A few years ago, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin called for a doubling of labor productivity over the next decade. An article on the Web site Russia Beyond the Headlines states that: "Russian productivity is a third of that in the United States."
a. What factors would cause Russian labor productivity to be a third of U.S. labor productivity?
b. The article notes that one cause of low Russian productivity is "just bad management." Why might Russian businesses suffer from bad management?