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Long-term labour productivity and GDP projections for the EU25 Member States : a production function framework
Carone, Giuseppe; Denis, Cécile; Mc Morrow, Kieran; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
This paper presents the results of long run labour productivity and GDP growth rate projections (until 2050) for each … employment and labour productivity. These base case projections reflect the working assumption of “no policy change … population is fairly limited, although it is accepted that the labour productivity of an individual is likely to decline after …
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The Nature of Innovation Channels at the Micro-Level : Evidence from Russian Manufacturing Firms
Simachev, Yuri; Kuzyk, Mikhail; Feygina, Vera - 2013
The main purpose of the paper is to analyze different channels for innovations. We consider the influence of various incentives for innovation in Russian companies taking into account the organization of industries — vertical or horizontal orientation, peculiarities of corporate demography,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014153492
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Do high incomes reflect individual performance? The determinants of high incomes in Germany
Hirschel, Dierk - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2003
performance. Thus high incomes reflect the high marginal productivity of labour of the affluent working population. While the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005260223
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Incentive pay and gender gaps in the Nordic countries
Westling, Tatu - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
This paper explores the effect of incentive pay on gender pay gaps in Finland, Norway and Sweden among professionals and managers within MNCs. Mercer 2009 Total Remuneration Survey data is utilised. Uniform job ladder, occupation, industry and wage definitions enable consistent cross-country...
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The human resource related activities and quality function deployment
Bojadziev, Marjan; Bocevska, Kristina - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
The idea of paper is to explore the function of HR department, but from standpoint of service quality provided by HR department. The service quality for the department mentioned above, within the organization, will be presented as category, depending from a couple of factors including the type...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011110331
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Perceived effectiveness of training and development: a case study in stc technologies pvt ltd., chennai
Swaminathan, j; Gowri shankar, u - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
Training is the act of increasing the knowledge and skill of an employee for doing particular job .The training is to acquire new skill, technical knowledge, problemsolving, etc. Training improves the performance of employees on present jobs and prepares them for taking up new assignments in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011110955
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Does Work Place Sexual Harassment Matter?
Subhani, Muhammad Imtiaz - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
Today's workplace is diverseand constantly altering. The conventional employer/employee relationship of past has been turned upside down. Employees are living in a diverse and growing economy and have almost unlimited job opportunities but they face the bad times of recession too. The overall...
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Interaction Between The Economic Growth and the Construction Industry: A Time Series Analysis on Turkey (2000-2012)
KARGI, Bilal - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
In this study the relation between the economic growth and the construction industry has been tackled. While the growth the rate of the construction industry in the developing countries is more than the GDP growth rate, it is detected that the percent age it takes in the GDP of developed...
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Security of payment in Malaysian construction industry: issues on sub-contract's direct payment
Supardi, Azizan; Adnan, Hamimah - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
In Malaysia, sub-contractors have to bear with the current structure of payment mechanisms in the standard forms of contract, which are payment upon certification, direct payment from the employer, and contingent or conditional payment. However, „direct payment‟ provision is applied for in...
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Contractors’ Strategic Approaches to Risk Assessment Techniques at Project Planning Stage
Ahmad Zaini, Afzan; Endut, Intan Rohani; Takim, Roshana - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
Abstract — The construction industry is still plagued by poor quality, poor workmanship, poor safety and health environment, and poor practices. The current main problem in the Malaysian Construction Industry is delayed projects under the Ninth Malaysia Plan. The idea of introducing formal...
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