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Fit and complementarity : cognitive distance and combined competence as predictors of co-operative R&D projects' outcomes in Europe
Zibell, Laurent; Allen, Peter M. - 2009
projects managers in partnering organisations, addressing technical and scientific competence, R&D management competence and …This article considers cognitive distance and combined competence as predictors of concrete outcomes in co … cultural features. Empirical validation was performed on 92 projects based in France, Germany and the United Kingdom in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003902965
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Employment growth in newly established firms : is there evidence for academic entrepreneur's human capital depreciation?
Müller, Kathrin - 2009
Human capital is known to be one of the most important predictors of a person's earnings. With regard to entrepreneurial success, founders' human capital is an important determinant of firm's employment growth as well. This paper investigates if the depreciation of a founder's academic knowledge...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003881345
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Does interdisciplinarity lead to higher employment growth of academic spinoffs?
Müller, Bettina - 2009
successful than single entrepreneurs? These questions are analysed using data on academic spinoffs in Germany. Firm success is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003919042
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Up or out: research incentives and career prospects of postdocs in Germany
Fitzenberger, Bernd; Schulze, Ute - 2012
Academic careers in Germany have been under debate for a while. We conduct a survey among postdocs in Germany, to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009510058
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How relevant is job mismatch for German graduates?
Berlingieri, Francesco; Erdsiek, Daniel - 2012
In this study, we examine the incidence and direct consequences of job mismatch for German graduates. Beyond measuring job mismatch by the comparison of qualification obtained by employees and required for a job, we employ self-reported skill mismatch variables concerning overall skills and more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009663221
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Does it pay to move? : returns to regional mobility at the start of the career for tertiary education graduates
Maier, Michael F.; Sprietsma, Maresa - 2016
Decisions taken at the start of one’s career have long-term consequences and one important decision graduates have to make is whether to be regionally mobile when looking for the first job. We investigate whether being regionally mobile for the first job following graduation rather than to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011535812
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Die Auswirkungen des demografischen Wandels auf das Gründungsgeschehen in Deutschland
Gottschalk, Sandra (contributor);  … - 2008
Die demografische Entwicklung in Deutschland wird auf mittlere Sicht zu einer nennenswerten Absenkung der bisher für … Strukturen in die Zukunft, dass die demografische Bevölkerungsentwicklung in Deutschland langfristig zu einer Absenkung des …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003721788
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An empirical assessment of co-activity among German professors
Czarnitzki, Dirk (contributor);  … - 2006
The growing importance of technology relevant non-publication output of university research has come into the focus of policy-makers’ interest. A fierce debate arose on possible negative consequences of the increasing commercialization of science, as it may come along with a reduction in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003401046
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Workers into managers - developing leadership competence of production unit managers
Rappe, Christoph (contributor); Zwick, Thomas (contributor) - 2005
This study analyses the competence gaps of lower-level managers in a typical manufacturing plant in Germany that had … recently introduced a teamwork structure. Results indicate that the managers have difficulties with their new leadership …-related tasks. Higher levels of leadership competence are found to be associated with better acceptance as a manager by superiors …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002591064
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003607980