In this paper, I analyse how the survival of new firms is affected by the average ability level in the founding team, the team size, team members' homogeneity with respect to ability, and team members' heterogeneity with respect to education. As a theoretical basis, I apply the O-ring theory...

[...] 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...

This paper compares two estimation methods of occupational skills transferability, both theoretically and empirically. The first method is based on Shaw's (1984) study, and the second one is based on Ormiston's (2014) study. The main difference between these two methods is that Shaw's skills...

We analyze the topical question of how the compensation of elected politicians affects the set of citizens choosing to run. To this end, we develop a sparse and tractable citizen-candidate model of representative democracy with ability differences, informative campaigning and political parties....

Mit den Technologien, die sich den erneuerbaren Energieträgern bzw. Energiequellen widmen, ist in Österreich ein Industriezweig entstanden, der auch international sehr erfolgreich agiert. Der vorliegende AMS report 61 diskutiert den zu erwartenden Arbeitskräfte- und Qualifikationsbedarf in...

This study investigates how competencies lead to performance. We propose that salespersons in the Korean pharmaceutical industry require three central competency dimensions: motive and traits, self-concept, and knowledge and skills. Further, we argue that the level of salesperson competencies is...

Zehn betriebliche Kurz-Fallstudien machen aktuelle Entwicklungen in der betrieblichen Weiterbildung transparent und geben betrieblichen Akteuren Hinweise auf Gestaltungsmöglichkeiten. Die dargestellten Projekte beziehen sich auf neue Formen arbeitsplatznaher Weiterbildung, betrieblicher...