Showing 1 - 10 of 15
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001131165
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001163753
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011735423
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011735479
Will ein Unternehmen sich langfristig im Wettbewerb behaupten, so muß es systematisch neue Produkte entwickeln und einführen. Entsprechende Innovationsprozesse sind allerdings risikobehaftet und führen erst langfristig zu positiven Ergebnissen, während sie kurzfristig Kosten verursachen. In...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011737600
In Unternehmen mit Trennung von Eigentum und Leitung stellt sich für die Unternehmenseigner das Problem der Steuerung der Geschäftsführung. Im Vordergrund steht dabei die strategische Erwägung, daß die Geschäftsführung in ausreichendem Maße in die Erhaltung der Wettbewerbsfähigkeit des...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011738024
This study is directly motivated by the results of Eckartz et al (2012). Subjects exerted suprisingly high efforts irrespectively of how they were compensated. This paper discusses a number of potential explanations and then it will focus on two of them: first, subjects might exert effort simply...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884457
We compare performance in a word based creativity task under three incentive schemes: a flat fee, a linear payment and a tournament. Furthermore, we also compare performance under two control tasks (Raven's advanced progressive matrices or a number-adding task) with the same treatments. In all...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884482
We compare the performance of liability rules for managing environmental disasters when third parties are harmed and cannot always be compensated. A firm can invest in safety to reduce the likelihood of accidents. The firm's investment is unobservable to authorities. Externality and asymmetric...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010539769
This paper examines whether monetary incentives are an effective tool for increasing domestic waste sorting. We exploit the exogenous variation in the waste management policies experienced during the years 1999-2008 by the 95 municipalities in the district of Treviso (Italy). We estimate with a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363243