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Active owners and the failure of newly adopted works councils
Jirjahn, Uwe; Mohrenweiser, Jens - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2013
Using representative data from the IAB Establishment Panel, we show that employees in establishments with active owners are less likely to introduce a works council. Moreover, we show that, in case of an introduction, the new works council is less likely to survive if active owners are present....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010957701
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Does Work Time Flexibility Work? An Empirical Assessment of the Efficiency Effects for German Firms
Wolf, Elke; Beblo, Miriam - 2004
In this paper we assess the impact of flexible work time schedules on firm efficiency using representative establishment data for Germany. Following the approach by Battese and Coelli (1995), we estimate a stochastic production frontier and the determinants of technical efficiency...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297373
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Erfolgreiche Forschung und Entwicklung nach Unternehmensakquisitionen: Eine empirische Untersuchung der Post Merger Integrationsprozesse
Grimpe, Christoph - 2005
Die Zusammenführung von Forschungs- und Entwicklungsbereichen als Folge einer Fusion oder Akquisition erfordert in der Regel ein umfassendes Integrationsprojekt, um die Innovationsfähigkeit des Unternehmens auch in Zukunft sicherzustellen. Auf Basis eines konzeptionellen Bezugsrahmens erfolgt...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297456
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Arbeitszufriedenheit und Fluktuation im Post Merger Integrationsprozess
Grimpe, Christoph - 2005
Zahlreiche Studien weisen auf hohe Misserfolgsquoten von Unternehmenszusammenschlüssen hin, messen dies jedoch vor allem anhand finanzieller Indikatoren, während eine mitarbeiterbezogene Betrachtung unterbleibt. Kritisch wird die Situation, wenn hochqualifizierte, aber unzufriedene...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297488
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Integration and Reorganisation of Industrial R&D: Deficits and Perspectives of Empirical Research
Grimpe, Christoph - 2005
The combination of research and development units following a merger or an acquisition usually requires a broad and widespread integration project to ensure that a company?s innovative capabilities are carried forward into the future. Previous research has shown, however, that the combined...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297500
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Active owners and the failure of newly adopted works councils
Jirjahn, Uwe; Mohrenweiser, Jens - 2013
Using representative data from the IAB Establishment Panel, we show that employees in establishments with active owners are less likely to introduce a works council. Moreover, we show that, in case of an introduction, the new works council is less likely to survive if active owners are present....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010324133
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What are the priorities of bureaucrats? Evidence from conjoint experiments with procurement officials
Tukiainen, Janne; Blesse, Sebastian; Bohne, Albrecht; … - 2021
outcomes. We focus on a major public sector activity and survey more than 900 real-life procurement officials in Finland and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012498741
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Performance feedback and job search behavior: Empirical evidence from linked employer-employee data
Pohlan, Laura; Steffes, Susanne - 2022
In this paper, we study whether performance feedback can serve as an instrument for firms to increase employee retention. Feedback on the relative performance may affect individual job search behavior differently depending on workers' relative rank among their peers. In line with these...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013412969
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How do managers form their expectations about working from home? Survey experiments on the perception of productivity
Erdsiek, Daniel; Rost, Vincent - 2023
to offer WFH. We leverage two survey experiments among nearly 800 knowledge-intensive services firms in Germany to … increases managers' willingness to adopt or intensify WFH policies. Combining our main survey experiment with two follow … WFH intensity after the Covid-19 pandemic. A complementary survey experiment confirms our results pointing to a causal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014313930
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Erfolgreiche Forschung und Entwicklung nach Unternehmensakquisitionen: Eine empirische Untersuchung der Post Merger Integrationsprozesse
Grimpe, Christoph - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2005
Die Zusammenführung von Forschungs- und Entwicklungsbereichen als Folge einer Fusion oder Akquisition erfordert in der Regel ein umfassendes Integrationsprojekt, um die Innovationsfähigkeit des Unternehmens auch in Zukunft sicherzustellen. Auf Basis eines konzeptionellen Bezugsrahmens erfolgt...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097726