Drivers of Construction Innovation
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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 research which measured differences in labour productivity and employment in five industries – food processing, construction, retailing, retail banking and aviation – and identified reasons for the differences between the Australian industries’ performance and their international counterparts.
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