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Tournaments are often used to improve performance in innovation contexts. Tournaments provide monetary incentives but also render teams’ identity and social-image concerns salient. We study the effects of tournaments on team performance in a non-routine task and identify the importance of...
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of productive resources, which in turn increase aggregate productivity and lead to a higher standard of living. I present …
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for faster productivity growth, but also a potential disruption to a number of economic sectors and to job markets …
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The wave of digital-industrial innovation which begins to disrupt vast sectors of the global economy has fueled fear of a potential adverse impact on jobs and wages. This paper argues that digitalindustrial innovations make human capital more important than ever and the focus needs to shift to...
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inequality, and higher productivity growth through automation. In this paper we critically re-assess these predictions by (i … aggregate demand. A second is that the predictions of AI causing massive job losses and faster growth in productivity and GDP … growth and productivity is stagnating and inequality is rising. Our paper provides a theoretical explanation of this in the …
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-2006. Our results, with workplace fixed-effects and allowing for time-varying productivity shocks, demonstrate that more … classroom training. We then demonstrate that on-the-job training has a positive impact on firm-level productivity through …
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direct investment, imports of productivity-enhancing technology - are petering out, and are yet to be substituted. We propose …
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We study the impact of techies-engineers and other technically trained workers-on firm-level productivity. We first …-neutral productivity in both manufacturing and non-manufacturing industries. We find that techies raise firm-level productivity, and this … of techies on productivity operates mostly through ICT and other techies, not R&D workers. Engineers have a greater …
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The main aim of every organization is to improve performance and productivity, but this is only possible with efficient … managerial skills and technology adaptation on firm performance and productivity through the mediation channel of process … the productivity and performance of firms. The present research is focused on the implementation of new technology and …
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The productivity-enhancing effects of digitalisation have generated increased interest in the promotion of digital … technologies. This report provides different estimations for euro area countries of the impact of digital uptake on productivity at … firm level, showing that the adoption of digital technologies could lead to an increase in firms' productivity in the …
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