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Beyond Penrose : A Cognitive Theory of the Firm
Nooteboom, B. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2006
This paper uses a cognitive theory of firms and organizations, with a focus on learning and innovation.Here, cognition … collaboration between firms, for learning and innovation, in the combination of capabilities between rather than within the firm …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011090370
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Formation of Heterogeneous Skills and Wage Growth
Yamaguchi, Shintaro - Department of Economics, McMaster University - 2009
This paper examines how primitive skills associated with occupations are formed and rewarded in the labor market over the careers of men. The objective task complexity measurement from the Dictionary of Occupational Titles enables a more direct look into the primitive skills of workers. I show...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008546325
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Career and Skill Formation: A Dynamic Occupational Choice Model with Multidimensional Skills
Yamaguchi, Shintaro - Department of Economics, McMaster University - 2007
The goal of the paper is two-folds. First, I construct and estimate a dynamic structural occupational choice model at the three-digit classification level, in which different occupations involve different mix of tasks. Second, I conduct a counterfactual simulation using the estimated model, to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005405461
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Where Would You Turn for Help? Older Adults’ Awareness of Community Health and Support Services for Dementia Care
Denton, Margaret; Ploeg, Jenny; Tindale, Joseph; … - Department of Economics, McMaster University - 2010
Previous findings on older adults’ awareness of community support services (CSSs) have been inconsistent and marred by acquiescence or over-claiming bias. To address this issue, this study used a series of 12 vignettes to describe common situations faced by older adults for which CSSs might be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008465845
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Where Would You Turn For Help? Older Adults’ Knowledge and Awareness of Community Support Services
Denton, Margaret; Ploeg, Jenny; Tindale, Joseph; … - Department of Economics, McMaster University - 2009
Community support services (CSSs) enable persons coping with health or social problems to maintain the highest possible level of social functioning and quality of life. Access to these services is challenging because of the multiplicity of small agencies providing these services and the lack of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005404398
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Where Would You Turn For Help? Older Adults’ Knowledge and Awareness of Community Support Services
Denton, Margaret; Ploeg, Jenny; Tindale, Joseph; … - Department of Economics, McMaster University - 2009
Community support services (CSSs) enable persons coping with health or social problems to maintain the highest possible level of social functioning and quality of life. Access to these services is challenging because of the multiplicity of small agencies providing these services and the lack of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005405518
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Where Would You Turn for Help? Older Adults’ Awareness of Community Support Services
Denton, Margaret; Ploeg, Jenny; Tindale, Joseph; … - Department of Economics, McMaster University - 2010
Previous findings on older adults’ awareness of community support services (CSSs) have been inconsistent and marred by acquiescence or over-claiming bias. To address this issue, this study used a series of 12 vignettes to describe common situations faced by older adults for which CSSs might be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008568475
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Derivation of Monotone Decision Models from Non-Monotone Data
Daniëls, H.A.M.; Velikova, M.V. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2003
The objective of data mining is the extraction of knowledge from databases. In practice, one often encounters … difficulties with models that are constructed purely by search, without incorporation of knowledge about the domain of application …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011092627
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Integrating Economic Knowledge in Data Mining Algorithms
Daniëls, H.A.M.; Feelders, A.J. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2001
The assessment of knowledge derived from databases depends on many factors. Decision makers often need to convince … others about the correctness and effectiveness of knowledge induced from data.The current data mining techniques do not … contribute much to this process of persuasion.Part of this limitation can be removed by integrating knowledge from experts in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011092720
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Decentralization, Interdependence and Performance Measurement System Design : Sequences and Priorities
Bouwens, Jan; Abernethy, M.; van Lent, L.A.G.M. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2001
of those choices, namely, subunit interdependencies and knowledge transfer costs.We test our predictions with a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011092876