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We analyze the impact of profit sharing on the share of workers receiving training. An effect is plausible because: 1) profit sharing is a credible commitment by firms to reward firm-specific skills acquired by formal or informal training, 2) profit sharing may reduce turnover and increase the...
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This paper discusses the incentives for innovation when liability is limited or not. Clearly innovative activity …
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This paper discusses theoretically the different incentives of managers versus firm owners to invest in innovative activities. There are opposing effects concerning R&D intensity in the manager-controlled firm. Our study on the determinants of R&D intensity presents empirical results concerning...
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variables the motives for innovation expenditures are also taken into account. We differentiate between firms which intend to …
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-determination slows down technological progress and reduces innovativeness. -- Co-determination ; innovation ; patents …
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We estimate the determinants of various types of product innovation. Knowledge spillovers from rivals have a positive … exert no such independent influence on drastic innovation activities. The results support the hypothesis that establishments … face difficulties in using knowledge that comes from areas they are not familiar with. Establishments exploit spillovers …
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Knowledge spillovers to competitors are regarded as an important aspect of the innovation process. While a company … leakage of knowledge in an industry will negatively affect profitability. This paper presents the results of an empirical …
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Wir diskutieren die Faktoren für eine erfolgreiche Umsetzung eines Systems des betrieblichen Vorschlagswesens und anderer Maßnahmen zur Stimulierung des Innovationserfolgs. Im Anschluss wird die Wirkung des betrieblichen Vorschlagswesens auf den Innovationserfolg empirisch überprüft. Als...
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