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The Impact of Financialization on Management and Employment Outcomes
Batt, Rosemary; Appelbaum, Eileen - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2013
This paper examines three questions: 1) How and why have financial models of doing business emerged in the last three decades? 2) What new forms of financial capitalism have become important in the current period? 3) How do new financial intermediaries, such as private equity, and the financial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010633024
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Concession contract renegotiations : some efficiency versus equity dilemmas
Estache, Antonio - 2001
If having firm-driven renegotiations of contracts for infrastructure services is a major concern, efficiency should not be the only consideration in selecting an operator, indeed, consumers may want to award the concession to a less efficient firm if that would reduce the probability of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010523932
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Risk shifting and long-term contracts : evidence from the Ras Gas Project
Dailami, Mansoor - 2000
Risk shifting and incomplete contracting lie at the heart of the agency relationship inherent in the procurement and financing of large-scale projects such as power plants, oil and gas pipelines, and liquefied natural gas facilities. An investigation of Ras Gas bonds provides empirical evidence...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010524256
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The Effects of Temporary Services and Contracting Out on Low-Skilled Workers: Evidence from Auto Suppliers, Hospitals, and Public Schools
Erickcek, George; Houseman, Susan; Kalleberg, Arne - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2002
We examine why employers use temporary agency and contract company workers and the implications of these practices for … outsourcing. Adverse effects on compensation are clearest when companies substitute agency temporaries or contract company workers …, organizations only contract out management functions or utilize agency temporaries for brief periods of time, with little direct …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005101987
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The Benefits Implications of Recent Trends in Flexible Staffing Arrangements
Houseman, Susan N. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2001
Workers in flexible staffing arrangements - including temporary agency, direct-hire temporary, on-call, and contract …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005116767