The impact of unions on firm performance has been the subject of debate and controversy in most industrialized … performance, the existing results lead us to consider unions not solely in terms of their costs for the company. Empirical results …

on the economic performance of firms. My analysis is conducted on a panel of 8,619 patenting firms including 968 green … energy patenters from 22 European countries over the period 2003 to 2010. I measure economic firm performance in terms of … innovation has a statistically significant negative impact on economic firm performance. In contrast, nongreen energy innovation …

employee engagement are independently associated with improvements in workplace performance. I consider the implications of the …

This study analyzes how individuals evaluate their peers' performance in a high stakes tournament in response to being … how age diverse groups affect individual performance in professional golf tournaments. The results show that peer and … superior evaluations as well as individual performance are lower in age diverse groups. Further evidence suggests that these …

has ignored possible dynamic effects: e.g., anticipating that team formation is based on prior performance will affect … prior performance. We test this hypothesis in a lab experiment with two stages of a real effort task. Participants first … performance. Our results are consistent with a simple investment-cum-matching model: pairing the worst performing individuals with …

performance of these linkages. In this paper we address this underexplored issue and aim to complement the rare examples of …

firm value through better performance in product markets and labor markets: Firms with a higher degree of corporate …

informed about their piece rate realization, they adapt their performance. One third of subjects nevertheless forego this …