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Co-determination and Innovation
Kraft, Kornelius; Stank, Jörg; Dewenter, Ralf - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
This paper examines the effect of the German co-determination law of 1976 (MitbestG) on the innovative activity of German firms. Co-determination applies to firms with 2000 employees or more. Data from 1971-1976 and 1981-1990 on 148 firms are used to compare the number of patents granted to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008578125
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Co-Determination, Efficiency, and Productivity
FitzRoy, Felix R.; Kraft, Kornelius - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
We present the first panel estimates of the productivity effects of the unique German institution of parity, board-level co-determination. Although our data span two severe recessions when labour hoarding costs of co-determination are probably highest, and the panel is too short to capture the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822112
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A Model for Industrial Development of the Federal Region of Kurdistan: Science and Technology Policy, Instruments and Institutions
Heshmati, Almas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
This report introduces two of the most successful industrial development models of the modern time - the Japanese as a leader and the South Korean as its follower. The objective is to review the industrialization process in these two economies which have served as a model for development in many...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762411
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What Do Unions Do for Economic Performance?
Hirsch, Barry T. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003
in the U.S. private sector affect economic performance - productivity, profitability, investment, and growth. Freeman and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703831
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Turbulence, Flexibility and Performance of the Long-lived Small Firm
Power, Bernadette; Reid, Gavin C - Tinbergen Instituut - 2003
in Scotland. New measures of flexibility and turbulence are used to explain the performance of mature small firms. These … depend on our unique body of evidence from interviews with owner managers. Performance is measured using a Likert scale over … performance. This is done in two forms. The first involves generalised least squares estimation (with heteroskedastic adjustment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011257108
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Unraveling the Shift to the Entrepreneurial Economy
Audretsch, D.B.; Thurik, A.R. - Tinbergen Instituut - 2010
significantly increased, and (2) a positive relationship exists between entrepreneurial activity and economic performance. However …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011257351
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How Do Industries and Firms Respond to Changes in Local Labor Supply?
Dustmann, Christian; Glitz, Albrecht - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
In this paper, we investigate how changes in the skill mix of local labor supply are absorbed by the economy. We distinguish between three adjustment mechanisms: through factor prices, through an expansion in the size of those production units that use the more abundant skill group more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009416953
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Growing out of the Crisis: Hidden Assets to Greece's Transition to an Innovation Economy
Herrmann, Benedikt; Kritikos, Alexander S. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
Greece's currently planned institutional reforms will help to get the country going with limited economic growth. With an economy based primarily on tourism, trade, and agriculture, Greece lacks an established competitive industry and an innovation-friendly environment, resulting in a low export...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884121
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Corporate R&D and Firm Efficiency: Evidence from Europe’s Top R&D Investors
Kumbhakar, Subal C.; Ortega-Argilés, Raquel; Potters, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
The main objective of this study is to investigate the impact of corporate R&D activities on firms' performance …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008497587
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Flexible Work Systems and the Structure of Wages: Evidence from Matched Employer-Employee Data
Bauer, Thomas K.; Bender, Stefan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2001
A growing literature is concerned with the effects of flexible workplace systems or High Performance Work Organizations …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703327