stock through firm-sponsored training might lead to more innovation. We test this hypothesis using detailed data on firms …' human capital investments and innovation performance, the Canadian longitudinal linked employer-employee data from 1999 … training leads to more product and process innovation, with on-the-job training playing a role that is as important as …

crowding out. Our findings suggest that rewards can improve innovation and creativity, and that there may be a tradeoff between …

miracle. In response to the crisis, Germany has shown to be a strong case of internal flexibility. We argue that important … reforms, the nature of the crisis affecting mainly export-oriented companies in Germany, the extension of short-time work, the … ; Germany ; short-time work ; unemployment ; labor market institutions ; internal flexibility …

Germany's recovery from an unemployment disease and its resilience to the Great Recession is remarkable. Its success … ; unemployment ; Great Recession ; Germany ; austerity …

the case of Germany, which has displayed a significantly lower increase in its labour force than its trade partners …

detected by merely estimating single-equation models for R&D intensity and debt financing. -- innovation financing ; capital … structure ; business start-ups ; KfW/ZEW Start-up Panel ; Germany …

centralized systems (Italy and Germany) lagging behind the more autonomous ones (Canada, Sweden, the UK, the US). For Italy, we …