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Investigating the Effects of ICT on Innovation and Performance of European Hospitals: An Exploratory Study
Arvanitis, Spyros; Loukis, Euripidis N. - KOF Swiss Economic Institute, Department of Management, … - 2014
innovation and performance. In this paper is presented an empirical study in this direction, based on data for 743 hospitals from … and estimated econometrically five equations: one for product innovation, one for process innovation and three equations … ‘soft’ ICT investment), as right-hand variables, while the performance equations also included the two innovation measures …
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Product Market Regulation and Macroeconomic Performance: A Review of Cross Country Evidence
Schiantarelli, Fabio - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
of product market regulation on mark-ups, firm dynamics, investment, employment, innovation productivity, and output …
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Innovation et responsabilité sociale des entreprises (RSE) dans les entreprises agroalimentaires du Languedoc-Roussillon : le rôle de la performance économique
Temri, Leïla; Giordano, Géraldine; Kessari, Myriam-Emilie - In: Innovations n° 46 (2015) 1, pp. 115-139
The relationship between innovation and CSR has so far resulted in studies that 1) mainly analyze the integration of … dimensions of environmental innovation. Few publications examine the impact of innovation on CSR or the double relationship. The …. A bi-directional relation is confirmed: a commitment to CSR is positively related to innovation and reciprocally, but …
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The Causal Effect of Cognitive Abilities on Economic Behavior: Evidence from a Forecasting Task with Varying Cognitive Load
Rydval, Ondrej - Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education and … - 2012
We identify the causal effect of cognitive abilities on economic behavior in an experimental setting. Using a forecasting task with varying cognitive load, we identify the causal effect of working memory on subjects' forecasting performance, while also accounting for the effect of other...
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Nerves of Steel? Stress, Work Performance and Elite Athletes
Savage, David A.; Torgler, Benno - Center for Research in Economics, Management and the … - 2009
There is a notable shortage of empirical research directed at measuring the magnitude and direction of stress effects on performance in a controlled environment. One reason for this is the inherent difficulties in identifying and isolating direct performance measures for individuals....
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An Approach to Robust Decision Making: The Rationality of Heuristic Behavior
Pasche, Markus - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1998
Empirical studies show that decisions deviate from the predictions of expected utility theory and violate the axiomatic foundations. Hence, many generalizations to non-expected utility theory have been developped. But empirically they did not provide an improvement over the standard approach. In...
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What makes an efficient theme for a creativity session?
Hooge, Sophie; David, Albert - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2014
Despite literature has widely investigated the logics of ideation, at early stages of innovation and product … generated ideas, to the company's innovation strategy. The exploratory study confirms that the formulation of the theme has …
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THE CONTEMPORARY CONCEPTS OF BUSINESS PERFORMANCE MEASUR?MENT
Krstiæ, Natasa Stojkoviæ - „Ekonomika“ Society of Economists, Niš (Serbia) - 2014
Business performance measurement plays a special role in improving the quality of decision-making and increasing overall business efficiency. Performance measurement provides the information about the state of an organization as a system, and on that basis, in the future, set realistic goals...
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Effective virtual teams for new product development
Ale Ebrahim, Nader; Ahmed, Shamsuddin; Rashid, Abdul; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
At present, the existing literature shows that the factors which influence the effectiveness of virtual teams for new product development are still ambiguous. To address this problem, a research design was developed, which includes detailed literature review, preliminary model and field survey....
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Capacites d'innovation : comparaison de l'emploi en sciences et en genie dans les villes canadiennes et americaines
Brown, W. Mark; Beckstead, Desmond - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2006
Ces dernieres annees, les villes ont accorde un interet croissant a leur capacite de generer, d'attirer et de retenir leur capital humain. Une mesure de ce capital est l'emploi dans les professions liees aux sciences et au genie. Nous comparons la part de l'emploi attribuable a ces professions...
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