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Choosing your object of benevolence : a field experiment on donation options

Aretz, Bodo; Kube, Sebastian - 2010

In a large natural field experiment, we explore the effect of providing donors with the opportunity to choose the target country for their donations. We find that only a small fraction of donors use the option, which might reflect a reluctance to consider tradeoffs when those concern important,...

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A field experiment in motivating employee ideas

Gibbs, Michael; Neckermann, Susanne; Siemroth, Christoph - 2014

We study the effects of a field experiment designed to motivate employee ideas, at a large technology company. Employees were encouraged to submit ideas on process and product improvements via an online system. In the experiment, the company randomized 19 account teams into treatment and control...

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The targeted negative income tax (TNIT) in Germany . evidence from a quasi experiment

Spermann, Alexander (contributor); … - 2005

We report empirical evidence from the first field experiments to be conducted in Germany with program and control groups between 1999 and 2002. The evaluated program called ʺTargeted Negative Income Tax (TNIT)ʺ is a time-restricted employee subsidy for means-tested welfare recipients. We focus...

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Why hedge? : a critical review of theory and empirical evidence

Ammon, Norbert - 1998

Der Artikel gibt einen Literaturüberblick zur Fragestellung, warum Unternehmen Risikomanagement betreiben und … die starke Betonung des Risikomanagements in Unternehmen auf zweierlei Arten erklärbar ist: Zum einen erhöht Hedging den …

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Kollektive Lohnverhandlungen und Auslandsdirektinvestitionen : eine empirische Studie mit Firmendaten

Peters, Ralf-Henning - 2000

Diese Studie untersucht den Einfluss des Tarifvertragssystems auf die Entscheidung von Unternehmen, im Ausland zu … investieren. Ein Lohnverhandlungsmodell zeigt, dass produktive Unternehmen durch Flächentarifverträge im Heimatland begünstigt … Flächentarifvertäge zu inflexibel sind, um betrieblichen Erfordernissen Rechnung zu tragen und so die Unternehmen zu …

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Organizational change, new information and communication technologies and the demand for labor in services

Falk, Martin - 2001

Between 1993 and 1995, the majority of German firms in services introduced new organizational practices (OC), in particular total quality management systems, certified ISO 9000, lean administration, flatter hierarchies, delegation of authority and ICT-enabled organizational changes). This paper...

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How to limit discrimination? : analyzing the effects of innovative workplace practices on intra-firm gender wage gaps using linked employer-employee data

Wolf, Elke (contributor); Heinze, Anja (contributor) - 2007

This paper provides a new approach to assess the impact of organisational changes fostering employee involvement, performance related pay schemes and other relevant trends in personnel policy on the gender wage gap. Our results indicate that innovative human resource practices tend to limit the...

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Green innovations and organizational change : making better use of environmental technology

Hottenrott, Hanna; Rexhäuser, Sascha; Veugelers, Reinhilde - 2014 - This version - February 2014

This study investigates productivity effects to firms introducing new environmental technologies. The literature on within-firm organisational change and productivity suggests that firms can get higher productivity effects from adopting new technologies if complementary organisational changes...

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Control transfers in corporate Germany : their frequency, causes and consequences

Köke, F. Jens - 2001

This study examines changes in block ownership for a large sample of listed and non-listed German firms. The frequency of block trading is similar to other countries, and the vast majority of block trades leads to changes in ultimate ownership (control transfers). Such changes are more likely...

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Green innovations and organizational change : making better use of environmental technology

Hottenrott, Hanna; Rexhäuser, Sascha; Veugelers, Reinhilde - 2012

The literature on within-firm organizational change and productivity suggests that firms can make more efficient use of certain technologies if complementary forms of organization are adopted. This issue may be of even greater importance for the case of greenhouse gas (GHG) abatement...

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