recent declines in levels of continuous improvement in Japanese manufacturing, we conducted extensive field research at two … Japanese manufacturing firms. After presenting our findings, we demonstrate that our model guides us to focus on several key …

Using German establishment data, this paper examines the relationship between product market competition and the extent … of employer provided training. We demonstrate that high product market competition is associated with increased training … except when the competition is so severe as to threaten liquidation to a firm. We take this as evidence of an inverted U …

men without the element of direct competition, which allows for the identification of psychological effects of competition …

changes in competition in the United States. The sector offers workplace employee representation through trade union branches … quantity metrics. Consistent with manufacturing studies, we find market entrants have lower prices and higher Total Factor … Productivity (TFP) than incumbents. Increased competition from new entrants leads incumbents to reduce the price of union …

Competition in the labor market theoretically leads to higher wages, yet empirical evidence to substantiate it …, particularly in developing countries, has been sparse. Our study delves into the impact of increased competition in the labor …-owned enterprises gained the most from this upswing in competition, primarily due to restructuring. Furthermore, we demonstrate that …

Partnering with the Census we implement a new survey of "structured" management practices in 32,000 US manufacturing …: competition, business environment, learning spillovers and human capital. Collectively, these drivers account for about a third of …