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On the Structural Dimension of Competitive Strategy

Kaniovski, Serguei; Peneder, Michael - 2001

This paper aims at establishing the existence of systematic differences in the nature of competitive strategies available to individual firms across industries. By means of qualitative content analysis, we extracted a matrix of 76 industries times 12 strategies reported as being characteristic...

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Intangible Investment and Human Resources. The New WIFO Taxonomy of Manufacturing Industries

Peneder, Michael - 1999

Statistical cluster techniques are applied in the development of two new taxonomies of manufacturing industries. The first focuses on the distinction between exogenous, location dependent comparative cost advantages, such as the relative abundance of capital or labour, and endogenously created...

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Externe Rechnungslegung und Bewertung von Humankapital: Stand der betriebswirtschaftlichen Diskussion

Schäfer, Henry; Lindenmayer, Philipp - 2005

Sprachwissenschaftler haben das 'Humankapital' zum Unwort des Jahres 2004 erklärt, weil - so die Kritik - der Begriff den Menschen auf eine nur ökonomisch interessante Größe reduziere. In ähnlicher Weise mit der wirtschaftlichen Bedeutung des Menschen für das Unternehmen wird argumentiert,...

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Human resources and business performance: Findings, unanswered questions, and an alternative approach

Gerhart, Barry - In: Management Revue 16 (2005) 2, pp. 174-185

In 1996, Becker and Gerhart noted that much of the work on human resources (HR) and performance had traditionally been conducted at the individual level of analysis. However, in the 1990s, empirical research on HR and performance increasingly moved to the plant/unit and firm level of analysis...

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Intrapreneurship in der beruflichen Erstausbildung: Versuch einer begrifflichen Klärung und Operationalisierung

Ebner, Markus L.; Korunka, Christian; Frank, Hermann; … - In: Zeitschrift für Personalforschung (ZfP) 22 (2008) 3, pp. 291-311

achievement, social competence, training-specific 'jobability', training- specific autonomous activity. The results show a clear …

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Fit and complementarity: cognitive distance and combined competence as predictors of co-operative R&D projects' outcomes in Europe

Zibell, Laurent; Allen, Peter M. - 2009

This article considers cognitive distance and combined competence as predictors of concrete outcomes in co … projects managers in partnering organisations, addressing technical and scientific competence, R&D management competence and … competence being developed appear to be better predictors of concrete project outcomes than geographic distance, differences in …

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Key competences in Europe: Opening doors for lifelong learners across the school curriculum and teacher education

Gordon, Jean; Halasz, Gabor; Krawczyk, Magdalena; Leney, Tom - 2009

[...] The aim of the study is to provide a comparative overview of policy and practice concerning the development and implementation of key competences in the education systems of the 27 Member States of the European Union. In particular, the study assesses the implementation of the 8 key...

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The governor's dilemma: Competence versus control in indirect governance

Abbott, Kenneth W.; Genschel, Philipp; Snidal, Duncan; … - 2018

principals. The "governor's dilemma" results from the tradeoff between agent competence and principal control. Competent agents … impedes agent competence by constraining the development and exercise of agent capabilities. If a principal emphasizes control …, it limits agent competence and risks policy failure; if it emphasizes competence, it provides opportunistic agents …

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Intellectual capital and maintenance of work ability: The wellbeing perspective

Hussi, Tomi - 2003

the most essential change caused by intellectual capital has taken place in relation to competence because the focus is … shifting from individual’s competencies to collective competence. Changes in work environment, work community and employee …

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Corporate Taxes and the Location of Intangible Assets Within Multinational Firms

Dischinger, Matthias; Riedel, Nadine - 2008

Intangible assets, like patents and trademarks, are increasingly seen as the key to competitive success and as the drivers of corporate profit. Moreover, they constitute a major source of profit shifting opportunities in multinational enterprises (MNEs) due to a highly intransparent transfer...

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