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This paper gives an account of a real in-depth case study showing the successful application of internal benchmarking to a complex industrial environment. It focuses on improving the efficiency of the 'Distribution Logistics' process of a multinational cable manufacturer spanning three...
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German automotive suppliers started operating their manufacturing plants in China without much strategic planning or thoughtful implementation of the value stream, hastily pursuing the enormous promise of the fastest growing automobile market in the world. The objective of this paper is to...
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trading relationships are formed. The third set of papers focuses on immigration, offering a rigorous theoretical analysis of … the so-called immigration surplus as well as an econometric estimation of the gains and pain that Germany has forgone by … initially restricting immigration from new EU member countries after the EU's Eastern enlargement in 2004. And finally, the book …
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Purpose – Because of the increasing importance of immigration for Germany due to the ageing population and the lack of … who are less skilled. In addition, the results give substantial information considering the design of German immigration …
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Purpose – This paper aims to analyze the welfare use of Turkish immigrants and natives in Germany. The authors ask whether the immigrant-native gap in welfare use can be explained by observable characteristics, whether the mechanisms behind welfare dependence differ for Turkish immigrants and...
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challenge, acting in concert with immigration, is that the German population will become more diverse over time. Perhaps the …
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Using the 2003 National Survey of College Graduates, I examine how immigrants perform relative to natives in activities likely to increase U.S. productivity, according to the type of visa on which they first entered the United States. Immigrants who first entered on a student/trainee visa or a...
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Immigration to the UK, particularly among more educated workers, has risen appreciably over the past 30 years and as … such has raised labor supply. However studies of the impact of immigration have failed to find any significant effect on …, namely that in the UK natives and foreign born workers are imperfect substitutes. We show that immigration has primarily …
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