2016年7月12日 · Productivity, or lack of it, is a key issue for economies across the globe. Productivity is good for individuals, companies and countries, according to economists.

2023年5月16日 · However, productivity of cognitive labor is harder to measure. Statisticians who compile GDP and productivity statistics sometimes resort to valuing the output of cognitive activity simply by assuming it is proportional to the quantity of labor input being used to produce it, which of course eliminates any scope for productivity growth.

2020年10月21日 · Mental health is a major factor impacting productivity for remote work. The report says: “Remote workers are faced with potential well-being and mental health challenges due to extensive changes to working practices as well as new areas of exclusion such as access to digital connectivity, living circumstances and the additional care responsibilities faced by …

Back in 2019, Microsoft Japan introduced a four-day working week and reported a 40% boost in productivity. There were similar results from the global trials in 2022 with employees committing to cover 100% of their normal work in 80% of the time.

2015年5月15日 · The possibility that the most studied and discussed productivity concept might be flawed is discouraging at best, but perhaps the flaws Vollrath and Decker identify aren’t that large, which would be encouraging. But then economists would still have the task of understanding what actually drives the growth of total factor productivity.

2021年9月6日 · Getting back into the office might be the best thing for many people, their employers and for productivity, according to ADP Research, a US-based labour market analyst. Its report, On-site, Remote or Hybrid: Employee Sentiment on the Workplace , is based on data from 9,000 employees in the US and concludes that: “On the whole, employees ...

2024年2月6日 · Productivity boosts are expected in knowledge-heavy industries, including IT and digital communications, financial and professional services, medical and healthcare services, retail, manufacturing, engineering and construction, energy and logistics.

2021年8月3日 · This matters because productivity, or output per input, pays for higher wages and is the foundation of long-run prosperity. In that sense, it matters most in rich economies where higher productivity growth would allow political debates to shift from (re-)distributing a relatively stagnant economic pie to sharing a growing one.

2016年3月4日 · It reveals that productivity is highest when people spend fewer hours working. The relationship between hours worked and productivity has interested economists for many years. But a new paper by John Pencavel of Stanford University, based on a set of data compiled during the First World War, may have the answers they have been searching for.

2024年1月9日 · Public attention has largely been on increasing productivity with accelerating outputs. But the real potential lies in the decision-making processes that precede that. Here, AI can augment what humans are capable of – taking them from average to great, making novices as proficient as experts – rather than rendering them obsolete.