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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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answer the question: What is the contribution of entrepreneurs to (i) employment generation and dynamics, (ii) innovation …, and (iii) productivity and growth, relative to the contributions of the entrepreneurs’ counterparts, i.e. the ‘control … growth and produce and commercialize high quality innovations. They are more satisfied than employees. More importantly …
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individual level, examining the relationship between religiosity and a broad set of pro- or anti-innovation attitudes in all five … waves of the World Values Survey (1980 to 2005). We thus relate eleven indicators of individual openness to innovation … innovation. …
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capital is positively influenced by the size of the R&D sector, sheds new light on innovation and growth as well as income …The innovative approach presented introduces a modified neoclassical growth model which includes a new bias of … technological progress in a quasi-endogenous growth model in which part of labor is used in the research & development sector. The …
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of product market regulation on mark-ups, firm dynamics, investment, employment, innovation productivity, and output … growth. A summary of what we learn from the econometric results concludes the paper. …
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This paper is an attempt to understand the effects of leaders on organizational performance. We argue for an ‘expert leader’ model of leadership. We differentiate between four kinds of leaders according to their level of inherent knowledge and industry experience. After controlling for...
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Innovation is key to technology adoption and creation, and to explaining the vast differences in productivity across … and within countries. Despite the central role of the entrepreneur in the innovation process, data limitations have … restricted standard analysis of the determinants of innovation to consideration of the role of firm characteristics. We develop a …
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output changes at an early stage. We illustrate the method with an evaluation of the impact of the 2008-2009 crisis in …
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economic crisis that began in 2008. It starts from the observation that the decline in employment and rise in unemployment in … arrangements in place before the crisis and discretionary reforms implemented during the crisis. Emphasis is placed on the role of … internal flexibility. At the same time, however, it appears that the crisis has – at least in some cases – contributed to a …
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With fortuitously timed data – collected before, during and after a major macro-financial crisis in Bulgaria – we … crisis and changing relative prices and the changing responsiveness of different groups of people to these incomes and prices …
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