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Recent work on regional or interspatial productivity measures has improved our capabilities of interpreting relation productivity levels across firms.1 In an earlier paper, we reported some preliminary results of applying these methods to three large Canadian telecommunications firms.2 These firms are relatively unique because they have all developed and made public detailed productivity studies. The public data from these studies have been used to make the comparisons.3
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Denny, M., de Fontenay, A. (1988). Cost Pressures and Relative Productivity in Canadian Telecommunications Firms. In: Dogramaci, A., Färe, R. (eds) Applications of Modern Production Theory: Efficiency and Productivity. Studies in Productivity Analysis, vol 9. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3253-1_5
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