Various financial data for $2014$ and $2015$ follow. Calculate the total productivity measure

and the partial measures for labor, capital, and raw materials for this company for both years.

Calculate the percentage difference between the two years. What do these measures tell you

about this company?

A U$.$S$.$ manufacturing company operating a subsidiary in an LDC $($less developed country$)$

shows the following results:

a$.$ Calculate partial labor and productivity figures for the parent and the subsidiary.

b$.$ Do the result seem misleading?

c$.$ Compute the multifactor productivity figures for labor and capital together. Are the

results better?

d$.$ Calculate raw material productivity figures $($unit$/$$ where $$1=$ FC $10).$ Explain why these

figures might be greater in the subsidiary.