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The impact of continuous training on a firm's innovations
Bauernschuster, Stefan; Falck, Oliver; Heblich, Stephan - 2008
implement them. Both of these knowledge-based elements of innovation can be attained through moderate labor force turnover in …Keeping up with rapid technological change necessitates constant innovation. Successful innovation depends on both … incumbent workers' knowledge, based on experience, and knowledge about the latest technologies, along with the skills needed to …
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The Impact of Continuous Training on a Firm’s Innovations
Bauernschuster, Stefan; Falck, Oliver; Heblich, Stephan - CESifo - 2008
implement them. Both of these knowledge-based elements of innovation can be attained through moderate labor force turnover in …Keeping up with rapid technological change necessitates constant innovation. Successful innovation depends on both … incumbent workers’ knowledge, based on experience, and knowledge about the latest technologies, along with the skills needed to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005405807
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Exploration or exploitation of knowledge from universities : does it make a difference?
Arvanitis, Spyridon; Wörter, Martin - In: Economics of innovation and new technology 24 (2015) 5/6, pp. 596-623
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International migration and "educated unemployment"
Stark, Oded; Fan, C. Simon - 2006
This paper provides a novel explanation of 'educated unemployment,' which is a salient feature of the labor markets in a number of developing countries. In a simple job-search framework we show that 'educated unemployment' is caused by the perspective of international migration, that is, by the...
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Human capital formation, asymmetric information, and the dynamics of international migration
Stark, Oded; Chau, Nancy H. - 1998
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Human capital depletion, human capital formation, and migration : a blessing in a "curse"
Stark, Oded; Helmenstein, Christian; … - 1998
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Inducing human capital formation : migration as a substitute for subsidies
Stark, Oded; Wang, Yong - 2001
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Why Would Some Migrants Choose to Engage in Degrading Work?
Stark, Oded; Fan, Chengze Simon - 2011
This paper develops a model of voluntary migration into degrading work. The essence of the model is a tension between two “bads” that which arises from being relatively deprived at home, and that which arises from engaging in humiliating work away from home. Balancing between these two...
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Inducing Human Capital Formation : Migration as a Substitute for Subsidies
Stark, Oded; Wang, Yong - 2002
When productivity is fostered by an individual's own human capital as well as by the economy-wide average level of human capital, individuals under-invest in human capital. The provision of subsidies for the formation of human capital, conditional on the subsidy being self-financed by tax...
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How Admitting Migrants with Any Skills Can Help Overcome a Shortage of Workers with Particular Skills
Stark, Oded; Byra, Lukasz - 2018
A country that experiences a shortage of workers with particular skills naturally considers two responses: import skills or produce them. Skill import may result in large-scale migration, which will not be to the liking of the natives. Skill production will require financial incentives, which...
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