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Corporate R&D and Firm Efficiency : Evidence from Europe’s Top R&D Investors
Kumbhakar, Subal C. - 2010
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/10013149610
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Social Connections and Incentives in the Workplace : Evidence from Personnel Data
Bandiera, Oriana - 2011
. To evaluate whether the existence of social connections is beneficial to the firm's overall performance, we explore how … irrespective of the worker's ability, but when they are paid performance bonuses, they target their effort towards high ability … performance of connected workers, we find that favoring connected workers is detrimental for the firm's overall performance …
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Working Hours and Productivity
Collewet, Marion - 2017
performance of a sample of call centre agents. We exploit variation in the number of hours worked by the same employee across days …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012957492
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The Heterogeneous Economic Consequences of Works Council Relations
Pfeifer, Christian - 2011
I use a question about works council relations from the 2006 wave of the IAB Establishment panel to analyze the heterogeneous effects of works councils on productivity, wages, and profits. The results indicate that the effects differ significantly between works council relationship types in a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013125471
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The Impact of Teams on Output, Quality and Downtime : An Empirical Analysis Using Individual Panel Data
Jones, Derek C.; Kato, Takao - 2021
To investigate the size and the timing of the direct impact of participatory arrangements on business performance, we …; (v) the performance-enhancing effects of team membership are generally greater and more long-lasting for team members who …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316923
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Labour Productivity in Kenyan Manufacturing and Service Industries
Heshmati, Almas - 2016
Labour productivity reflects a firm's ability to generate higher production or value-added. This paper analyses labour productivity and its determinants in the manufacturing and service sectors in Kenya. As the largest economy in East Africa, it is crucial for Kenya to have high labour...
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Got Technology? The Impact of Computers and Cell Phones on Productivity in a Difficult Business Climate : Evidence from Firms with Female Owners in Kenya
Menon, Nidhiya - 2014
Firms in Kenya rely on technologies such as computers, cell-phones, and generators to overcome constraints associated with regulations, infrastructure, security, workforce, corruption, and finance. This study shows that such reliance has significant positive impacts on productivity as measured...
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Why Do South Korean Firms Produce so Much More Output Per Worker than Ghanaian Ones?
Baptist, Simon - 2015
Macro analysis of the sources of income differences has produced very different results as to the importance of education. In this paper we investigate the roles of education and technology in explaining differences in firm level productivity across Ghana and South Korea. The labour productivity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013016333
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The Effect of Product Market Competition on Job Instability
Aparicio Fenoll, Ainhoa - 2011
This paper assesses the impact of product market competition on job instability as proxied by the use of fixed-term labor contracts. Using both worker data from the Spanish Labor Force Survey and firm data from the Spanish Business Strategies Survey, I show that job instability rises with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013125476