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Crescimento da produtividade e organização do trabalho: discussão de alguns factores
Moniz, António - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2002
organization, technology, infrastructures, product design). On the other hand, the capacity of innovation can be perceived by the … Portugal and other European countries, over all, during the decade of 90. An analysis for sector is made still. One verifies … Portugal, concluding that Portugal presents an enterprise structure predominantly based on small and very small companies, a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005837053
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Gender Differences in Occupational Mobility – Evidence from Portugal
Crespo, Nuno; Simoes, Nadia; Moreira, Sandrina B. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
Portugal in the period 1998-2009, we find that women have a lower probability of upward mobility and a higher probability of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260592
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Trends for the development of anthropocentric production systems in small less industrialised countries: The case of Portugal
Kovács, Ilona; Moniz, António - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1994
less industrialized member states of the European Union, specifically the case of Portugal, based on the report for the … considerations related to the socioeconomic factors affecting the prospects and conditions for APS in Portugal. APS is defined as a … stress the trends for the implementation and development of anthropocentric production systems in Portugal. …
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CONDITIONS OF INTER-FIRM CO-OPERATION IN A VIRTUAL ENTERPRISE CONCEPT : THE CASE OF AUTOMOTIVE SECTOR IN PORTUGAL
Moniz, António; Kovács, Ilona - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2000
One can assist to significant changes in the organisation of manufacturing systems during the last years. Lean production, network enterprise or the virtual enterprises are reference concepts of the re-organisation of manufacturing systems. Some authors mention a new enterprise paradigm, of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005623200
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The Development of Knowledge in Portugal: A Slow and Unsustainable Progress
Chagas Lopes, Margarida - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
Abstract Development of knowledge in Portugal occurred late and slowly, mainly as a result of political and … institutional factors which persisted with democracy. Amongst knowledge key areas, education, research and development (R&D) and … innovation advanced with frequent setbacks. This irregular behaviour induced very negative economic and social consequences given …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011168467
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Education, Development and Knowledge: New Forms of Unequal Change Under Globalization. The Case of SSA Countries
Chagas Lopes, MARGARIDA - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
Abstract Development of knowledge in Portugal occurred late and slowly, mainly as a result of political and … institutional factors which persisted with democracy. Amongst knowledge key areas, education, research and development (R&D) and … innovation advanced with frequent setbacks. This irregular behaviour induced very negative economic and social consequences given …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011111126
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Intangible training capital and productivity in Europe
O’Mahony, Mary; Peng, Fei - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
This paper employs industry data, derived from linking the EU LFS to productivity accounts from EU KLEMS, to examine workforce training and productivity in European Union original members states. Training activities are modelled as intangible investments by firms and cumulated to stocks so their...
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Human Capital Investment through Education and Training: an Overview
Dhaoui, Elwardi - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
We present in this paper the real importance and very contemporary human capital investment. Through a quantitative analysis, we present the level of human capital accumulation that countries are able to achieve. We also examine the significant part occupied by educational expenditure in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011262752
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Continuous Training, Job Satisfaction and Gender: An Empirical Analysis Using German Panel Data
Burgard, Claudia; Görlitz, Katja - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2011
Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), this paper analyzes the relationship between training and job satisfaction focusing in particular on gender differences. Controlling for a variety of socio-demographic, job and firm characteristics, we find a difference between males and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009220612
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Training and Unions
Booth, Alison L; Chatterji, Monojit - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1997
The paper examines the optimal level of training investment when trained workers are mobile, wage contracts are time-consistent, and training comprises both specific and general skills. It is shown that, in the absence of a social planner, the firm has ex-post monopsonistic power that drives...
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