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  2. Productivity-improving technologies - Wikipedia

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    Productivity-improving technologies date back to antiquity, with rather slow progress until the late Middle Ages. Important examples of early to medieval European technology include the water wheel, the horse collar, the spinning wheel, the three-field system (after 1500 the four-field system—see crop rotation) and the blast furnace.

  3. Growth accounting - Wikipedia

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    The accounting result is obtained by subtracting the weighted growth rates of the inputs from the growth rate of the output. In this case the accounting result is 0.015 which implies a productivity growth by 1.5%. We note that the productivity model reports a 1.4% productivity growth from the same production data.

  4. Baumol effect - Wikipedia

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    Furthermore, if the productivity growth differential persists (that is, the low-productivity-growth sectors continue to see low productivity growth into the future while high-productivity-growth sectors continue to see high productivity growth), then costs in low-productivity-growth sectors will rise cumulatively and without limit.

  5. Quizlet - Wikipedia

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    Also in 2016, Quizlet launched "Quizlet Live", a real-time online matching game where teams compete to answer all 12 questions correctly without an incorrect answer along the way. [15] In 2017, Quizlet created a premium offering called "Quizlet Go" (later renamed "Quizlet Plus"), with additional features available for paid subscribers.

  6. Performance improvement - Wikipedia

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    Performance improvement is measuring the output of a particular business process or procedure, then modifying the process or procedure to increase the output, increase efficiency, or increase the effectiveness of the process or procedure. Performance improvement can be applied to either individual performance, such as an athlete, or ...

  7. Macroeconomics - Wikipedia

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    In this model, increases in output, i.e. economic growth, can only occur because of an increase in the capital stock, a larger population, or technological advancements that lead to higher productivity (total factor productivity). An increase in the savings rate leads to a temporary increase as the economy creates more capital, which adds to ...

  8. Job enrichment - Wikipedia

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    As a result, they may have a lower productivity rate. Heavier workload: Job enrichment increases the employee's overall workload. This requires skill in reprioritization for the employee. Some employees may not be able to quickly adjust to their new responsibilities. Employees may feel overloaded and tired, so they may have a lower productivity ...

  9. Economic development - Wikipedia

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    The development of a country has been associated with different concepts but generally encompasses economic growth through higher productivity, [13] political systems that represent as accurately as possible the preferences of its citizens, [14] [15] The extension of rights to all social groups and the opportunities to get them [16] and the ...