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Does initial vocational training foster innovativeness at the company level? : evidence from German establishment data

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Efficiency and economies of scale in academic knowledge production

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Management practices drive productivity: But not without human capital

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Healthy business? : managerial rducation and management in healthcare

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We investigate the link between hospital performance and managerial education by collecting a large database of … offering both medical education and business education have higher management quality, more MBA trained managers and lower … mortality rates. This is true compared to the distance to universities that offer only business or medical education (or neither …

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The Transaction Costs Perspective on Standards as a Source of Trade and Productivity Growth

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The transaction costs perspective on standards as a source of trade and productivity growth

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Leveraging SME finance through value chains in Kazakhstan

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Leveraging SME finance through value chains in Kazakhstan

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