Originally published as International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, Volume 57, Issue 6, 2008
ISBN: 978 1 84855 088 9
E-ISBN: 978 1 84855 089 6
Guest edited by:John Heap
This e-book contains papers from the European Productivity Conference 2007 which was held in Zilina in Slovakia. This issue is devoted to reflective practice papers and represents a snapshot view of the European productivity scene seen through the eyes of representatives of national agencies responsible for productivity promotion and development.
Contents:
Innovation and enterprise: the foundations of developing productivity
John Heap
This paper aims to examine issues of government policy in creating an infrastructure that supports innovation and expertise.
MPM's productivity improvement project approach in provinces
Nurettin Peskircioglu
The aim of this paper is to summarise the characteristics of, and results from, a large-scale project to promote productivity improvement throughout Turkey's provinces.
High-involvement innovation practices at Finnish workplaces
Tuomo Alasoini, Asko Heikkilä, Elise Ramstad and Pekka Ylöstalo
This paper seeks to examine the dissemination of high-involvement innovation practices at Finnish workplaces and to consider how their adoption can be promoted by means of a publicly-funded R&D programme.
Process performance measurement in manufacturing organizations
Jaroslav Nenadál
The purpose of this paper is to examine the weaknesses which result in the concept of process performance measurement being ineffectively translated into effective measurement and action regimes.
Social innovation, the new challenge for Europe
Frank Pot and Fietje Vaas
This study sets out to describe activities within The Netherlands Centre for Social Innovation, one of the earliest national bodies to promote and develop the concept of social innovation.
Competitiveness of Visegrad countries
Anna Kaderábková
This paper aims to examine issues surrounding the competitiveness of the Visegrad countries that have recently joined the European Union, and in particular, to analyse a set of structural indicators that help assess the degree to which they are meeting the terms of the Lisbon agreement.
The future of manufacturing industry in Europe
Risto Kuivanen
The purpose of this paper is to examine the challenges facing European manufacturing industry in an age of increasing global competitiveness and to explore models for survival.
About the International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management
The International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management aims to address new developments and thinking in productivity science and performance measurement and management including new techniques, approaches and related reflective analysis designed to improve individual, group and organisational performance. It seeks to develop an understanding in and across manufacturing, service and public sector organisations. The journal aims to be multi-disciplinary drawing from, amongst others, the fields of Operations, Marketing, Accounting, Supply Chain and Organisational Behaviour.
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