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The contextual effect of completion on the effectiveness of performance feedback
Nikiforow, Nicole; Wagener, Sebastian - In: Journal of Business Economics 91 (2020) 1, pp. 61-90
This study investigates the varying effect of performance feedback on performance, depending on the task context. Specifically, we analyze the state of completion (of a product or process) as an essential dimension of the task context. Using a laboratory experiment, we predict and find that...
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A Lean Six Sigma framework for the insurance industry: insights and lessons learned from a case study
Sandner, Kai; Sieber, Sebastian; Tellermann, Marleen; … - In: Journal of Business Economics 90 (2020) 5-6, pp. 845-878
It has long been recognized in the literature that the Lean and Six Sigma methodologies can complement each other fruitfully. So far, however, researchers have not been able to derive definitive conclusions on how to combine these methods; furthermore, there is little research on how to apply...
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Die Internationalisierung von kleinen und mittleren Unternehmen (KMU) und ihre Folgen für die Betriebliche Sozialordnung
Meyer, Andre - In: Industrielle Beziehungen 24 (2017) 3, pp. 347-371
Der Beitrag geht der Frage nach den Folgen von Internationalisierungsprozessen kleiner und mittlerer Unternehmen (KMU) für deren Betriebliche Sozialordnung nach. Als charakteristisch für kleinere und mittlere Unternehmen wird dabei der starke Bezug von Geschäftsführung und Beschäftigten auf...
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Die ostdeutsche Wirtschaft ist zu kleinteilig strukturiert
Arnold, Michael; Eickelpasch, Alexander; Fritsch, Michael; … - In: DIW Wochenbericht 82 (2015) 35, pp. 764-772
medium-sized companies. This Wochenbericht shows that in addition the East German companies' differing innovation and export …
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Technological intensity and innovation capability in industrial firms
Zawislak, Paulo Antônio; Fracasso, Edi Madalena; … - In: Innovation & Management Review 15 (2018) 2, pp. 189-207
Purpose: Over time, technological intensity has been used as a proxy for innovation capability of firms in an …. Therefore, this study aims to explore a potential association between technological intensity and innovation capability in firms … and the components of innovation capability proposed by Zawislak et al. (2012, 2013). Design/methodology/approach: The …
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The impact of competition with China in the US market on innovation in Mexican manufacturing firms
Meza González, Liliana; Sepulveda, Jaime Marie - In: Latin American Economic Review 28 (2019) 1, pp. 1-21
for the US market on the innovation efforts of the Mexican manufacturing sector. After controlling for the influence of … innovation of Mexican manufacturing firms in products, in processes, and for the world. Given that the quadratic positive effect …
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Deutschland hat Nachholbedarf in einigen Zukunftsindustrien
Brühl, Volker - In: Wirtschaftsdienst 100 (2020) 2, pp. 138-143
Die Wettbewerbsfähigkeit der deutschen Wirtschaft steht vor gewaltigen Herausforderungen. Traditionell starke Sektoren wie die Automobilindustrie oder der Maschinenbau befinden sich angesichts disruptiver Veränderungen durch neue Technologien, den Kampf gegen den Klimawandel und veränderte...
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Knowledge spillovers and future jobs
Audretsch, David B. - In: IZA World of Labor (2015)
Globalization brings both good and bad job news. The bad news is that jobs will be outsourced from high-cost developed countries into lower-cost locations as soon as the associated economic activity becomes mechanized and predictable. The good news is that globalization creates opportunities...
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Do product market reforms stimulate employment, investment, and innovation?
Schiantarelli, Fabio - In: IZA World of Labor (2016)
Most OECD countries have recently introduced product market reforms with the objective of lowering barriers to entry and increasing competition in many sectors, such as telecommunications, utilities, and transport. The timing and extent of regulatory reform have varied significantly, starting in...
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Institutional underpinnings of the development of knowledge sub-systems in Central and Eastern Europe
Karbowski, Adam - In: Ekonomista (2017) 1, pp. 30-46
Knowledge sub-system encompassing innovation, research and education is one of the key institutional domains that …
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