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Stress on the ward : an empirical study of the nonlinear relationship between organizational workload and service quality
Kuntz, Ludwig; Mennicken, Roman; Scholtes, Stefan - 2011
We discuss the impact of organizational workload on professional service outcomes, such as survival rates in hospitals. The prevailing view in the literature is that service quality deteriorates when organizational workload increases. In contrast, we argue that the relationship between workload...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009580291
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Female hires and the success of start-up firms
Weber, Andrea; Zulehner, Christine - 2009
In this paper we investigate the relationship between females among the first hires of start-up companies and business success. Our results show that firms with female first hires have a higher share of female workers at the end of the first year after entry. Further, we find that firms with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003903646
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The impact of foreign acquisitions on the investors' R&D activities : firm-level evidence
Stiebale, Joel - 2010
This paper provides empirical evidence on the relationship between cross-border acquisitions and innovation activities … at the firm level. In contrast to previous studies that analyze the effects on innovation in target firms, this paper … ; innovation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003924470
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Productivity and the internationalization of firms : cross-border acquisitions versus greenfield investments
Trax, Michaela - 2011
This paper extends the literature on the determinants of international activity at the firm level towards cross-border acquisitions and greenfield investments as different modes of FDI using a rich dataset of British firms. While multinational firms are characterized by higher productivity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009124247
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Public policy and success of business start-ups in Germany
Eckl, Verena; Rothgang, Michael; Welter, Friederike - 2009
In this paper, we evaluate the success of publicly supported business start-ups by comparing the outcomes of various support measures. Our question is: do business starter get what they need? Since we do not know the needs of the founders we analyse (1) who received which kind of support...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003900891
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Temporary agency employment in Germany : a strategic "buffer" for firms and regions in the crisis?
Neumann, Uwe - 2017
strategic “buffer” to adapt to variation in labour demand in Germany over the period 2006-2014, i.e. before, during and after … untersucht, ob und inwieweit entleihende Unternehmen in Deutschland die Zeitarbeit als strategischen „Puffer“ zur Anpassung an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011764638
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Cooperation between higher education institutions and companies from a spatial perspective : an empirical analysis of Germany using Bayesian logistic multilevel models
Warnecke, Christian; Weller, Daniel - 2017
education institutions (HEIs) and the economic system in Germany. In the pursuit of this goal, our research work employs a … zwischen Unternehmen und Hochschulen in Deutschland ausüben. Die Analysen stützen sich dabei auf bayesianische Modellierungen …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011685074
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Exchange rate pass-through into German import prices : a disaggregated perspective
Beckmann, Joscha; Belke, Ansgar; Verheyen, Florian - 2013
This study analyzes the exchange rate pass-through into German import prices based on disaggregated data taken on a monthly basis between 1995 and 2012. Our main contribution is twofold: firstly, we employ various time-series techniques to analyze data for different product categories, and also...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009771153
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Labour market outcomes of second generation immigrants : how heterogeneous are they really?
Schurer, Stefanie (contributor); Vance, Colin (contributor) - 2008
portray the labour market outcomes of second generation immigrants in Germany. Special attention is attributed to observable …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003740243
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West-East convergence in the prevalence of illicit drugs : socioeconomics or culture?
Tauchmann, Harald (contributor) - 2008
In contrast to West-Germany, illicit drugs were virtually absent in East-Germany until 1990. Yet, after the collapse of … the former GDR, East-Germany was expected to encounter a sharp increase in the prevalence of substance abuse. By analyzing … individual data, we find that East-Germany largely caught up with West-Germany's ever-growing prevalence of illicit drugs within …
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