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A theory of expert leadership
Goodall, Amanda H. - 2012
How much knowledge should leaders have of their organization's core business? This is an important question but not one … sufficient. Expert leaders are those with (1) inherent knowledge, acquired through technical expertise combined with high ability … performance through knowledge-based strategy, by acting as a standard bearer, by creating the right environment for core workers …
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Firm-level antecedents and consequences of knowledge hiding climate
Haar, Jarrod; O'Kane, Conor; Cunningham, James - In: Journal of business research : JBR 141 (2022), pp. 410-421
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Maturity of knowledge inputs and innovation value : the moderating effect of firm age and size
Messeni Petruzzelli, Antonio; Ardito, Lorenzo; Savino, … - In: Journal of business research : JBR 86 (2018), pp. 190-201
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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 empirical paper documents the relationship between composition of a firm's workforce (with a special focus on age and gender) and its performance (productivity and profitability) for a large representative sample of enterprises from manufacturing industries in Germany. We use unique newly...
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Do foreign experts increase the productivity of domestic firms?
Malchow-Møller, Nikolaj; Munch, Jakob Roland; Skaksen, … - 2011
While most countries welcome (and some even subsidise) high-skilled immigrants, there is very limited evidence of their importance for domestic firms. To guide our empirical analysis, we first set up a simple theoretical model to show how foreign experts may impact on the productivity and wages...
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Broadband diffusion and firm performance in rural areas : quasi-experimental evidence
Canzian, Giulia; Poy, Samuele; Schüller, Simone - 2015
This article analyzes the causal impact of advanced broadband accessibility on firm performance. We exploit a unique local policy intervention of a staged broadband infrastructure installation across rural municipalities in the Province of Trento (Italy), generating a source of exogenous...
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Entrepreneurial choices of initial human capital endowments and new venture success
Rocha, Vera; Praag, Mirjam van; Folta, Timothy B.; … - 2016
The founder (team)'s human capital is a vital determinant of future firm performance. This is a stylized fact. Less is known about the effect of the human capital of the initial workforce hired by the founder(s). We study the performance consequences of a founder's choice of the initial...
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Expert leaders in a fast-moving environment
Goodall, Amanda H.; Pogrebna, Ganna - 2012
leader" model of leadership. We differentiate between four kinds of leaders according to their level of inherent knowledge … and industry experience. After controlling for confounding variables, teams led by leaders with extensive knowledge of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009568597
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Firm productivity growth and skill
Maré, Dave C.; Hyslop, Dean Robert; Fabling, Richard - 2015
This paper examines the relationship between firm multifactor productivity growth (mfp) and changing skill levels of labour in New Zealand, over the period 2001-12, using longitudinal data from Statistics New Zealand's Longitudinal Business Database (LBD) and Integrated Data Infrastructure...
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Employment protection, workforce mix and firm performance
Ardito, Chiara; Berton, Fabio; Pacelli, Lia; Passerini, … - 2021
We measure the impact of employment protection reduction in an uncertain framework on firms' hires and performance, exploiting the Italian 2015 Jobs Act. Results indicate that firms (1) stabilize workforce mainly through contract transformations of low-tenure and low-human-capital incumbent...
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