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Productivity Dynamics : The Role of Competition in a Service Industry
Breda, Thomas - 2019
Using panel data for nearly all service providers in a single industry sector, we examine productivity responses to changes in competition in the United States. The sector offers workplace employee representation through trade union branches which compete with one another for union members whose...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012858478
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Co-Determination and Innovation
Kraft, Kornelius - 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/10013155322
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Science, Technology and Development: Emerging concepts and visions
Soete, Luc - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2008
This paper analyzes the impact of globalization on the allocation of public and private resources for research, knowledge creation and diffusion. We argue that while the concentration of research investments remains in a relatively small number of rich countries and regions, the focus of such...
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World Management Survey at 18 : Lessons and the Way Forward
Scur, Daniela; Sadun, Raffaella; Van Reenen, John; … - 2021
managerial talent, relates to organizational performance. Over 18 years of research, a set of consistent patterns have emerged …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013244259
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Organisational Leadership : How Much Does it Matter?
Haile, Getinet A. - 2022
We study the influence of leadership on organisational performance and worker wellbeing using data from the 2004 and … organisational performance, and an increase in worker wellbeing. Specifically, the estimates reveal that an increase in leadership … quality by one standard deviation increases organisational performance and worker job satisfaction by 0.27 and 0.73 standard …
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The Past and Future of Manufacturing in Central and Eastern Europe : Ready for Industry 4.0?
Naudé, Wim - 2019
In this paper we determine the industry 4.0 (I4.0) readiness of eight Central and Eastern European countries (CEECs): Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Lithuania, Hungary, Poland, Romania, the Slovak Republic and Slovenia. We outline the nature of manufacturing in the region, describe three distinct...
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Entrepreneurship, Education and the Fourth Industrial Revolution in Africa
Naudé, Wim - 2017
The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) is impacting on the industrialization options for Africa inter alia through three interrelated sets of technologies, namely automation, additive manufacturing and the Industrial Internet. In this paper I set out the case for why Africa should industrialize....
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Political Economy of Industrialization and Industrial Parks in Ethiopia
Kebede, Selamawit; Heshmati, Almas - 2023
institutions during three political regimes and assesses the industrial sector's performance across these different regimes …
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Environmental innovation: Using qualitative models to identify indicators for policy
Kanerva, Minna; Arundel, Anthony; Kemp, Rene - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2009
Environmental innovation is an essential part of a knowledge based economy, as environmental innovation makes economies more efficient by encouraging and facilitating the use of fewer material or energy inputs per unit of output. In this respect, environmental innovation replaces material inputs...
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Preparing for the Next, Very Long Crisis: Towards a ‘Cool’ Science and Technology Policy Agenda For a Globally Warming Economy
David, Paul A. - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2009
This short paper on a very big subject deals with a worry - a worry that the present economic crisis is likely to contribute to the already-existing temptations of governmental and private actors alike to behave in a time-inconsistent fashion when responding to the challenge of climate change....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008629998