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Touffut, Jean-Philippe (contributor) - 2009

Do modes of management depend on company ownership? Does macroeconomic performance rely on shareholder value? The contributions collected in this book explore these questions from economic, historical and legal perspectives. They examine company ownership through the study of national...

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Human Resource Management and Performance in the Service Sector : The Case of Bank Branches

Bartel, Ann P. - 2000

This paper utilizes a unique dataset collected through site visits to extend the analysis of the relationship between the human resource management environment and establishment performance to the service sector, specifically the branch operations of a large bank. Case studies of several...

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The Role of Industry, Occupation, and Location-Specific Knowledge in the Survival of New Firms

Figueroa, C. Jara - 2018

How do regions acquire the knowledge they need to diversify their economic activities? How does the migration of workers among firms and industries contribute to the diffusion of that knowledge? Here we measure the industry, occupation, and location specific knowledge carried by workers from one...

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Corporate Flexibility in a Time of Crisis

Barry, John W.; Campello, Murillo; Graham, John R.; Ma, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

We use the COVID shock to study the direct and interactive effects of several forms of corporate flexibility on short- and long-term real business plans. We find that i) workplace flexibility, namely the ability for employees to work remotely, plays a central role in determining firms'...

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Human Capital Reallocation Across Firms : Evidence from Idiosyncratic Shocks

Gilje, Erik P.; Taillard, Jerôme P.; Zeng, Linghang - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

We study human capital reallocation following firm-specific idiosyncratic shocks. Theory offers diverging predictions as to whether human capital gets reallocated to its most productive use following these shocks. To empirically test these predictions, we focus on relegation battles in the...

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Connective Capital as Social Capital : The Value of Problem-Solving Networks for Team Players in Firms

Ichniowski, Casey - 2009

Traditional human capital theory emphasizes a worker's investment in knowledge. However, when a worker is faced with day-to-day problems on the job, the solutions to the problems often require more knowledge from a team of experts within the firm. When a worker taps into the knowledge of...

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Adoption and Termination of Employee Involvement Programs

Chi, Wei - 2007

This study uses a 10-year longitudinal database on U.S. manufacturing establishments to analyze the dynamics of the adoption and termination of employee involvement programs (EI). We show that firms' use of EI has not grown continuously, but rather introduce and terminate EI policies in ways...

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Motivating Employee-Owners in ESOP Firms : Human Resource Policies and Company Performance

Kruse, Douglas - 2003

What enables some employee ownership firms to overcome the free rider problem and motivate employees to improve performance? This study analyzes the role of human resource policies in the performance of employee ownership companies, using employee survey data from 14 companies and a national...

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Handbook of research on small business and entrepreneurship

Chell, Elizabeth (contributor); … - 2014

This insightful Handbook focuses on behaviour, performance and relationships in small and entrepreneurial firms. It introduces a variety of contemporary topics, research methods and theoretical frameworks that will provide cutting edge analysis, stimulate thought, raise further questions and...

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SME performance : separating myth from reality

Watson, John - 2010

researchers and practitioners. This enlightening book investigates the pitfalls which have affected the assessment of SME …pt. 1. Background -- pt. 2. SME performance -- pt. 3. Comparing the performance of female- and male-controlled SMEs … -- pt. 4. Growth financing for SMEs -- pt. 5. Networking and SME performance -- pt. 6. Conclusions …

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