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How to set budget caps for competitive grants
De Chiara, Alessandro; Iossa, Elisabetta - 2019
We study how funding agencies should set budget caps for competitive grants. We show that budget caps influence the researchers' submission strategy and, in particular, whether they steer their project choice towards the agencies' favorite projects, and the level of funds they request. The...
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Co-Determination, Efficiency, and Productivity
FitzRoy, Felix R.; Kraft, Kornelius - 2004
We present the first panel estimates of the productivity effects of the unique German institution of parity, board-level co-determination. Although our data span two severe recessions when labour hoarding costs of co-determination are probably highest, and the panel is too short to capture the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262174
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Organisational Leadership: How Much Does It Matter?
Haile, Getinet Astatike - 2022
We study the influence of leadership on organisational performance and worker wellbeing using data from the 2004 and … organisational performance, and an increase in worker wellbeing. Specifically, the estimates reveal that an increase in leadership … quality by one standard deviation increases organisational performance and worker job satisfaction by 0.27 and 0.73 standard …
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Organisational leadership : how much does it matter?
Haile, Getinet Astatike - 2022
We study the influence of leadership on organisational performance and worker wellbeing using data from the 2004 and … organisational performance, and an increase in worker wellbeing. Specifically, the estimates reveal that an increase in leadership … quality by one standard deviation increases organisational performance and worker job satisfaction by 0.27 and 0.73 standard …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013369315
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Does having the right visitor mix do the job? Applying an econometric shift-share model to regional tourism developments
Firgo, Matthias; Fritz, Oliver - 2016
important results: First, differences in long-run performance between regions are mostly related to idiosyncratic changes in the … several mega-events during the period observed seem to have left prolonged positive effects on the tourist performance of the … host regions. And third, performance appears uncorrelated with tourism intensity of a region. Thus, from a policy and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011630396
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The organization of public-private cooperation for productive development policies
Cornick, Jorge - 2013
Productive development policies (PDPs)-what used to be called industrial policies-are increasingly recognized as an essential part of the development toolkit, and the need for public-private cooperation is increasingly viewed as a key element for the successful design and implementation of such...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011314092
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The "resurrection" of industrial policy in the European Union and its impact on industrial policy in the New Member Countries
Török, Ádám; Csuka, Gyöngyi; Kovács, Bernadett; … - 2013
The aim of this study is to consider the main factors affecting the industrial policy in Central and Eastern European Countries (CEECs) by elucidating the issues such as; the connection between competitiveness and industrial policy, innovation, manufacturing, green growth and environment. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011410998
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Myanmar: Unlocking the Potential. A Strategy for High, Sustained, and Inclusive Growth
Findlay, Ronald; Park, Cyn-Young; Verbiest, Jean-Pierre A. - 2015
Recognizing the need to formulate policy strategies for the changes it faces, Myanmar started a multifaceted reform process in 2011. But speeding up development requires a multipronged but more coherent strategy targeted at strong and resilient growth, employment generation and, ultimately,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011432851
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Ethiopia's high growth and its challenges: Causes and prospects
Priewe, Jan - 2016
The paper analyses the enigmatic high growth in Ethiopia from 2004 to 2015 (10.9% p.a.) and gauges the prospects for the future. In 2000, Ethiopia was the poorest country on the globe in per capita GDP - a mere 124 USD in current prices. The main finding is that the take-off was driven by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011488626
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Innovation, Research and Development, and Productivity: Case Studies from Peru
Kuramoto, Juana - 2011
This paper analyzes quantitative findings on the innovative behavior of firms in the production chains of pisco and shoe manufacture in Peru, which are served by the network of Technological Innovation Centers (CITEs), the most important technology policy instrument available in Peru. These two...
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