Evaluating Labor Productivity in Food Retailing

How Does Big-Box Entry Affect Labor Productivity in Durable Goods Retailing? A Synthetic Control Approach

Using data from 2001–2012, the effects of IKEA entry in four Swedish municipalities, 2004–2007, on labor productivity in durable goods retailing is investigated using synthetic control methods. We contribute to the literature on synthetic control methods by considering parametric specifications of the intervention effect, which in our case arguably improves the likelihood of identifying the int...

Drivers of Construction Innovation

In the publication Growth Platforms for a Competitive Australia, McKinsey & Co. (1995) compared Australia’s relative economic prosperity with those of leading countries such as the United States. The report highlighted that Australia’s GDP per capita is 30 percent behind the best performing country, the United States. Most of this gap is due to lower labour productivity. The report was based on...

INDUSTRY STUDIES ASSOCATION WORKING PAPER SERIES Productivity and Efficiency Impacts of Human Resources Practices in Food Retailing

Assessing the Productivity of the UK Retail Sector

Several recent comparative studies have shown a labour productivity gap in respect of UK retailing when compared with other countries, notably France and the US. This article seeks to identify, through an overview of existing data and related research, the extent to which retail productivity in the UK compares to global competitors and attempts to reach a consensus on the factors that determine...

Modeling Scale Economies in Supermarket Operations: Incorporating the Impacts of Store Characteristics and Information Technologies

Information and internet-based technologies have fostered new supply chain initiatives in food retailing but little research has evaluated productivity impacts. A ray-homothetic production function is estimated for supermarkets to investigate the productivity effects of key variables such as format, competitive position, self-distributing chain membership, unionization, and information technolo...