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We use daily administrative data from a leading automobile manufacturer to study the organizational impacts of introducing new models to the auto assembly line. We first show that costly defects per vehicle spike when new models are introduced. As a response, the firm trains in problem-solving...
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We investigate the relation of further training and employees' affective commitment. In doing so, we distinguish between a support effect and a participation effect: On the one hand we analyze how a firm's general support for further training is associated with the affective commitment of their...
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labour markets and differences in corporate innovation, firm structure and resilience. While firm training can be an …
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markets and differences in corporate innovation, firm structure and resilience. While firm training can be an important …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013405862
We investigate the relation of further training and employees' affective commitment. In doing so, we distinguish between a support effect and a participation effect: On the one hand we analyze how a firm's general support for further training is associated with the affective commitment of their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012923222
in innovation. However, it is less evident the extent to which these investments reinforce the impact of one another on … innovation. This paper sheds some light on this issue by analyzing the decision to innovate and the intensity of innovation …
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establishment data on various aspects of training practices and innovation activities in Germany, the paper examines the degree … works councils as an instrument for a firm’s total training activities that correlate with innovation, and weak support when … we consider only generalized training and innovation. Finally, no significant relation is found between training …
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This paper analyzes the returns to training that was co-financed by the German voucher program Bildungsprämie. The estimation strategy compares outcomes of participants in voucher training with voucher recipients who intended to participate in training, but did not do so because of a random...
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Using longitudinal data for Canada, we analyze the incidence and wage returns to employer supported course enrollment for men and women. Availability of confidential data, along with a relatively rich set of observable covariates, lead us to the estimation of difference-in-differences matching...
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This paper analyzes the returns to training that was co-financed by the German voucher program "Bildungsprämie". The estimation strategy compares outcomes of participants in voucher training with voucher recipients who intended to participate in training, but did not do so because of a random...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010519112