Within AIM we are seeking to unpack the productivity problem. Initial research explored the sectors that contribute most to the productivity gap and observed that while the size of the gap has remained relatively constant in the last decade, the relative productivity performance of different sectors in the UK has changed markedly (Griffith et al 2003).

Productivity and Performance Projects:

Rachel Griffith and Mari Sako - Business Service Sectors
Ian Clarke - Evaluating Food Retailing Competition at the Micro-level Using Consumer Choice
Rachel Griffith and Andy Neely - Evaluating the Balanced Scorecard
- How do Managers Affect Plant Productivity?
Gerard Hodgkinson - Images of Competitive Space: A Study in Managerial and Organizational Strategic Cognition
Chris Voss and Jonathan Haskel - Impact of Best Practice on UK Productivity
Jonathan Haskel - International Comparisons of Productivity Using Microdata
Rachel Griffith - International Product and Labour Market Regulations: Impact on Performance
Paul Edwards - Organisational Roots of Productivity
Rachel Griffith and Mari Sako - Outsourcing and Technology
Rachel Griffith - Performance of the UK Retail Sector
Paul Edwards - Personnel Practice in Multinational Companies
Paul Edwards - Politics of Production and Theory of Workplace Relations
Paul Edwards - Small Firms' Experience of Employment Tribunals (DTI-funded study)
Paul Edwards - Theory and Practice in Employment Relations
Jonathan Haskel - The Productivity and Innovation Advantage of Multinational Enterprises
Rachel Griffith, Jonathan Haskel and Mari Sako - UK Productivity Performance
Gustavo Crespi, Chiara Criscuolo, Jonathan Haskel & Denise Hawkes - UK Intangible Expenditure
Ammon Salter - Innovation Search and Business Performance
Gerben Bakker - Productivity and Technical Change in Services, 1750 -2000

Productivity Ideas Factory
AIM Research is also working with the EPSRC in a scheme entitled, 'The Ideas Factory' AIM's focus will be on the UK's productivity gap and run five projects around the country. Want to find out more?

For further information relating to Productivity and Performance Projects, please contact Claire Fitzpatrick.

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