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Burks, Stephen V.; Cowgill, Bo; Hoffman, Mitchell; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

Employee referrals are a very common means by which firms hire new workers. Past work suggests that workers hired via referrals often perform better than non-referred workers, but we have little understanding as to why. In this paper, we demonstrate that this is primarily because referrals allow...

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Does Social Capital Improve Labour Productivity in Small and Medium Enterprises?

Sabatini, Fabio - EconWPA - 2005

This paper carries out an empirical assessment of the relationship between social capital and labour productivity in small and medium enterprises in Italy. By means of structural equations models, the analysis investigates the effect of different aspects of the multifaceted concept of social...

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Why Develop Open Source Software? The Role of Non-Pecuniary Benefits, Monetary Rewards and Open Source Licence Type

Sauer, Robert M. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

A review of the basic theory of optimal open-source software contributions points to three key factors affecting supply: non-pecuniary benefits, future expected monetary returns, and opensource licence type. This paper argues that existing large-scale software developer surveys are inadequate...

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Does Social Capital Improve Labour Productivity in Small and Medium Enterprises?

Sabatini, Fabio - EconWPA - 2005

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Does Social Capital Improve Labour Productivity in Small and Medium Enterprises?

Sabatini, Fabio - EconWPA - 2005

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Does Social Capital Improve Labour Productivity in Small and Medium Enterprises?

Sabatini, Fabio - EconWPA - 2005

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Indian Software Industry: Distortions and Consolidations of Gains

Nath, Pradosh - eSocialSciences - 2010

The Indian software industry is at the bottom of knowledge hierarchy, where the bottom is highly segmented. The …

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Exporting barriers: Insights from Portuguese small- and medium-sized exporters and non-exporters

Pinho, José; Martins, Lurdes - In: Journal of International Entrepreneurship 8 (2010) 3, pp. 254-272

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Matching demand and supply in a weightless economy : market-driven creativity with and without IPRs

Quah, Danny - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2002

Many cultural products have the same nonrival nature as scientific knowledge. They therefore face identical … creativity. Markets for intellectual assets protected by IP rights can produce too much or too little innovation. …

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Adoption of Open Business Models in the West and Innovation in India's Software Industry

Lema, Rasmus - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

in the export platforms of Asia. However, the influence of outsourcing on innovation capabilities is less clear. Recent … literature shows that innovation capabilities have emerged in the software cluster of Bangalore in India. This report asks … influence on the ‘space’ for innovation that accrues to suppliers in the software industry in India. On the supply side, the …

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