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Market characteristics, intra-firm coordination, and the choice of human resource management systems : evidence from new Japanese data
Kato, Takao (contributor); Ōwan, Hideo (contributor) - 2007
consistent with the theory) is that the adoption of both self-managed online teams and cross-functional offline teams usually … in firms with joint labor-management committees. We also confirm implications from our theory that firms in more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003561667
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The economics, technology and neuroscience of human capability formation
Heckman, James J. (contributor) - 2007
This paper begins the synthesis of two currently unrelated literatures: the human capital approach to health economics and the economics of cognitive and noncognitive skill formation. A lifecycle investment framework is the foundation for understanding the origins of human inequality and for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003609787
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Does training generally work? : the returns to in-company training
Barrett, Alan; O'Connell, Philip J. - 1999
This paper applies the familiar theoretical distinction between general and specific training to the empirical task of estimating the returns to in-company training. Using a firm-level dataset which distinguishes between general and specific training, we test for the relative effects of the two...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011313958
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Resource allocation and firm scope
Friebel, Guido (contributor); Raith, Michael (contributor) - 2006
We develop a theory of firm scope in which integrating two firms into one facilitates the allocation of resources, but … leads to weaker incentives for effort, compared with non-integration. Our theory makes minimal assumptions about the … integration or non-integration is optimal. Our theory thus provides a simple answer to Williamson's selective-interventionʺ puzzle …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003464116
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The adoption and diffusion of organizational innovation : evidence for the US economy
Lynch, Lisa M. (contributor) - 2007
Using a unique longitudinal representative survey of both manufacturing and non-manufacturing businesses in the United States during the 1990's, I examine the incidence and intensity of organizational innovation and the factors associated with investments in organizational innovation. Past...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003597337
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When knowledge is an asset : explaining the organizational structure of large law firms
Rebitzer, James B. (contributor);  … - 2006
We study the economics of employment relationships through theoretical and empirical analysis of an unusual set of firms, large law firms. Our point of departure is the "property rights" approach that emphasizes the centrality of ownership's legal rights to control important, non-human assets of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003384904
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Team incentives : evidence from a firm level experiment
Bandiera, Oriana; Barankay, Iwan; Rasul, Imran - 2012
Many organizations rely on teamwork, and yet field evidence on the impacts of team-based incentives remains scarce. Compared to individual incentives, team incentives can affect productivity by changing both workers' effort and team composition. We present evidence from a field experiment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009529497
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Measuring organizational capital in the new economy
Black, Sandra E. (contributor); Lynch, Lisa M. (contributor) - 2005
A growing body of literature over the past decade suggests that a firm's organizational structure/capital can contribute in significant ways to the productive capacity of a firm. But, as with other intangible assets, there is no consensus definition of what this organizational capital is, how to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002691057
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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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Resource misallocation in European firms : the role of constraints, firm characteristics and managerial decisions
Gorodnichenko, Yuriy; Revoltella, Debora; Švejnar, Jan; … - 2018
Using a new survey, we show that the dispersion of marginal products across firms in the European Union is about twice as large as that in the United States. Reducing it to the US level would increase EU GDP by more than 30 percent. Alternatively, removing barriers between industries and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011815929