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Does innovation stimulate employment? : a firm-level analysis using comparable micro-data from four uropean countries
Harrison, Rupert; Jaumandreu Balanzo, Jordi; Mairesse, … - 2008
This paper studies the impact of process and product innovations introduced by firms on employment growth in these firms. A simple model that relates employment growth to process innovations and to the growth of sales separately due to innovative and unchanged products is developed and estimated...
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Measuring Selectivity-Corrected Gender Wage Gaps in the EU
Heinze, Anja; Beninger, Denis; Beblo, Miriam; Laisney, … - 2003
We investigate different techniques to assess the gender pay gap in five EU countries (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and United Kingdom), focusing on self-selection into market work. Results show that selectivity correction has an impact on both wage estimates and wage gap decomposition. If...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297340
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Geographic Labour Mobility and Unemployment Insurance in Europe
Tatsiramos, Konstantinos - 2004
Conventional wisdom suggests that unemployment benefits create a stronger geographic attachment by lowering the willingness of the unemployed to accept job offers. We assess empirically the effect of benefits on geographic labour mobility using individual data from the European Community...
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The mixed economy of long-term care in England, Germany, Italy, and Spain
Rothgang, Heinz (contributor) - 2004
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009406035
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Fit and complementarity : cognitive distance and combined competence as predictors of co-operative R&D projects' outcomes in Europe
Zibell, Laurent; Allen, Peter M. - 2009
This article considers cognitive distance and combined competence as predictors of concrete outcomes in co-operative Research and Development projects. The operationalisation is based upon a dedicated survey, answered by matched pairs of projects managers in partnering organisations, addressing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003902965
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Vom Staatsdiener zum Dienstleister? : Veränderungen öffentlicher Beschäftigungssysteme in Deutschland, Großbritannien, Frankreich und Schweden
Hils, Sylvia; Streb, Sebastian - 2010
Im vorliegenden Arbeitspapier werden die öffentlichen Beschäftigungssysteme der Länder Deutschland, Frankreich …, Großbritannien und Schweden im Vergleich dargestellt. Untersucht wird inwiefern - ausgehend von im Ländervergleich ähnlichen … Beschäftigungsregulierung und des Personalsystems stattgefunden haben. Dabei zeigen sich in Großbritannien und Schweden erhebliche …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003931836
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Insiders, outsiders and the politics of corporate governance : how ownership shapes party positions in Britain, Germany and France
Callaghan, Helen - 2007
This paper argues that differences in the dispersion of corporate ownership can help explain why party positions on corporate governance vary across countries and over time. Expectations that left/right conflicts should pitch capital against labor overlook that "capitalʺ is not a homogenous...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003573474
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Convergence patterns in accounting regulation : six country cases of the transforming regulatory landscape
Zimmermann, Jochen; Kilian, Jan-Philipp; Schymczyk, Johannes - 2010
goldenen Zeitalter des Nationalstaats bis heute. Dies erfolgt für die sechs größten OECD Staaten, Deutschland, Frankreich, das …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003963155
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The forgotten resource: corporate governance and employee board-level representation : the situation in France, the Netherlands, Sweden and the UK
Fulton, Lionel (contributor) - 2007
Corporate governance - the way that major businesses are run - has been of in-creasing concern in recent years. Financial scandals in companies like Enron and WorldCom, as well as similar problems in Europe, have resulted in most major countries introducing corporate governance codes. However,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011342051
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Corporate monitoring by blockholders in Europe : empirical evidence of managerial disciplining in Belgium, France, Germany, and the UK
Dherment-Ferere, Isabelle; Köke, F. Jens; Renneboog, Luc - 2001
This study examines managerial disciplining in poorly performing firms using large panels for Belgian, French, German and UK firms. We consider the monitoring role of large blockholders, the market for share blocks, creditors, and non-executive directors. Board restructuring is correlated to...
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