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The contribution of international R&D to firm profitability
Peters, Bettina; Schmiele, Anja - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2011
Innovation Survey (CIS). The empirical results demonstrate that R&D location matters for profitability. Firms with both domestic …
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Why IT Matters: An Empirical Study of E-Business Usage, Innovation, and Firm Performance
Köllinger, Philipp - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2005
The article argues that IT continues to have strategic relevance for companies because it en-ables innovation. A … conceptual link between the adoption of IT and innovation is established. This conceptual link allows a market-based, economic … explanation for variations in IT payoffs among firms: The successful adoption of new IT leads to innovation. Depending on the be …
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Age Structure of the Workforce and Firm Performance.
Grund, Christian; Westergård-Nielsen, Niels - Nationalökonomisk Institut, Institut for Økonomi - 2005
In this contribution, we examine the interrelation between corporate age structures and firm performance. In particular, we address the issues, whether firms with young rather than older employees are successful and whether firms with homogeneous or heterogeneous workforces are doing well....
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The Heterogeneous Economic Consequences of Works Council Relations
Pfeifer, Christian - 2011
I use a question about works council relations from the 2006 wave of the IAB Establishment panel to analyze the heterogeneous effects of works councils on productivity, wages, and profits. The results indicate that the effects differ significantly between works council relationship types in a...
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Size Matters: The Link between CEO Remuneration, Firm Size and Firm Performance Moderated by Remuneration Committee Independence
Windsor, C. A.; Cybinski, P. J. - Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics, … - 2009
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The Social Embeddedness of Knowledge Problems of Knowledge Sharing and Organisational Learning in International High-Technology Ventures
Lam, Alice - DRUID, Copenhagen Business School, Department of … - 1998
The growing importance of knowledge-based competition has prompted many firms to build international cooperative ventures for skills acquisition and knowledge building. Based on an empirical study of a close collaboration in the knowledge intensive area between a British and a Japanese...
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