Employee resistance against innovations is a virulent phenomenon and there is a broad theoretical literature on its determinants. The empirical evidence is scarce, however, and mainly provides descriptive evidence on the incidence of the phenomenon and concentrates on the effectiveness of change...

In den letzten 15 Jahren zeigt die deutsche Wirtschaftspolitik auffallende Ähnlichkeiten mit der Politik der Niederlande 20 Jahre zuvor: Die Gewerkschaften stellen bescheidene Lohnforderungen, und die Zahl der atypischen Stellen wächst schnell. Diese Politik hat einen Preis: geringere...

In den letzten 15 Jahren zeigt die deutsche Wirtschaftspolitik auffallende Ähnlichkeiten mit der Politik der Niederlande 20 Jahre zuvor: Die Gewerkschaften stellen bescheidene Lohnforderungen, und die Zahl der atypischen Stellen wächst schnell. Diese Politik hat einen Preis: geringere...

The effect of collective bargaining on innovation has long been in dispute. At the level of theory, the hold-up problem has been used to justify positive as well as negative effects of unionism. At the empirical level, although some would consider the North American evidence as cut and dried,...

Employee resistance against innovations is a virulent phenomenon and there is a broad theoretical literature on its determinants. The empirical evidence is scarce, however, and mainly provides descriptive evidence on the incidence of the phenomenon and concentrates on the effectiveness of change...

The effect of collective bargaining on innovation has long been in dispute. At the level of theory, the hold-up problem has been used to justify positive as well as negative effects of unionism. At the empirical level, although some would consider the North American evidence as cut and dried,...

Much research on acculturation around global experiences has focused on the “type” of overseas experience—e.g. expatriate, repatriate, inpatriate, flexpatriate. The experiences of people in those categories and across various demographics (single/married/divorced; gender; sexual orientation)...

Employee resistance against innovations is a virulent phenomenon and there is a broad theoretical literature on its determinants. The empirical evidence is scarce, however, and mainly provides descriptive evidence on the incidence of the phenomenon and concentrates on the effectiveness of change...

A growing literature on determinants of innovative performance focuses on factors such as market structure, firm size, (regional and international) knowledge spillovers, R&D collaboration, conditions for appropriation of innovation benefits, and others. This paper contributes to an aspect that...

Die wenigen empirischen Untersuchungen, die bisher zum Zusammenhang zwischen der Partizipation von Beschaeftigten und dem unternehmerischen Innovationserfolg durchgefuehrt wurden, zeigen kein einheitliches Ergebnis. Dies liegt zum einen an unterschiedlichen Abgrenzungen des...