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We're on a road to nowhere... new forms of work organization and national cultures
Ferreira, Pedro - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
The main objective of this paper is to discuss how far the cultural environment is related to the potential that new forms of work organization, namely autonomy and teamwork, have for success. To accomplish this objective two main approaches will be used: on the one hand, the Socio-Technical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009647336
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Impact of social capital on flexible work organisation models: comparative study of european countries
Ferreira, Pedro; Vieira, Elvira; Neira, Isabel - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
The present economic context is heavily marked by a global crisis without precedents. Facing this constraint, companies feel pressured to undertake even greater efforts in order to optimize available resources. Work organisation is one of the mechanisms that managers use to align human resources...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009647419
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CAUSES OF BANKRUPTCY IN EUROPE AND CROATIA
Novak, Branko; Sajter, Domagoj - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
-Saxon legislative theory and practice is relatively different from those of mainland Europe, therefore making it attractive for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005789381
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African Migration to Europe:Obscured Responsibilities and Common Misconceptions
Kohnert, Dirk - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
The number of migrants from conflict regions in Africa has been increasing dramatically. The European Union shares dual responsibility for the continuing migration pressure: First, because they fostered over decades corrupt and autocratic regimes with dire disregard to principles of ‘good...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005789935
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Analysing the contribution of business services to European economic growth
Kox, Henk L.M.; Rubalcaba, Luis - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
The sector business services contributes directly and indirectly to aggregate economic growth in Europe. The direct …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005790451
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Business services and the changing structure of European economic growth
Kox, Henk L.M.; Rubalcaba, Luis - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
A pervasive trend that characterised the past two decades of European economic growth is that the share in the economy of commercial services, and particularly business services, grows monotonically, and this mainly to the expense of the manufacturing sector. The structural shift reflects a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004980398
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Romania, Part of the European Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (Migration, Asylum, Borders)
Simina, Ovidiu Laurian - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005
migrant. If they all lived in the same place, it would be the world’s fifth-largest country (BBC, 2004). In Europe, as …-western Europe but increasingly also in other regions, and the odds are that many more immigrants will follow in the coming decades … migration regimes in northern and southern Europe require differentiated policy approaches. More importantly, migration policies …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008587825
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Do Large Governments Decrease Happiness?
Sequeira, Tiago; Minas, Tiago; Ferreira-Lopes, Alexandra - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
Until now there was little evidence of the influence of large governments on happiness and when it existed, it was positive. We show that structural government consumption and other measures of long-term government imbalances significantly decrease happiness and life satisfaction in European...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011109823
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The Great Recession: a comparison of recession magnitudes in Europe, USA and Japan
Mazurek, Jiří - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
In this article recession magnitudes in Europe, the USA and Japan during the Great Recession are compared. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011258149
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Innovative Concepts in the Regional Policy of the Czech Republic
Skokan, Karel - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
The new paradigm of regional policy is based more on competitiveness, innovation and internal potential of regions than on balancing regional disparities by public aid only. Innovation policies are being established and implemented at national and regional levels covering relatively a broad...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005617117