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Invest in the best or compensate the weak? An empirical analysis of the heterogeneity of a firm’s provision of human capital

Muehlemann, Samuel; Wolter, Stefan C.; Braendli, Romy - Institut für Strategie und Unternehmensökonomik … - 2013

The paper aims to test whether a firm’s provision of training depends on the intake quality of trainees. While a firm may just treat each trainee equally, independent of his or her intake quality, firms may alternatively also provide more training to less able individuals or focus on the most...

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The Costs of Recruiting Apprentices: Evidence from German Firm-Level Data

Muehlemann, Samuel; Pfeifer, Harald; Wenzelmann, Felix - Institut für Strategie und Unternehmensökonomik … - 2013

In this paper, we use firm-level data to analyse a firmÕs costs of recruiting apprentices in Germany. We find that recruitment costs amount on average to 600 Euros per hire (approximately one month of apprentice pay), but costs are heterogenous across firms and vary strongly with the training...

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The Effect of Performance Pay on the Retention of Apprenticeship Graduates: A Panel Data Analysis

Rinawi, Miriam; Backes-Gellner, Uschi - Institut für Strategie und Unternehmensökonomik … - 2014

A firm’s willingness to provide and pay for general training in the form of apprenticeship training crucially depends on whether it is able to recoup the training costs. A successful strategy is to retain the most productive apprentices after graduation. This article explores whether training...

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Hiring Costs for Skilled Workers and the Supply of Firm-Provided Training

Muehlemann, Samuel; Schenker, Samuel; Wolter, Stefan C.; … - Institut für Strategie und Unternehmensökonomik … - 2012

This paper analyzes how the costs of hiring skilled workers from the external labor market affect a firm's supply of training. Using administrative survey data with detailed information on hiring and training costs for Swiss firms, we find evidence for substantial and increasing marginal hiring...

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Growth challenges for the business services industry - international comparison and policy issues

Kox, Henk L.M. - EconWPA - 2003

national innovation systems. The study also analyses the factors behind this industry's poor productivity growth. A scenario …

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The contribution of business services to aggregate productivity growth

Kox, Henk L.M. - EconWPA - 2004

. The business services industry has an important role in the national innovation system and in knowledge spillovers to … other industries. The innovation contribution of business services to the rest of the economy may countervail the effect of … strengthening its role in knowledge spillovers to client industries. …

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Scale, scope and entrepreneurship

Bitros, George C. - EconWPA - 2004

geographically and function-ally. They promoted rapid innovation by resorting to systematic Research and Development ef- forts. And … innovation in the econ-omy. Hence, to the extent that policy makers strive to achieve the priorities of citizens, they are …

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Competitive Advantages of the Beira Interior (Portugal): A TOWS Approach

Ferreira, Joao; Leitao, Joao; Raposo, Mario - EconWPA - 2005

of analysis. Considering as unit of analysis the region of Beira Interior (Portugal), this article aims to provide a TOWS …

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