Discover how human capital theory boosts workforce productivity and gives businesses a competitive edge. Understand its development and significance in economics.

Most commentators will tell you fixing productivity is just a matter of political will. But dig even a little into the data, and it becomes obvious it's very complicated.

Productivity is not lost because people lack competence; it is lost because leadership systems do not give supervisors the time, tools, or structures needed to convert human potential into value.” — ...

The finance ministry has warned about the ongoing decline in capital productivity and stagnating total factor productivity (TFP), signaling a potential crisis for the country’s economic growth and ...

Labor productivity—output per hour worked—drives long-run economic growth. Business leaders looking beyond the next two years will find that their companies’ fortunes are tied to the economy’s growth ...

REDUCING CAPITAL EXPENDITURE (capex) is a natural response to low oil prices, so it is not surprising that the industry has deferred or cancelled $200 billion worth of planned investments over the ...

This paper explores the relationship between capital composition and productivity using a unique and highly detailed data set on firm-level investment in the U.S. We develop a succinct methodology for ...

The news: Capital productivity in Australia has fallen 18.6% between 1995 and 2025, according to the Productivity Commission’s (PC) latest annual bulletin. The context: PC research economist Joseph ...