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Flexible Work Organization and Employer Provided Training : Evidence from German Linked Employer-Employee Data
Campaner, Annika - 2018
We examine the hypothesis that flexible work organization involves greater skill requirements and, hence, an increased likelihood of receiving employer provided training. Using unique linked employer-employee data from Germany, we confirm that employees are more likely to receive training when...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012912771
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Product Market Competition and Employer Provided Training in Germany
Heywood, John S. - 2017
Using German establishment data, this paper examines the relationship between product market competition and the extent of employer provided training. We demonstrate that high product market competition is associated with increased training except when the competition is so severe as to threaten...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012946567
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Participatory Ergonomics Training in the Manufacturing Sector and Ergonomic Analysis Tools
St-Vincent, Marie - 2010
This article discusses the importance of job analysis tools for training in the context of participatory ergonomic processes. It explains the major principles and challenges in the design of these tools for short-cycle repetitive tasks and for long-cycle varied tasks. The intervention framework...
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Manufacturing Digitalization in the U.S. and its Policy Implications for Korea
Kim, Inchul; Cho, Jaehan; Jung, Sunin; Kim, Hanhin; … - 2023
The purpose of this report is twofold. First, to describe the digitalization of modern manufacturing and U.S. businesses' adoption of digital technologies and identify the implications for policy carried by these trends. And second, to provide recommendations for competition policy in Korea...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014264385
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Product market competition and employer provided training in Germany
Heywood, John S.; Jirjahn, Uwe; Campaner, Annika - 2017
Using German establishment data, this paper examines the relationship between product market competition and the extent of employer provided training. We demonstrate that high product market competition is associated with increased training except when the competition is so severe as to threaten...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012119643
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Product market competition and employer provided training in Germany
Heywood, John S.; Jirjahn, Uwe; Campaner, Annika - 2017
Using German establishment data, this paper examines the relationship between product market competition and the extent of employer provided training. We demonstrate that high product market competition is associated with increased training except when the competition is so severe as to threaten...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011735905
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Product market competition and employer provided training in Germany
Heywood, John S.; Jirjahn, Uwe; Campaner, Annika - 2017
Using German establishment data, this paper examines the relationship between product market competition and the extent of employer provided training. We demonstrate that high product market competition is associated with increased training except when the competition is so severe as to threaten...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011723074
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Exporting, investing and productivity dynamics in African manufacturing
Alka, Kilishi A. - In: Oxford open economics 3 (2024), pp. 1-17
Trade shocks generated by trade policy reform are important for firm productivity. In particular, export opportunities … activity. The superior productivity performance of firms that engage in both activities is consistent with the idea that … exporting and investing have complementary effects on a firm's productivity: investing facilitates a firm's ability to absorb …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015371335
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Financial constraints, firm dynamics and productivity
Foda, Karim; Shi, Yu; Vaziri, Maryam - In: Applied economics letters 32 (2025) 10, pp. 1439-1447
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Africa's manufacturing puzzle : evidence from Tanzanian and Ethiopian firms
Diao, Xinshen; Ellis, Mia; McMillan, Margaret; Rodrik, Dani - In: The World Bank economic review : WBER 39 (2025) 2, pp. 308-340
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