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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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immigration for natives' labour market outcomes, as well as issues linked to immigrants' integration in the host … to immigration.<P>Les migrations dans les pays de l'OCDE : Impact sur le marché du travail et intégration<BR>Les pays de … marché du travail ont un rôle important à jouer afin de favoriser les ajustements économiques associés à l'immigration. …
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This working paper assesses the ease of immigrants' integration in OECD labour markets by estimating how an immigration …
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We analyse the impact of increased immigration on labour market outcomes of natives in Germany using a dataset of … county-level variables for the late 1980s. We study two measures of immigration, the change in the share of foreigners … unemployment. Taking account of the mean reversion in unemployment we find no detrimental effect of immigration. Similar results …
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