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Digital Entrepreneurship Research : A Concise Introduction
Naudé, Wim - 2020
In the past few decades, technological progress has led to the digitization and digitalization of economies into what …
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Welfare States, Labor Markets, Social Investment and the Digital Transformation
Eichhorst, Werner - 2020
digitization and artificial intelligence, may still be overblown, intrusive change in the nature of work and employment relations … to digitization, together with their respective social investment aptitude, are currently preparing their welfare states …
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Demography, Unemployment, Automation, and Digitalization : Implications for the Creation of (Decent) Jobs, 2010–2030
Bloom, David E. - 2018
Globally, an estimated 734 million jobs will be required between 2010 and 2030 to accommodate recent and ongoing demographic shifts, account for plausible changes in labour force participation rates, and achieve target unemployment rates of at or below 4 percent for adults and at or below 8...
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Do German Works Councils Counter or Foster the Implementation of Digital Technologies?
Genz, Sabrina - 2018
As works councils' information, consultation and co-determination rights affect the decision process of the management, works councils play a key role in the implementation of digital technologies in establishments. However, previous research focuses on the potential of digital technologies to...
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Improving Entrepreneurs' Digital Skills and Firms' Digital Competencies Through Business Apps Training : A Study of Small Firms
Drydakis, Nick - 2022
The lack of awareness of digital services and outcomes is a concern in business environments since small firms need to improve their digital competencies. The present exploratory study investigated whether business apps training was associated with entrepreneurs' and firms' digital advancements....
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Automation and the Changing Nature of Work
Josten, Cecily; Lordan, Grace - 2022
This study identifies the job attributes, and in particular skills and abilities, which predict the likelihood a job is recently automatable drawing on the Josten and Lordan (2020) classification of automatability, EU labour force survey data and a machine learning regression approach. We find...
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The Pandemic Push : Digital Technologies and Workforce Adjustments
Gathmann, Christina; Kagerl, Christian; Pohlan, Laura; … - 2023
Based on a unique survey and administrative employer-employee data, we show that the COVID-19 pandemic acted as a push factor for the diffusion of digital technologies in Germany. About two in three firms invested in digital technologies, in particular in hardware and software to enable...
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Effects of an Online Self-Assessment Tool on Teachers' Digital Competencies
Abbiati, Giovanni; Azzolini, Davide; Balanskat, Anja; … - 2023
We evaluate the effects of an online self-assessment tool on teachers' competencies and beliefs about ICT in education. The causal impact of the tool is evaluated through a randomized encouragement design, involving 7,391 lower secondary teachers across 11 European countries. Short-run impact...
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German Financial State Aid During COVID-19 Pandemic : Higher Impact Among Digitalized Self-Employed
Bertschek, Irene; Block, Jörn; Kritikos, Alexander; … - 2022
In response to strong revenue and income losses that a large share of the self-employed faced during the COVID-19 pandemic, the German federal government introduced a 50bn emergency aid program. Based on real-time online-survey data comprising more than 20,000 observations, we analyze the impact...
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Tournaments and Managerial Incentives in China's Listed Firms : New Evidence
Kato, Takao; Long, Cheryl - 2021
an optimal response of the winner's prize to the size of the contestant pool is more evident for China's listed firms … to decide on the tournament winner). Using comprehensive financial and accounting data on China's listed firms from 1998 … effort and hence improved firm performance, and that the performance effect of the winner's prize is greater for China …
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