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A hidden source of innovation? : revisiting the impact of initial vocational training on technological innovation
Matthies, Eike; Thomä, Jörg; Bizer, Kilian - 2022
' participation in initial VET and their innovation outcomes. The results based on linear probability models show that the impact of … VET activity on innovation is indeed ambiguous. Overall, as expected, participation in initial VET has virtually no effect … on radical product innovation. However, a positive impact of training apprentices is observed in case of incremental …
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A hidden source of innovation? : revisiting the impact of initial vocational training on technological innovation
Matthies, Eike; Thomä, Jörg; Bizer, Kilian - 2022 - Updated version
' participation in initial VET and their innovation outcomes. Our results show that the direct effects of initial VET on technological … innovation in small and mediumsized enterprises (SMEs) are on average quite weak. If at all, a training firm's initial VET … activities are associated with production innovation activities and not with process innovation. Larger effects can only be …
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Does initial vocational training foster innovativeness at the company level? : evidence from German establishment data
Matthies, Eike; Haverkamp, Katarzyna; Thomä, Jörg; … - 2022 - Updated version
a positive impact on firm-level innovation, empirical evidence on the subject remains scarce. This study exploits … initial VET and their innovation outcomes. The results based on linear probability models and entropy balancing show that the … relationship between VET activity and innovation are more ambiguous than often postulated. Overall, the participation in initial …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013201725
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Does initial vocational training foster innovativeness at the company level? : evidence from German establishment data
Matthies, Eike; Haverkamp, Katarzyna; Thomä, Jörg; … - 2021
' participation in initial VET on their innovation outcomes. The results based on linear probability models and instrumental variable … regressions with entropy balancing show that the impact of VET activity on innovation is more ambiguous than postulated. Overall …, the participation in initial VET has virtually no effect on product innovation and radical novelties. For the total …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012495922
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Does the Small Business Program Benefit Self-Employed Workers? Evidence from Nicaragua
Kim, Booyuel - 2019
Business and skills training programs have been a popular social policy option to promote self-employment and improve its performance in developing countries. We study the Small Business of the Family Economy (SBFE) program, a government business training program in Nicaragua designed to support...
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Technology adoption and skills : a pilot study of Kent SMEs
Robinson, Catherine; Siegel, Christian; Liao, Sisi - 2021
Does the successful deployment of digital technologies require complementary investment in skills? We conducted a pilot survey to investigate. The survey elicited information on whether the firm was adopting one of the three digital technologies of interest (AI, robotics, big data), provided...
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Making intense skills training work at scale : evidence on business and labor market outcomes in Tanzania
Calderone, Margherita; Fiala, Nathan; Melyoki, Lemayon … - 2022
Improving youth labor market outcomes is a primary concern for countries around the world. We conduct a randomized controlled trial in Tanzania on an intense gender-sensitive skills training program that worked with over 53,000 youth in the region. After two years, we find the program increased...
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Local human capital externalities and wages at the firm level : the case of Italian manufacturing
Bratti, Massimiliano; Leombruni, Roberto - 2009
We use a unique firm-level data set merging administrative information on average wages paid by firms by skill level (blue collars and white collars), Population Census information on the local stock of human capital available to firms and survey information on firm characteristics to...
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Vocational Training Support and Innovation at SMEs
Hlasny, Vladimir - 2023
medium-sized enterprise (SME) competencies on Korean firms’ innovation. We investigate SMEs’ patent applications (supported …Purpose: While the value of human capital for technological innovation is well acknowledged, literature on the role of … vocational training in corporate innovation is notably scarce. This study assesses the effect of government support for small and …
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Service innovation and internationalization in SMEs : implications for growth and performance
Kunttu, Anna; Torkkeli, Lasse - In: Management revue : socio-economic studies 26 (2015) 2, pp. 83-100
-sized enterprises (SMEs). The literature has yielded mixed results on how innovation impacts internationalization and performance of … internationalization (DOI) among the companies. We then discuss the implications on innovation management and corporate strategy. …
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