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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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