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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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Retaining through Training; Even for OlderWorkers
van Ours, Jan; Picchio, M. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011091108
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Performance Pay, Training and Labor Mobility
Gielen, A. C. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2007
Market imperfections may cause firms and workers to under-invest in specific training. This paper shows that profit sharing may be a suitable instrument to enhance specific training investments, either by enhancing wage °exibility or by increasing the returns to training. As a result, profit...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011091474
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School Quality, Exam Performance and Career Choice
van soest, arthur; Dustmann, C.; Rajah, N. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 1998
The purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of school quality on performance in national exams and the career decision at age 16. We use micro data for the UK, which provides a rich set of variables on parental background, previous achievements, and community variables. We find that,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011091834
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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