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A Field Experiment in Motivating Employee Ideas
Gibbs, Michael; Neckermann, Susanne; Siemroth, Christoph - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
crowding out. Our findings suggest that rewards can improve innovation and creativity, and that there may be a tradeoff between …
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Innovation, Productivity, and Training
Dostie, Benoit - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
stock through firm-sponsored training might lead to more innovation. We test this hypothesis using detailed data on firms …' human capital investments and innovation performance, the Canadian longitudinal linked employer-employee data from 1999 … training leads to more product and process innovation, with on-the-job training playing a role that is as important as …
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Innovation, Inequality and a Golden Rule for Growth in an Economy with Cobb-Douglas Function and an R&D Sector
Welfens, Paul J. J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
capital is positively influenced by the size of the R&D sector, sheds new light on innovation and growth as well as income …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011265664
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Innovation and the Determinants of Firm Survival
Buddelmeyer, Hielke; Jensen, Paul H.; Webster, Elizabeth - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
While many firms compete through the development of new technologies and products, it is well known that new-to-the-world … innovation is inherently risky and therefore may increase the probability of firm death. However, many existing studies … fail to distinguish between innovation investments and innovation capital. Using an unbalanced panel of over 290 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822226
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How Much Does Immigration Boost Innovation?
Hunt, Jennifer; Gauthier-Loiselle, Marjolaine - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
We measure the extent to which skilled immigrants increase innovation in the United States by exploring individual …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005823001
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The Wider Economic Impacts of High-Skilled Migrants: A Survey of the Literature
Nathan, Max - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
In recent years, the economics of migration literature has shown a substantial growth in papers exploring host country impacts beyond the labour market. Specifically, researchers have begun to shift their attention from labour market and fiscal changes, towards exploring what we might call...
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Innovation and SMEs Patent Propensity in Korea
Han, Junghee; Heshmati, Almas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
automotive parts industry, is negatively related with propensity to patent innovation. Also, unlike expectations, the InnoBiz …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011143944
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The Value of Hiring through Referrals
Burks, Stephen V.; Cowgill, Bo; Hoffman, Mitchell; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
Employee referrals are a very common means by which firms hire new workers. Past work suggests that workers hired via referrals often perform better than non-referred workers, but we have little understanding as to why. In this paper, we demonstrate that this is primarily because referrals allow...
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Does Gender Matter for Firm Performance? Evidence from Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Sabarwal, Shwetlena; Terrell, Katherine - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
Using 2005 firm level data for 26 ECA countries, this paper estimates performance gaps between male- and female-owned businesses, while controlling for their location by industry and country. We find that female entrepreneurs have significantly smaller scale of operations (as measured by sales...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005700969
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Determinants of Managerial Values on Corporate Social Responsibility: Evidence from China
Zu, Liangrong; Song, Lina - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
This paper empirically investigates how Chinese executives and managers perceive and interpret corporate social responsibility (CSR), to what extent firms’ productive characteristics influence managers’ attitudes towards their CSR rating, and whether their values in favour of CSR are...
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