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THE ROLE OF LEARNING ORGANIZATIONS IN THE GROWING DISCUSSION ON SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

Esposito, Mark - HAL - 2010

, knowledge is actually becoming the principal value of reference in the new business model, and beyond business, may well prove … fast, lest many will fall behind and the “Knowledge Divide”, so much more important than the widely talked-about “Digital …

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THE ROLE OF LEARNING ORGANIZATIONS IN THE GROWING DISCUSSION ON SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

Esposito, Mark - HAL - 2010

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Comparing the Effectiveness of Employment Subsidies

Brown, Alessio J G; Merkl, Christian; Snower, Dennis J. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

This paper analyses theoretically and empirically how employment subsidies should be targeted. We contrast measures involving targeting workers with low incomes/abilities and targeting the unemployed under the criteria of "approximate welfare efficiency" (AWE). Thereby we can identify policies...

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Does the welfare state make older workers unemployable?

Saint-Paul, Gilles - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009

This paper discusses the specificities of the labor market for older workers. It discusses the implications of those specificities for the effect of labor market institutions on the employability of those workers. It shows that while unemployment benefits indexed backwards and hiring costs are...

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Retaining through training; even for older workers

Picchio, Matteo; Ours, Jan C van - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

This paper investigates whether on-the-job training has an effect on the employability of workers. Using data from the Netherlands we disentangle the true effect of training incidence from the spurious one determined by unobserved individual heterogeneity. We also take into account that there...

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Immigration, Offshoring and American Jobs

Ottaviano, Gianmarco; Peri, Giovanni; Wright, Greg C. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010

How many "American jobs" have U.S.-born workers lost due to immigration and offshoring? Or, alternatively, is it possible that immigration and offshoring, by promoting cost-savings and enhanced efficiency in firms, have spurred the creation of jobs for U.S. natives? We consider a multi-sector...

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A Positive Theory of Geographic Mobility and Social Insurance

Hassler, John; Mora, José V Rodríguez; Storesletten, … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001

This Paper presents a tractable dynamic general equilibrium model that can explain cross-country empirical regularities in geographical mobility, unemployment and labour market institutions. Rational agents vote over unemployment insurance (UI), taking the dynamic distortionary effects of...

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THE COGNITIVE INTERNATIONAL DIVISION OF LABOUR HYPOTHESIS: WHAT POSSIBLE EFFECTS FOR THAI LABOUR AND EDUCATION?

Jetin, Bruno - HAL - 2006

revolution that gives a special emphasis to knowledge ( ). Not all these trends are at work in developing countries … revolution and knowledge will impact Thailand in the near future because they are shaping a new international division of labour … leads us to define what we mean exactly by “knowledge” (part 1). We will then turn to the consequences on employment and …

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Does the Concept of “Community of Practice” Show New Trajectories for the Evolution of Industrial Districts?

Sedita, Silvia Rita - EconWPA - 2005

of Practice” (CoP) for understanding the dynamics of knowledge creation and sharing in Industrial Districts (IDs). The … repository” of knowledge. The source of the concept of agglomeration of firms in ID is completely different. Anyway, many …, it explains the three main concepts useful for understanding further argumentations: knowledge, ID, CoP. Next, it offers …

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Learning and Collusion in New Markets with Uncertain Entry Costs

Bloch, Francis; Fabrizi, Simona; Lippert, Steffen - HAL - 2011

This paper analyzes an entry timing game with uncertain entry costs. Two firms receive costless signals about the cost of a new project and decide when to invest. We characterize the equilibrium of the investment timing game with private and public signals. We show that competition leads the two...

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