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We estimate the effect of downsizing announcement on workplace performance using data from a German bakery chain of 193 shops. Faced with intensified competition, the firm decided to sell or close down 57 of its worst performing shops. We identify the effect of downsizing from a plausibly...
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Abstract Staffing decisions typically account for a large portion of a retailer's operational costs. The effectiveness of these decisions has often been analyzed by relating staffing levels to revenues. However, such approach does not explicitly consider the mechanisms by which the staff can...
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We estimate the effect of downsizing announcement on workplace performance using data from a German bakery chain of 193 shops. Faced with intensified competition, the firm decided to sell or close down 57 of its worst performing shops. We identify the effect of downsizing from a plausibly...
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Although employee engagement has become a vital issue in business, research on how different bundles of Human Resource (HR) practices affect employee engagement remains insufficient. This study addresses two primary aims: firstly, to investigate the direct and indirect effects of general HR...
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Although numerous studies explore innovation, most of them focus on technological innovations. It is currently … difficult to focus exclusively on products and processes when discussing innovation because new ideas can transform any part of … an organization's value chain. Indeed, marketing innovation is essential for small and medium firms and its study is …
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innovation’ as the primary goal where firms must create consumer demand and exploit untapped markets. Empirical analysis has been …
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Although numerous studies explore innovation, most of them focus on technological innovations. It is currently … difficult to focus exclusively on products and processes when discussing innovation because new ideas can transform any part of … an organization’s value chain. Indeed, marketing innovation is essential for small and medium firms and its study is …
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In an RCT, a large retail chain’s CEO sets new goals for the managers of the treated stores by asking them “to do what they can” to reduce the employee quit rate. The treatment decreases the quit rate by a fifth to a quarter, lasting nine months before petering out, but reappearing after a...
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In a field experiment, a large retail chain's CEO asked managers of treated stores “to do what they can” to reduce personnel turnover. Turnover decreases by a quarter for nine months; a reminder treatment triggers a similar decrease for a shorter period. Treated managers report shifting...
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