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Innovation and SMEs patent propensity in Korea
Han, Junghee; Heshmati, Almas - 2015
automotive parts industry, is negatively related with propensity to patent innovation. Also, unlike expectations, the InnoBiz …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010470885
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Innovation and SMEs Patent Propensity in Korea
Han, Junghee; Heshmati, Almas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
automotive parts industry, is negatively related with propensity to patent innovation. Also, unlike expectations, the InnoBiz …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011143944
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Innovation and SMEs Patent Propensity in Korea
Han, Junghee; Heshmati, Almas - 2015
automotive parts industry, is negatively related with propensity to patent innovation. Also, unlike expectations, the InnoBiz …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010481684
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The Optimality and Overuse of Labour in Estonian Manufacturing Enterprises
Masso, Jaan; Heshmati, Almas - 2003
For transition economies labour market flexibility is necessary for successful restructuring and reallocation of labour force and for coping with the requirements of the European Monetary Union. In this paper we apply a novel approach to the issue of labour market flexibility in transition...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261600
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The Optimality and Overuse of Labour in Estonian Manufacturing Enterprises
Masso, Jaan; Heshmati, Almas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003
For transition economies labour market flexibility is necessary for successful restructuring and reallocation of labour force and for coping with the requirements of the European Monetary Union. In this paper we apply a novel approach to the issue of labour market flexibility in transition...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762198
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Earnings-Tenure Profiles: Tests of Agency and Human Capital Theories Using Individual Performance Data
Kato, Takao; Dong, Xiao-Yuan; Jones, Derek C. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
By using a large new panel of individual data, including objective measures of worker performance, we provide some of the most rigorous evidence to date on several related dimensions of enduring debates surrounding upward-sloping earnings-tenure profiles. Most importantly we provide the first...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822365
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Discrete innovation, continuous improvement, and competitive pressure
Ghosh, Arghya; Kato, Takao; Morita, Hodaka - 2007
Does competitive pressure foster innovation? In addressing this important question, prior studies ignored a distinction … between discrete innovation aiming at entirely new technology and continuous improvement consisting of numerous incremental … innovation will lead to a much richer understanding of the interplay between firms' incentives to innovate and competitive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268378
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Determinants and policy simulation of firms cooperation in innovation
Heshmati, Almas; Lenz-Cesar, Flávio - 2013
manufacturing sector of South Korea. Firms' behavior is defined according to empirical findings on the Korean Innovation Survey 2005 …' likelihood to participate in cooperation with other organizations when conducting innovation activities. These determinants are … cooperation in innovation. The findings indicate possible appropriate (or non-appropriate) policy strategies to be applied …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009766256
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Discrete innovation, continuous improvement, and competitive pressure
Ghosh, Arghya (contributor); Kato, Takao (contributor);  … - 2007
Does competitive pressure foster innovation? In addressing this important question, prior studies ignored a distinction … between discrete innovation aiming at entirely new technology and continuous improvement consisting of numerous incremental … innovation will lead to a much richer understanding of the interplay between firms’ incentives to innovate and competitive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003571666
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High performance work practices and employee voice: A comparison of Japanese and Korean workers
Bae, Kiu-sik; Chuma, Hiroyuki; Kato, Takao; Kim, Dong-bae; … - 2010
Using a unique new cross-national survey of Japanese and Korean workers, we report the first systematic evidence on the effects on employee voice of High Performance Work Practices (HPWPs) from the two economies which are noted for the wide use of HPWPs. We find for both nations that: (i)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269898