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Trust-based work-time and product improvements : evidence from firm level data

Godart, Olivier N.; Görg, Holger; Hanley, Aoife - 2014

We explore whether the introduction of trust based working hours is related to the subsequent innovation performance of … adoption of trust based working hours and innovation seems to be driven by the degree of control and self-management over …

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Leadership and the research productivity of university departments

Goodall, Amanda H.; McDowell, John M.; Singell, Larry D. - 2014

Much of human knowledge is produced in the world's university departments. There is little scientific evidence, however, about how those hundreds of thousands of departments are best organized and led. This study hand-collects longitudinal data on departmental chairpersons in 58 US universities...

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Multinationals and plant exit : evidence from Chile

Álvarez, Roberto (contributor); Görg, Holger (contributor) - 2005

This paper examines the link between multinational enterprises and plant exit in Chile. We investigate three main questions: are affiliates of foreign multinationals more likely to exit than domestic firms? Does the exit probability of multinationals depend on its export orientation?, and Does...

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Services outsourcing and innovation : an empirical investigation

Görg, Holger; Hanley, Aoife - 2009

outsourcing, profits and innovation using plant level data. We find a positive effect of international outsourcing of services on … activities towards innovation. We also find that international services outsourcing has a positive effect on profitability, as … instrumental variables analysis. -- Services outsourcing ; offshoring ; innovation ; R&D …

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Can you teach old dragons new tricks? : FDI and innovation activity in Chinese state-owned enterprises

Girma, Sourafel (contributor); Gong, Yundan (contributor); … - 2006

We investigate whether inward FDI, either at the firm or industry level, has any impact on product innovation by … that export, invest in human capital or R&D, or have prior innovation experience. We also find that SOEs with internal R …. -- Innovation ; FDI ; state owned enterprises ; spillovers ; competition ; China …

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Suppliers of multinationals and the forced linkage effect : evidence from firm level data

Godart, Olivier N.; Görg, Holger - 2013

Using information on more than 1000 firms in a number of emerging countries, we find quantitative evidence that suppliers of multinationals that are pressured by their customers to reduce production costs or develop new products have higher productivity growth than other firms, including other...

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Boss competence and worker well-being

Artz, Benjamin; Goodall, Amanda H.; Oswald, Andrew J. - 2014

Nearly all workers have a supervisor or 'boss'. Yet there is almost no published research by economists into how bosses affect the quality of employees' lives. This study offers some of the first formal evidence. First, it is shown that a boss's technical competence is the single strongest...

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How common are bad bosses?

Artz, Benjamin; Goodall, Amanda H.; Oswald, Andrew J. - 2018

Bosses play an important role in workplaces. Yet little is currently known about a foundational question. Are the right people promoted to be managers, team leaders, and supervisors? Gallup data and the famous Peter Principle both suggest that incompetent bosses are likely to be all around us....

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Women have to enter the leadership race to win : using random selection to increase the supply of women into senior positions

Goodall, Amanda H.; Osterloh, Margit - 2015

The supply of women into senior management has changed little despite well-intentioned efforts. We argue that the biggest effect is from supply-side factors that inhibit females' decision to enter competitions: Women are under-confident about winning, men are over-confident; women are more risk...

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Physician-leaders and hospital performance : is there an association?

Goodall, Amanda H. - 2011

Although it has long been conjectured that having physicians in leadership positions is valuable for hospital performance, there is no published empirical work on the hypothesis. This cross-sectional study reports the first evidence. Data are collected on the top-100 U.S. hospitals in 2009, as...

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