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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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Coordination under the shadow of career concerns

Koch, Alexander K.; Morgenstern, Albrecht - 2009

To innovate, employees need to develop novel ideas and coordinate with each other to turn these ideas into better products and services. Work outcomes provide signals about employees' abilities to the labor market, and therefore career concerns arise. These can both be 'good' (enhancing...

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Public funding and corporate innovation

Beck, Mathias; Junge, Martin; Kaiser, Ulrich - 2017

, particularly of university scientists, is positively related to innovation; (vi) there are many university spin-offs but these are …

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Works councils and performance appraisals

Grund, Christian; Sliwka, Dirk; Titz, Krystina - 2019

Drawing on two large German representative data sets, we analyze the role of works councils for the use of performance appraisals (PA). We distinguish between the incidence of performance appraisal systems as intended by the firm and their actual implementation on the level of the individual...

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Innovation, firm survival and productivity: the state of the art

Uğur, Mehmet; Vivarelli, Marco - 2020

innovation on firm survival and firm productivity, which constitute the two main channels through which innovation drives growth … perspectives that inform the empirical models allow for heterogeneity in the effects of R&D/innovation on firm survival and …-linearity and volatility in the gains from R&D/innovation, particularly in terms of its effects on firm survival and productivity …

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Migrant inventors and the technological advantage of nations

Bahar, Dany; Choudhury, Prithwiraj; Rapoport, Hillel - 2020

We investigate the relationship between the presence of migrant inventors and the dynamics of innovation in the …

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To be born is not enough : the key role of innovative startups

Colombelli, Alessandra; Krafft, Jackie; Vivarelli, Marco - 2016

greater survival is achieved when startups engage successfully in both product innovation and process innovation, with a key …

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Skills, scope, and success : an empirical look at the start-up process in creative industries in Germany

Kohn, Karsten; Wewel, Solvejg A. - 2018

Creative industries comprise enterprises focusing on the creation, production, and distribution of creative or cultural goods and services. Following an explorative empirical approach, we analyze start-ups in creative industries regarding three issues along the startup process: (1) personal...

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Migrant inventors and the technological advantage of nations

Bahar, Dany; Choudhury, Prithwiraj; Rapoport, Hillel - 2019

We investigate the relationship between the presence of migrant inventors and the dynamics of innovation in the …

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Invisible geniuses : could the knowledge frontier advance faster?

Agarwal, Ruchir; Gaulé, Patrick - 2018

The advancement of the knowledge frontier is crucial for technological innovation and human progress. Using novel data …

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