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The organization of knowledge in multinational firms
Gumpert, Anna - 2015
This paper provides the first in-depth study of the organization of knowledge in multinational firms. The paper develops a theoretical model that studies how firms optimally split knowledge between their headquarters and their production plants if communication costs impede the access of...
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Firm responses to high-speed internet
Steimer, Henrike - 2020
Does access to the broadband internet stimulate firm growth? In this paper, I analyze within-firm growth of established … firms caused by the access to faster internet using geocoded social-security data. I identify firm responses to the access … to the first generation of broadband internet and later speed upgrades by exploiting technological peculiarities of the …
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Information, financial aid and training participation : evidence from a randomized field experiment
Görlitz, Katja; Tamm, Marcus - 2016
To increase employee participation in training activities, the German government introduced a large-scale training voucher program in 2008 that reduces training fees by half. Based on a randomized field experiment, this paper analyzes whether providing information about the existence and the...
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Determinants of work-related training : an investigation of observed and unobserved firm-, job- and worker-heterogeneity
Steffes, Susanne; Warnke, Arne Jonas - 2019
One of the most important policy goals in industrialized countries is to increase the skill level of the labor force by life-long-learning strategies. In this paper our aim is to explain to what extent the variation in training investments is determined either by (observed and unobserved)...
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Trainspotting: "good jobs", training and skilled immigration
Mountford, Andrew; Wadsworth, Jonathan - 2019
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Does regional training supply determine employees’ training participation?
Görlitz, Katja; Rzepka, Sylvi - 2014 - Version: March 2014
Using data from the National Educational Panel Study of 2009/2010, this paper investigates the relationship between regional training supply and employees ́training participation. Controlling for other regional factors such as the local unemployment rate, the educational level, the population...
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The provision of training in Britain : case studies of inter-firm coordination
Gospel, Howard F. (contributor); Foreman, Jim (contributor) - 2002 - [Elektronische Ressource]
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Minimum wages and on-the-job training
Acemoglu, Daron (contributor);  … - 2002 - [Elektronische Ressource]
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Voraussetzungen einer guten betrieblichen Weiterbildungspraxis : Ergebnisse aus zehn Fallstudien in 'Best-Practice'-Betrieben
Wotschack, Philip; Solga, Heike - 2013
Nach Daten des Instituts für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) hat 2011 nur jeder zweite Betrieb Weiterbildungsmaßnahmen zeitlich oder finanziell gefördert. Die Weiterbildungsquote der Beschäftigten lag bei weniger als einem Drittel. Bestimmte Gruppen, wie gering qualifizierte oder...
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The wage profile and investment in on-the-job training
Rice, P. G. - 1983
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