With voice integration and voice-to-text functionality, the technology holds promise for productivity boosts in areas like sales, support and many administrative functions.

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The opportunity to use their preferred technology while at work boosts morale and offers familiarity that can increase productivity.

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For example, strong low-inflationary growth boosts share prices, which boost investment and hence productivity.

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But they may be underestimating the potential for productivity gains in Europe, as the single currency boosts competition and encourages firms to exploit economies of scale through mergers and acquisitions.

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That might happen either because belief in America's new economy fades or because Europe also enjoys a productivity spurt, thanks to technology and deregulation, which boosts shares.

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These educational reforms are crucial if Thailand is to attract the kind of foreign investment that boosts its productivity, rather than just extracting the country's resources and tapping its consumer markets.

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