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Which personnel measures are effective in increasing productivity of old workers?
Goebel, Christian; Zwick, Thomas - 2010
of age-productivity profiles. -- Ageing workforce ; age-productivity-profile ; personnel management ; HRM …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008660516
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M&A and the tax benefits of debt-financing
Scheuering, Uwe - 2014
The deductibility of interest expenses from the corporate tax base creates an incentive for acquiring companies to finance a takeover with debt. In this paper, I investigate the impact of profit taxation on the financing decision in corporate acquisitions for the first time for a sample of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010258801
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The impact of thin-capitalization rules on multinationals' financing and investment decisions
Büttner, Thiess; Overesch, Michael; Schreiber, Ulrich; … - 2006
This paper analyzes the role of Thin-Capitalization rules for capital structure choice and investment decisions of multinationals. A theoretical analysis shows that the imposition of such rules tends to affect not only the leverage and the level of investment but also their tax-sensitivity. An...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003380555
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The workforce composition of young firms and product innovation : complementarities in the skills of founders and their early employees
Müller, Bettina; Murmann, Martin - 2016
We investigate the extent to which complementarities between technical and business skills of founders and employees matter for the generation of market novelties by new ventures. Using data about German start-ups, we find that there are no complementarities between technical and business skills...
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Measuring the use of human resources practices and employee attitudes : the linked personnel panel
Kampkötter, Patrick; Mohrenweiser, Jens; Sliwka, Dirk; … - 2015
Panel (LPP). The LPP is a longitudinal and representative employer-employee data set covering establishments in Germany and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011374083
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The growth and human capital structure of new firms over the business cycle
Brixy, Udo; Murmann, Martin - 2016
Recent research suggests that employment in young firms is more negatively impacted during economic downturns than employment in incumbent firms. This questions the effectiveness of policies that promote entrepreneurship to fight crises. We complement prior research that is mostly based on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011567399
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The adoption of new technologies and the age structure of the workforce
Meyer, Jenny (contributor) - 2008
This paper provides firm-level evidence for the relationship between the age structure of the workforce and the … analyzing the joint impact of the age of the workforce and the enhancement of teamwork on the probability of adopting new … adopt new technologies and the older the workforce is, the less likely is the adoption of new technologies. Secondly, the …
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Seniority and job stability : a quantile regression approach using matched employer-employee data
Boockmann, Bernhard (contributor);  … - 2007
Germany. Our results give some support to the job matching model: individuals with a high risk of being bad matches exhibit …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003447751
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Small firm innovation performance and employee involvement
Andries, Petra; Czarnitzki, Dirk - 2012
It is known that small firms rely mainly on the CEO’s individual knowledge for developing innovations. Recent work suggests that this approach is inefficient since it underutilizes other employees’ knowledge. We study to which extent using CEOs, managers and non-managerial employees’ ideas...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009509658
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Formelle und informelle berufliche Weiterbildung und Verdienst bei Arbeitnehmern und Selbständigen
Pfeiffer, Friedhelm; Reize, Frank - 2000
Investitionen in Weiterbildung werden typischerweise durch die erwartete Zunahme individueller Fähigkeiten motiviert. In dieser Arbeit wird untersucht, von welchen sozio-ökonomischen und beruflichen Merkmalen die Teilnahme an formeller und informeller beruflicher Weiterbildung abhängt, und...
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