This study examined whether the effectiveness of human resource management (HRM)practices is contingent on … between HRM and subsequent productivity will be stronger for firms with a positive organizational climate and for firms using … and productivity will be stronger for firms with a poor climate because employees working in these firms should have the …

individuals that work in each business. Many studies of productivity have treated all workers as homogeneous and use the total …. This dissertation exploits the heterogeneity of labor and variation in human resource management systems, and tries to … have higher productivity and ``learn'' faster than those with higher worker turnover. Moreover, I develop new instruments …

Management (ERM), because sound internal control system rests on adequate and comprehensive analysis of enterprise-wide risks. In …

between infrastructure and private productivity. The second subject is the determinants of regional infrastructure investment … infrastructure to private production; the essays three to five study besides the productivity effects also the determinants of …

rigidity. The third essay analyses how different unionisation structures affect firm productivity and firm performance in a … among heterogeneous producers and increases average productivity and profit levels, firm-level bargaining allows less … productive entrants to remain in the market. The positive effect of centralised bargaining on average productivity can, however …

Arbeitsplätzen, Strukturen (nach Größe und Branchen), Umsätze (im In- und Ausland) sowie Investitionen. Der Vergleich von Brandenburg … (size and sector), sales (domestic and foreign), and investments, is analyzed. The comparison of Brandenburg and East Berlin … on productivity growth, and additionally export behavior has to be persistent over time. Both conditions are empirically …

-, consultation-, and co-determination rights. The effects works councils have on productivity and profits are estimated for medium …-sized manufacturing firms using information from the IAB establishment panel. The results indicate a positive effect on productivity of 6 …