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The moderating effects of national culture on the development of organizational learning culture: A multilevel study across seven countries

Škerlavaj, Miha; Su, Chunke; Huang, Meikuan - In: Journal for East European Management Studies 18 (2013) 1, pp. 97-134

This study examines the moderating effects of national culture dimensions (Hofstede 1980) on three key elements in the development of organisational learning culture: information acquisition, information interpretation and behavioral and cognitive changes. Data were collected from 1333 companies...

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The Effects of Gender Integration on Men: Evidence from the U.S. Military

Greenberg, Kyle; Wasserman, Melanie; Weber, E. Anna - 2024

Do men negatively respond when women first enter an occupation? We answer this question by studying the end of one of … the causal effects of the introduction of female colleagues on men's job performance, behavior, and perceptions of … previously all-male units does not negatively affect men's performance or behavioral outcomes, including retention, promotions …

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Integrating refugees in the Rhine-Neckar-Region: Initial evidence from an inclusive soccer project

Berg, Gerard van den; Kolb, Michael; Lange, Martin; … - 2016

The study analyses data from a survey conducted in July 2016 in the German Rhine-Neckar region among a group of male refugees who participate in a small inclusive soccer project or are part of a control group. Our main findings with respect to labour market integration and the effect of program...

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Estimating probabilities of default for German savings banks and credit cooperatives

Porath, Daniel - 2004

A healthy banking system is a fundamental condition for financial stability. When assessing the riskiness of the banking system, analysts often restrict their focus to large banks. This may create a distorted picture in countries like Germany with fragmented banking systems. In Germany, savings...

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The Failure of Northern Rock: A multi-dimensional Case Study

Congdon, Tim; Goodhart, Charles A.E.; Eisenbeis, Robert A. - 2009

In August 2007 the United Kingdom experienced its first bank run in over 140 years. Although Northern Rock was not a particularly large bank (it was at the time ranked 7th in terms of assets) it was nevertheless a significant retail bank and a substantial mortgage lender. In fact, ten years...

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Coordinated failure? A cross-country bank failure prediction model

Montgomery, Heather; Santoso, Wimboh; Besar, Dwityapoetra S. - 2005

This paper empirically investigates the causes of bank failures in Japan and Indonesia. Using logistic regression analysis of financial ratios, we explore the usefulness of domestic bank failure prediction models with a cross-country model that allows for cross-correlation of the error terms....

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Organising R&D in globalised context: Convergence or divergence? The relative influence of Dutch and foreign cultures on the organisational structure of R&D in multinational corporations

Offereins, Anneke; Fruytier, Ben - In: Management Revue 17 (2006) 4, pp. 466-483

This paper examines national culture as an explanatory variable in the convergence versus divergence debate of R&D organisational structures. It explores the effects of globalisation on the way in which R&D processes are structured at group level. It is argued that culture may have a decisive...

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Explaining female and male entrepreneurship across 29 countries

Verheul, Ingrid; van Stel, André J.; Thurik, A. Roy - 2004

Entrepreneurship Monitor data, including total entrepreneurial activity rates for both women and men for 2002, as well as a range of …

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Nearly universal, but somewhat distinct: The feminization of poverty in affluent Western democracies, 1969-2000

Brady, David; Kall, Denise - 2007

Our study extends research on the feminization of poverty by analyzing the variation in women's, men's and feminized … estimates of adult women's and men's poverty and the ratio of women's to men's poverty with two different poverty measures. We … feminization of poverty is nearly universal across affluent Western democracies 1969-2000. Second, we show that women's, men's and …

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Social Evolution, Corporate Culture, and Exploitation

Schlicht, Ekkehart - 2002

It has been claimed that the market fosters selfishness and thereby undermines the moral basis of society. This thesis has been developed with an emphasis on market exchange. Everyday life is, however, predominantly shaped by interactions in the workplace rather than by shopping behaviour. This...

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