographical distribution, adopted research methods, common motivational factors, and knowledge gaps. The findings indicated that the majority of studies were carried out in the Asia continent, followed by Europe, Africa, and America. Also, almost studies adopted methods of empirical research for identifying and evaluating of motivational factors with a prevalent procedure that includes five stages, namely, identifying motivational factors based on a review of existing literature; pilot study; data collection; data analysis; and concluding critical motivational factors. Additionally, the results also revealed that the mostly identified motivational factors contain rewards; good relationship; promotion opportunities; job security; good supervision; the amount of salary; and a good work environment. It is recommended that engineering managers, project managers, employers should use the findings of this study to make policies or decisions to ensure effective management and improve construction workforce productivity.

Role of Football in International Business and Economy

Football events are one of the most significant sports events globally while football is one of the most popular sports. Thus, the football industry and football-related businesses plays an important role in trade and economy. In the current study key events and top associations and organizations of the football industry are identified, and their role beyond playing grounds is observed. Also, the role the football industry plays in the economic and financial developments of nations, brands and organizations and individuals is highlighted. A comprehensive chart has been drawn that presents a comprehensive structure of the global football industry and also identifies key sources of revenue and expenditures. The study is important for scholars interested in sports economics and sustainable economic development through sports.

Impact Of Sustainable Supply Chain Management Practices On Organizational Performance In Ghana

The study explores the impact of ecological supply chain management practices such as Green Supply Chain, environmental and operational management practices of organizational performance in Ghana. The organizational performance was measured based upon three parameters constituting Sustainable Environmental Performance (SENP), Sustainable Economic Performance (SECP), and Competitiveness (COMP). Exogenous factors included the constructs of Sustainable Supply Chain Management (SSCM) practices and the single-item construct voluntary adoption of SSCM practices, while endogenous variables included the three aspects of firm performance. The relationship between sustainable management practices and organizational performance was ascertained using Structural Equation Modeling. A few significant results are presented as follows; (1) Environmental Management Practices (EMP) results in enhanced Sustainable Environmental Performance (SENP) and Sustainable Economic Performance (SECP); (2) Organizational Performance has a strong correlation with SECP and COMP; (3) SECP has a substantial and favorable relationship with both competitiveness and sustainable environmental performance, as well as sustainable economic performance. The positive relationship between SSCM practices and firm performance demonstrates that continual sustainable management principles eventually improve community capacity. This ultimately results in an organization’s competitiveness. Additionally, the managerial implications of the results are addressed.

Effect of Manpower and Resource Factors on Labor Productivity at House Building Projects in DHA Lahore

Construction industry suffers numerous issues and complicated factors like price, period, quality and safety. It is said that Construction projects are versatile because they associate with contractors, architects, advisers, designers, the project owners, etc. Keeping in view of above factors, objective of this research is to highlight those factors which have impact on labor productivity in house building project. Through literature review as well as discussion with different consultants, several factors of productivity were identified. Out of which 20 factors were selected, which were later categorized into two sets, for analyzing in the current study. A comprehensive questionnaire was prepared and sent to project manager, engineers, designers, and builders. It was found, that total expense of construction comes to much higher as it was originally calculated. It is suggested that human resource should be developed through an effective and well planned training program, so that construction project do not suffer due to low performance. The mentioned factors are supposed to help in completed the construction projects effectively.

Forecasting the Demand of Oil in Ghana: A Statistical Approach

Oil plays a vital role in the economic growth and sustainability of industries and their corporations. The current study sought to forecast oil demand in Ghana for the next decade. The variables analyzed in this study were Petroleum and other liquids, motor gasoline, distillate fuel, and liquefied petroleum gases (LPG). The study utilized three univariate models; thus, linear regression, exponential regression, and exponential smoothing for forecasting various oil components. The linear regression model was deemed a better fit for the analysis of most of the variables. Furthermore, the findings revealed that the LPG growth rate is faster and requires less time to double in numbers than the other energy sources. Also, the exponential smoothing model was ineffective and inefficient. Overall, the demand for oil components analyzed will follow an increasing pattern from 2017 to 2027.

Evaluating Suppliers for Healthcare Centre using Ordinal Priority Approach

Supplier selection is one of the most critical problems in the industry. In the healthcare sector, where the tolerance level for mistakes and errors is low, the need to improve the supplier evaluation system is ever increasing. Earlier, the cardinal data-based mathematical models played an important role in supplier selection however since last few decades, the emphasis on the decision-making methods that can handle ordinal relations is gaining exceeding attention. The development of the Ordinal Priority Approach (OPA) is an essential milestone in this regard that is being used in the current study to evaluate the suppliers of a Chinese healthcare facility. The study confirms that the OPA is convenient and powerful approach that can single-handedly estimate the weights of suppliers, criteria and experts. The results demonstrated the feasibility and validity of the approach for healthcare supplier selection problems.

Relationship between Real Effective Exchange Rate and Labor Productivity: Empirical Evidence

Labor productivity is one of the indicators that reveal a country’s economic development, human resource quality, availability of infrastructure and technology, among others. Improvement in organizational productivity is also dependent on labor productivity. The current study attempts to study the relationship between labor productivity and the Real Effective Exchange Rate in the selected countries. The sample included Australia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Iceland, Japan, Malaysia, South Africa, and the USA. With the aid of statistical techniques, the study found that productivity and exchange rate are correlated with varying degrees of strength and the nature of the relationship varies from country to country. The study concludes with important directions for future investigations.

Conceptualizing Supplier Work Passion in light of the Zigarmi’s Framework

Similar to other systems, the supply chains are also evolving, and old problems are seeking a new outlook. Work passion is an important concept in human resource management literature, but it rarely sought attention in supply chain management literature in the context of suppliers. By building upon some works by Drea Zigarmi on the employee work passion, the current study makes a pioneering attempt in defining supplier work passion and then conceptualizing it through an eight-dimensional construct. Therefore, a novel framework has been constructed. It is argued that a supplier can be an organization, but it behaves like a passionate individual in its dealing with the buyers. The study is of theoretical and practical significance and is likely to create a new debate in the supply chain management on the significance of supplier work passion.