In an economy that needs creative input, it may well be difficult to raise productivity rates very much, no matter what one does.

Mr. Rush's productivity rate is hardly unique at the company.

As investment has slowed down, so have productivity rates.

And productivity rates are surging faster now than they did even in the 1990's.

A rising productivity rate in the last year is also taking the pressure off corporate America to raise prices.

He maintained a high productivity rate throughout his entire career.

A rising productivity rate has meant that workers have produced more each hour on the job.

It has much higher productivity rates, but associated high levels of feeding, labour, water pumping and capital costs.

Based on this popular view, the productivity rate should settle somewhere between its recent average and the average of the two decades before 1995.

The productivity rates of project teams can be better determined because more factors are included in their measured work output.