02318oam 2200409 a 450 991069547060332120061121084308.0(CKB)5470000002370053(OCoLC)74337440(EXLCZ)99547000000237005320061025d2006 ua 0engurmn|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierFood industry mergers and acquisitions lead to higher labor productivity[electronic resource] /Michael Ollinger ... [and others][Washington, D.C.] :U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Economic Research Service,[2006]iv, 33 pages digital, PDF fileEconomic research report ;no. 27Title from title screen (viewed on Oct. 25, 2006)."October 2006."Includes bibliographical references (pages 25-27).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.Food industry and tradeMergersUnited StatesFood industry and tradeLabor productivityUnited StatesFood industry and tradeMergersFood industry and tradeLabor productivityOllinger Michael1385151United States.Department of Agriculture.Economic Research Service.OREOREGPOBOOK9910695470603321Food industry mergers and acquisitions lead to higher labor productivity3529631UNINA