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UNINA9910695470603321 |
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Food industry mergers and acquisitions lead to higher labor productivity [[electronic resource] /] / Michael Ollinger ... [and others] |
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[Washington, D.C.] : , : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, , [2006] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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iv, 33 pages : digital, PDF file |
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Collana |
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Economic research report ; ; no. 27 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Soggetti |
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Food industry and trade - Mergers - United States |
Food industry and trade - Labor productivity - United States |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from title screen (viewed on Oct. 25, 2006). |
"October 2006." |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 25-27). |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Processing plants in eight major food industries were highly productive before being acquired and they significantly improved their labor productivity afterward, Economic Research Service and U.S. Census Bureau researchers found in their analysis of Census data. The plant-level data on production inputs and costs provided a detailed picture of food-production facilities involved in mergers and acquisitions. The industries are meatpacking, meat processing, poultry slaughtering and processing, cheese making, fluid milk processing, flour milling, feed processing, and oilseed crushing. The analysis suggests that mergers and acquisitions contributed to the general improvement in labor productivity, echoing an earlier ERS study. Labor productivity is defined as output per worker. |
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