Productivity in Natural Resource Industries: Improvement through Innovation

by R. David Simpson and R David Simpson

Several senior natural resource analysts study the role played by innovation, particularly technological innovation, in the pursuit of heightened productivity. Increasing the output of a given input improves a firm's bottom line, makes it more competitive internationally, and reduces the potential for resource depletion and shortages. Thus, high productivity is a necessary ingredient of economic prosperity. This book illustrates the importance of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0915707993
• ISBN13: 9780915707997
• Release Date: June 1999
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.3"