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Discrete Innovation, Continuous Improvement,and Competitive Pressure
Ghosh, Arghya; Kato, Takao; Morita, Hodaka - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
Does competitive pressure foster innovation? In addressing this important question, priorstudies ignored a distinction … between discrete innovation aiming at entirely new technologyand continuous improvement consisting of numerous incremental …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005861521
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Revisiting the Complementarity between Educationand Training: The Role of Personality, Working Tasksand Firm Effects
Görlitz, Katja; Tamm, Marcus - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2012
This paper addresses the question to which extent the complementarity between educationand training can be attributed … at work are strong predictors of training participation whilepersonality traits are not. Once working tasks and other job … related characteristics arecontrolled for, the skill gap in training participation drops considerably for off …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009486878
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Development and Sources of Labor Productivityin Chinese Provinces
Su, Biwei; Heshmati, Almas - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2011
As China exhibited unprecedented rapid economic growth ever since its reform andopenness, the development and sources of labor productivity has gradually come to theforefront. This paper studies the development and the source of labor productivity in 31Chinese provinces during the period of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009486971
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Labor Productivity and Vocational Training:Evidence from Europe
Sala, Hector; Silva, José I. - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2011
In this paper we show that vocational training is an important determinant of productivitygrowth. We construct a multi …-country, multi-sectoral dataset, and quantify empirically to whatextent vocational training has contributed to increase the growth … rate of labor productivity inEurope between 1999 and 2005. We find that one extra hour of training per employeeaccelerates …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009486999
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Foreign Direct Investment,Black Economic Empowerment andLabour Productivity in South Africa
Mebratie, Anagaw Derseh; Bedi, Arjun S. - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2011
The impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) on domestically owned firms in developingcountries has been widely debated in the literature. It has been argued that FDI providesaccess to advanced technologies and other intangible assets which may spill over to the hostcountry and allow domestic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009522210
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Transitions to Entrepreneurship andIndustry-Specific Barriers
Lofstrom, Magnus; Bates, Timothy; Parker, Simon C. - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2011
Drivers of entrepreneurial entry are investigated in this study by examining how entry intosmall-business ownership is shaped by industry-specific constraints. The human- andfinancial-capital endowments of potential entrepreneurs entering firms in various industriesare shown to differ...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009522199
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The Adoption and Diffusion of OrganizationalInnovation: Evidence for the U.S. Economy
Lynch, Lisa M. - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
States during the 1990’s, I examine the incidenceand intensity of organizational innovation and the factors associated with … investments inorganizational innovation... …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005862804
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Entrepreneurial Innovation and Sustained Long-Run Growth without Weak or Strong Scale Effects
Grossmann, Volker - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008
R&D-based growth theory suggests that a larger population size raises either the long-run rate of economic growth (strong scale effect) or the level of per capita income (weak scale effect), with far-reaching policy implications. However, for modern times there is little empirical support for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005860470
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International Mobility of the Highly Skilled, Endogenous R&D, and Public Infrastructure Investment
Grossmann, Volker; Stadelmann, David - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008
This paper theoretically and empirically analyzes the interaction of emigration of highly skilled labor, an economy`s income gap to potential host economies of expatriates, and optimal public infrastructure investment. In a model with endogenous education and R&D investment decisions we show...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005860620
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Jobless Growth through Creative Destruction:Ireland´s Industrial Development Path 1972–2003
Li, Qi; Walsh, Patrick Paul; Whelan, Ciara - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
We document the nature of structural changes in employment to understand “jobless” growthin Irish Manufacturing in the aftermath of EEC/EU membership, 1972-2003. By 1972, fortyyears of protectionism and fifteen years of export promotion induced the coexistence of largeexporting plants with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005861173