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productivity

[proh-duhk-tiv-i-tee, prod-uhk‑] / ˌproʊ dʌkˈtɪv ɪ ti, ˌprɒd ʌk‑ /


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Business leaders will also be present at G20 discussions this year on barriers to investment, innovation and productivity.

From Barron's Aug. 31, 2026

Your talk with Mary should be about how to increase productivity, not the office chatter.

From MarketWatch Aug. 29, 2026

Beyond the profound effects on independence and quality of life, vision loss also creates a global economic burden estimated at over US$400 billion per year through healthcare expenses and lost productivity.

From Science Daily Aug. 28, 2026

The charity said the new birds came from 56 successful breeding pairs meaning the average productivity of a Cornish chough nest was three fledglings.

From BBC Aug. 26, 2026

Without high productivity, she says, the work will move to lower- wage countries such as China.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario

That, in turn, allowed firms to meet a given level of demand by using more workers less intensively—at lower productivities.

From Economist Feb. 17, 2014

Over the long run, technology sets potential productivities, which govern the wages workers can earn.

From Economist Jan. 22, 2014

Of course, there are also the famous differences between the productivities of the economies of whole countries, such as Japan, the United States, France, and Germany.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

For instance, Japanese steel, metal, car, car parts, camera, and consumer electronic companies compete fiercely and have higher productivities than their U.S. counterparts.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

For expository reasons we can take social subsistence and productivities as purely constant.

From Definition & Reality in the General Theory of Political Economy by Thomas Colignatus




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