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Innovation, productivity, and training
Dostie, Benoît - 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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010409776
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Corporate hierarchies under employee representation
Belloc, Filippo; Burdín, Gabriel; Landini, Fabio - 2020
This paper analyzes whether workplace employee representation (ER) affects the design of firm hierarchies. We rationalize the role of ER within a knowledge-based model of hierarchies, where the firm's choice of hierarchical layers depends on the trade-off between communication and knowledge...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012293686
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The impact of part-time work on firm total factor productivity : evidence from Italy
Devicienti, Francesco; Grinza, Elena; Vannoni, Davide - 2015
In this paper, we explore the impact of part-time work on firm productivity. Using a large panel data set of Italian corporations' balance sheets for the period 2000-2010, we first estimate the total factor productivity (TFP) of each firm for each year. We use different approaches aimed at...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011376310
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Innovation strategies and productivity growth in developing countries : evidence from Pakistan
Wadho, Waqar; Chaudhry, Azam - 2020
We examine the determinants of product, process, and organizational innovation, and their impact on firm labor … productivity using data from a unique innovation survey of firms in Pakistan. We find significant heterogeneity in the impact of … different innovations on labor productivity: Organizational innovation has the largest effect followed by process innovation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012158796
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Are education and entrepreneurial income endogenous and do family background variables make sense as instruments? : a Bayesian analysis
Block, Jörn; Hoogerheide, Lennart; Thurik, Adriaan R. - 2010 - Current version: February 2010
Education is a well-known driver of (entrepreneurial) income. The measurement of its influence, however, suffers from endogeneity suspicion. For instance, ability and occupational choice are mentioned as driving both the level of (entrepreneurial) income and of education. Using instrumental...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011380037
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Are education and entrepreneurial income endogenous and do family background variables make sense as instruments? : a Bayesian analysis
Block, Jörn; Hoogerheide, Lennart; Thurik, Adriaan R. - 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003973363
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Age and gender composition of the workforce, productivity and profits : evidence from a new type of data for German enterprises
Pfeifer, Christian; Wagner, Joachim - 2012
manufacturing industries in Germany. We use unique newly available data that for the first time combine information from the … manufacturing industries in Germany. We use unique newly available data that for the first time combine information from the … ; gender ; productivity ; profitability ; Germany …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009531984
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Age and gender composition of the workforce, productivity and profits : evidence from a new type of data for German enterprises
Pfeifer, Christian; Wagner, Joachim - 2012 - This version: 15.2.2012
manufacturing industries in Germany. We use unique newly available data that for the first time combine information from the … ; gender ; productivity ; profitability ; Germany …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009492405
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Managerial practices and students' performance
Di Liberto, Adriana; Schivardi, Fabiano; Sulis, Giovanni - 2014
centralized systems (Italy and Germany) lagging behind the more autonomous ones (Canada, Sweden, the UK, the US). For Italy, we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010408867
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Managerial practices and student performance : evidence from changes in school principals
Di Liberto, Adriana; Giua, Ludovica; Schivardi, Fabiano; … - 2023
We study how managerial practices of school principals affect student performance and aspirations. We link administrative data on secondary Italian students to the management scores of their school principals in 2011 and 2015 based on the World Management Survey methodology. The frequent...
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