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American Education in the Age of Mass Migrations 1870-1930
Murtin, Fabrice - 2009
This paper derives original series of average years of schooling in the United States 1870-1930, which take into account the impact of mass migrations on the US educational level. We reconstruct the foreign-born US population by age and by country of origin, while combining data on the flow of...
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Motivation and sorting in open source software innovation
Belenzon, Sharon; Schankerman, Mark - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2008
This paper studies the role of intrinsic motivation, reputation, and reciprocity in driving open source software innovation. Unlike previous literature based on survey data, we exploit the observed pattern of contributions - the .revealed preference. of developers - to infer the underlying...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010745268
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The Impact of Management Practices on SME Performance
Forth, John - 2018
We examine the impact of management practices on firm performance among SMEs in Britain over the period 2011 … business register. We find that SMEs are less likely to use formal management practices than larger firms, but that such … returns are most apparent for those SMEs that invest in human resource management practices, such as training and performance …
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What Role Did Management Practices Play in SME Growth Post-Recession?
Bryson, Alex - 2016
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are known to contribute significantly to aggregate economic growth. However …
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Innovation and Smes Patent Propensity in Korea
Han, Junghee - 2015
This paper analyzes the patent propensity as an outcome of innovative activities of regional SMEs. To achieve the aims … firms designated as innovative SMEs by the government are not performing differently than general firms. Only the CEO … considered to actively promote SMEs innovativeness …
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The Effect of Credit Guarantees on R&D Investment of SMEs in Korea
Heshmati, Almas - 2014
Korean government has invested significant amount of resources through credit guarantee funds to promote SMEs survival …
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Integrating Gender into a Labor Economics Class
Strenio, Jacqueline; van der Meulen Rodgers, Yana - 2023
This article argues that a systematic integration of gender into labor economics courses based on standard textbooks is both beneficial and straightforward. An undergraduate course in labor economics presents an ideal opportunity to introduce students to the importance of gender differences in...
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Do organisational climate and strategic orientation moderate the relationship between human resource management practices and productivity?
Neal, Andrew; West, Michael A.; Patterson, Malcolm G. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2004
Contingency formulations of Human Resource Management (HRM) theory suggest that the effectiveness of HRM practices should vary across firms. This study examined whether the relationship between HRM practices and productivity in manufacturing companies is contingent upon organizational climate...
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Organizational climate and company productivity: the role of employee affect and employee level
Patterson, Malcolm; Warr, Peter; West, Michael - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2004
Consistent with a growing number of models about affect and behaviour and with a recognition that perception alone provides no impetus for action, it was predicted that associations between company climate and productivity would be mediated by average level of job satisfaction. In a study of 42...
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The impact of an innovative human resource function on firm performance: the moderating role of financing strategy
Knight-Turvey, Neal; Neal, Andrew; West, Michael A.; … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2004
The current study examined the impact of the human resource function and financing strategy on the financial performance of 104 UK manufacturing firms. Hypotheses are drawn from a resource-based perspective on human resource management and a financial theory perspective on capital structure....
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