Productivity growth improves in housefurnishings industry.
Following periods of decline, productivity in the housefurnishings industry increased steadily after 1980. The housefurnishings industry is made up of about 1,000 businesses dominated by a fairly small number of large companies, and its most important products are bedroom and bathroom fabrics such...
| Publicado en: | Monthly Labor Review Vol. 119; pp. 23 - 29 |
|---|---|
| Autor principal: | |
| Formato: | Artículo |
| Publicado: |
US Department of Labor
March 1996
|
| Acceso en línea: | Ver este registro en EBSCOhost |
| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=503398448&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 503398448 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00981818 MLR jtl: Monthly Labor Review issn: 00981818 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: March 1996 vid: 119 pid: 1929 pub: US Department of Labor artinfo: ui: 503398448 ppf: 23 ppct: 6 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 1.8MB tig: atl: Productivity growth improves in housefurnishings industry. aug: au: Critchlow, Robert su: Industrial productivity sug: subj: Industrial productivity keyword: House furnishings industry -- United States ab: Following periods of decline, productivity in the housefurnishings industry increased steadily after 1980. The housefurnishings industry is made up of about 1,000 businesses dominated by a fairly small number of large companies, and its most important products are bedroom and bathroom fabrics such as pillowcases, bedsheets, comforters, bath towels, and other similar textile goods. Large and medium-sized companies led the pace of the industry's productivity growth with restructuring, plant consolidations, and technological advances. Factors such as sound marketing strategies and growing consumer demand also contributed to the industry's progress. The writer discusses employment and earnings, job skills and training, and operations and technology in the housefurnishings industry. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
|---|