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Digitalisation and sustainability strategies at the firm level
Horbach, Jens - 2023
The paper analyses the relationship between digitalisation and sustainability strategies at the firm level. In a first step, operational definitions of digitalisation and sustainability allowing the development of fitting empirical indicators are discussed. The possible technical and social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014584766
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Choice of Received Long-term Care – Individual Responses to Regional Nursing Home Provisions
Pilny, Adam; Stroka, Magdalena A. - 2014
of care. Until now, however, the regional in-patient long-term care supply has been neglected as influential factor in … taking the regional supply of nursing homes into account. When estimating a discrete choice model, we distinguish between … significantly correlated with the regional supply of nursing home places, while controlling for physical and psychological …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010436145
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Natural disasters and governmental aid: Is there a charity hazard?
Andor, Mark; Osberghaus, Daniel; Simora, Michael - 2017
In the aftermath of natural disasters, governments frequently provide financial aid for affected households. This policy can have adverse effects if individuals anticipate it and forgo private precaution measures. While theoretical literature unequivocally suggests this so called 'charity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011783760
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Heterogeneity in the Effect of Home Energy Audits – Theory and Evidence
Frondel, Manuel; Vance, Colin - 2012
A longstanding question in the study of energy demand concerns the role of information as a determinant of home …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010287343
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The impact of resource efficiency measures on performance in small and medium-sized enterprises
Horbach, Jens - 2016
The profitability of green investment is crucial for the diffusion of the resulting technologies but the knowledge about these effects is still limited. Positive performance effects may be based on cost savings stemming from the introduction of cleaner production processes connected with lower...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011539033
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Heterogeneity in the Effect of Home Energy Audits – Theory and Evidence
Frondel, Manuel; Vance, Colin - Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für … - 2012
A longstanding question in the study of energy demand concerns the role of information as a determinant of home …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010860279
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Choice of Received Long-term Care – Individual Responses to Regional Nursing Home Provisions
Pilny, Adam; Stroka, Magdalena A. - Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für … - 2014
of care. Until now, however, the regional in-patient long-term care supply has been neglected as influential factor in … taking the regional supply of nursing homes into account. When estimating a discrete choice model, we distinguish between … significantly correlated with the regional supply of nursing home places, while controlling for physical and psychological …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011100010
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Experimental evidence on the long term impacts of a youth training program
Ibarrarán, Pablo; Kluve, Jochen; Ripani, Laura; Shady, … - 2015
demand for the skills provided. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011307515
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Disentangling two causes of biased probability judgment: Cognitive skills and perception of randomness
Duttle, Kai - 2015
This experimental study investigates the interaction of two influential factors of biased probability judgments. Results provide new insights on the preconditions for an application of either the gambler's fallacy or its exact opponent, the hot hand fallacy. The first factor is cognitive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011307518
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Local Employer Competition and Training of Workers
Rzepka, Sylvi; Tamm, Marcus - 2013
The new training literature suggests that in a monopsonistic market employers will not only pay for firm-specific training but also for general training if the risk of poaching is limited. This implies that training participation should decrease when competition for employees is higher among...
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