International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management: Volume 57 Issue 6
Table of contents - Special Issue: Papers presented at the European Productivity Conference, Zilina, Slovakia, 2007
Guest Editors: John Heap
Innovation and enterprise: the foundations of developing productivity
John HeapThis paper aims to examine issues of government policy in creating an infrastructure that supports innovation and expertise.
MPM's productivity improvement project approach in provinces
Nurettin PeşkircioğluThe aim of this paper is to summarise the characteristics of, and results from, a large‐scale project to promote productivity improvement throughout Turkey's provinces.
High‐involvement innovation practices at Finnish workplaces
Tuomo Alasoini, Asko Heikkilä, Elise Ramstad, Pekka YlöstaloThis paper seeks to examine the dissemination of high‐involvement innovation practices at Finnish workplaces and to consider how their adoption can be promoted by means of a…
Process performance measurement in manufacturing organizations
Jaroslav NenadálThe purpose of this paper is to examine the weaknesses which result in the concept of process performance measurement being ineffectively translated into effective measurement and…
Social innovation, the new challenge for Europe
Frank Pot, Fietje VaasThis study sets out to describe activities within The Netherlands Centre for Social Innovation, one of the earliest national bodies to promote and develop the concept of social…
Competitiveness of Visegrad countries
Anna KadeřábkováThis paper aims to examine issues surrounding the competitiveness of the Visegrad countries that have recently joined the European Union, and in particular, to analyse a set of…
The future of manufacturing industry in Europe
Risto KuivanenThe purpose of this paper is to examine the challenges facing European manufacturing industry in an age of increasing global competitiveness and to explore models for survival.

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- Dr Luisa Huatuco
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