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Why Do Firms Train Apprentices? The Net Cost Puzzle Reconsidered
Mohrenweiser, Jens; Zwick, Thomas - 2008
analyse the impact of the proportion of different occupational groups of apprentices on firm performance. We use … firm performance: the companies cover their training costs immediately. In contrast, companies with apprentices in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298028
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Gender differences in business success of German start-up firms
Gottschalk, Sandra; Niefert, Michaela - 2011
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010304461
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Gender diversity in corporate boards: Evidence from quota-implied discontinuities
Kuzmina, Olga; Melentyeva, Valentina - 2021
Using data across European corporate boards, we investigate the effects of quota-induced female representation on firm value and operations, under minimal identification assumptions. We consider sharp increases in the share of women on boards that arise due to rounding whenever percentage-based...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012439333
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Is there a Difference? The Performance Characteristics of SRI Equity Indexes
Schröder, Michael - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2005
markets. This study analyses whether a SRI screening process applied to equities results in a different performance outcome … performance effects of SRI screens. The 29 SRI stock indexes are analysed by single-factor models with benchmarks that closely …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005098046
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Why Do Firms Train Apprentices? The Net Cost Puzzle Reconsidered
Mohrenweiser, Jens; Zwick, Thomas - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2008
analyse the impact of the proportion of different occupational groups of apprentices on firm performance. We use … firm performance: the companies cover their training costs immediately. In contrast, companies with apprentices in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005098072
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The value of publicly available, textual and non-textual information for startup performance prediction
Kaiser, Ulrich; Kuhn, Johan M. - 2020
startup characteristics to forecast the performance of newly started enterprises over a five years' time horizon. The … performance outcomes we consider are involuntary exit, above{average employment growth, a return on assets of above 20 percent … predict startup performance with either high or very high accuracy with the exception of high returns on assets where …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012196429
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Estimation of sectoral elasticities of substitution along the international technology frontier
Baccianti, Claudio - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2013
Sectoral heterogeneity is crucial to address several economic questions. This paper provides a detailed mapping of sectoral production possibility frontiers, using different nesting structures and levels of aggregation (primary, secondary, tertiary activities and energy-intensive firms)....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010957585
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The livelihood effects of industrialization on displaced households: Evidence from falta special economic zone, West Bengal
Paul, Saumik; Sarma, Vengadeshvaran - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2013
Much of the debate on industrialization and displacement has, so far, focused on the optimum compensation for affected households. Our recently concluded study, comprising of a sample of 1017 households including 630 affected (displaced and land acquired) and 387 unaffected households, looks at...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010957656
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A look at both sides of the coin: Investigating the protective and the disclosure effect of patenting
Heger, Diana; Zaby, Alexandra K. - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2013
This paper presents a theoretical and empirical investigation of the two basic effects of patenting: the positive effect of temporarily mitigating competition, and the negative effect of mandatory disclosure of a patent application. Providing empirical evidence for the presented theoretical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010957766
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Allocation of human capital and innovation at the frontier: Firm-level evidence on Germany and the Netherlands
Bartelsmann, Eric; Dobbelaere, Sabien; Peters, Bettina - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2014
performance is higher in all industries, except for low-technology manufacturing, and in the Netherlands the innovation … performance distributions are more dispersed. In both countries, we observe non-linearities in the productivity effects of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010985700