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Searching for the EU Social Dialogue Model
Freeman, Richard B. - 2006
The European Union and the United States operate different variants of market capitalism. The EU model uses social …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012466363
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Americans Do I.T. Better : US Multinationals and the Productivity Miracle
Bloom, Nicholas - 2007
The US has experienced a sustained increase in productivity growth since the mid-1990s, particularly in sectors that intensively use information technologies (IT). This has not occurred in Europe. If the US "productivity miracle" is due to a natural advantage of being located in the US then we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012465569
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Chains of Ownership, Regional Tax Competition, and Foreign Direct Investment
Desai, Mihir A. - 2002
concentrated among European affiliates. Since multinational firms from countries other than the United States face tax environments … FDI to taxes for non-American firms. The results also suggest that European economic integration may have the effect of … intensifying tax competition between European jurisdictions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012469485
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Global Production with Export Platforms
Tintelnot, Felix - 2016
twelve European and North American countries. Counterfactual analysis reveals that multinationals play an important role in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012456439
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What Does Codetermination Do?
Jäger, Simon; Noy, Shakked; Schoefer, Benjamin - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
We provide a comprehensive overview of codetermination, i.e., worker representation in firms' governance and management. We cover the institution's history, implementation, and the best available evidence on its economic impacts. We argue that existing quasiexperimental estimates suggest that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012585405
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European Recessions and Native American Conflict
Angel, Marco del; Hess, Gregory D.; Weidenmier, Marc D. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
We investigate the extent to which conflicts between Native American tribes and U.S. Army troops were caused by poor economic conditions in Europe from 1869 to 1890. We hypothesize that contractions in economic activity pushed many Europeans to move to the western United States in search of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013172112
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International Transactions : Real Trade and Factor Flows between 1700 and 1870
Keller, Wolfgang - 2020
Western Europe and the European colonies of North America intensified at the same time these regions experienced the initial …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012482046
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Closing the Productivity Gap with the US : Causes and Consequences of the Productivity Program in Western Europe
Giorcelli, Michela - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
promoted management training trips for European managers at US firms. Through the analysis of reports compiled by UK, France … increase thanks to the program. The fact that European businesses were not forced to adopt the American management model, but …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014447280
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Human Resource Management and Performance in the Service Sector : The Case of Bank Branches
Bartel, Ann P. - 2000
This paper utilizes a unique dataset collected through site visits to extend the analysis of the relationship between the human resource management environment and establishment performance to the service sector, specifically the branch operations of a large bank. Case studies of several...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012471309
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Corporate Flexibility in a Time of Crisis
Barry, John W.; Campello, Murillo; Graham, John R.; Ma, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
We use the COVID shock to study the direct and interactive effects of several forms of corporate flexibility on short- and long-term real business plans. We find that i) workplace flexibility, namely the ability for employees to work remotely, plays a central role in determining firms'...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012938715