literature on diversity argues that heterogeneity can have a positive as well as a detrimental effect on team outputs. Our paper …). We find that a rise in the average age of a company's workforce has a negative impact on innovation, but age diversity …

Diversität, Teams, Alter, Innovation … formation of innovation teams will become a central task for many companies. Based on two laboratory studies, this thesis …

heterogeneity and correct for stock-sampling. We find a positive effect of mixed-aged team work on employment duration and a …

harmful to the probability of process innovation based on IT. Leaving the negative relationship between older workers and the …. Thus, not older workers in general are harmful to firms' innovation capabilities, but older workers who lack the …

Growth in advanced economies is essentially driven by innovation activities. From a demographic point of view the … question rises, whether the trend of an ageing workforce will affect the innovation capacities of these economies. To answer … model, relating a firm's innovation potential to the age composition of its employees. The analysis provides evidence of …

harmful to the probability of process innovation based on IT. Leaving the negative relationship between older workers and the …. Thus, not older workers in general are harmful to firms' innovation capabilities, but older workers who lack the … appropriate IT skills. -- Process innovation ; information technology ; older workers …