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The division of labor and the market for organizations
Lindbeck, Assar; Snower, Dennis J. - 2000
The paper examines the determinants of the division of labor within firms. It provides an explanation of the pervasive observed changes in work organization away from the traditional functional departments and towards multi-tasking and job rotation. Whereas the existing literature on the...
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The effect of adversity on process innovations and managerial incentives
Dostie, Benoît; Jayaraman, Rajshri - 2009
improving efficiency. -- Process innovation ; managerial incentives ; efficiency ; natural experiment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003863657
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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 …
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Skill biased technological and organizational change : estimating a mixed simultaneous equation model using the IAB establishment panel
Hujer, Reinhard; Caliendo, Marco; Radić, Dubravko - 2002
paper analyses the interdependencies between labour demand for high and low skilled employees, innovation activities and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011412865
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Firm-level upgrading in developing countries
Verhoogen, Eric - 2021
various dimensions of upgrading - learning, quality upgrading, technology adoption, and product innovation. The second part …
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Convergence in institutions and market outcomes : cross-country and time-series evidence from the BEEPS surveys in transition economies
Mitra, Pradeep K. (contributor);  … - 2008
sources of finance. The scale of restructuring and innovation activity is as high or higher in transition economies as in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003782478
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Can you trust the good guys? : trust within and between groups with different missions
Fehrler, Sebastian; Kosfeld, Michael - 2013
NGOs and other non-profit organizations attract workers who strongly identify themselves with their missions. We study whether these "good guys" are more trustworthy and how such pronounced group identities affect trust and trustworthiness within the groups and toward out-groups. We find that...
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Consistency in organization (updated)
Schlicht, Ekkehart - 2011
Internal organization relies heavily on psychological consistency requirements. This thought has been emphasized in modern compensation theory, but has not been extended to organization theory. The perspective sheds new light on several topics in the theory of the firm, like the boundaries of...
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Consistency in organization
Schlicht, Ekkehart (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]
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The organizational economics of school chains
Neri, Lorenzo; Pasini, Elisabetta; Silva, Olmo - 2022
Although school autonomy is often advocated as a way to improve student achievement, many countries are experiencing a counterbalancing trend: the emergence of 'chains' that bind schools together into structures with varying degrees of centralization. Despite their prominence, no evidence exists...
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