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Centralization of strategic decisions during the Great Recession : an empirical analysis of European manufacturing firms
Bakonyi, Zoltán; Muraközy, Balázs - 2016
This study analyzes which types of firm-level shocks were associated with the centralization of strategic decision-making during the recession of 2008-09. We use a unique survey dataset of more than 14000 manufacturing firms from seven European countries which includes direct information on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011538031
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Technology, profits and wages
Coveri, Andrea; Pianta, Mario - 2019
Building on a Post-Keynesian theoretical framework, integrated with an analysis of technology, this article investigates the structural determinants of income distribution. We develop a simultaneous model on wage and profit dynamics identifying as key determinants productivity growth,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012123473
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Austrian linkages to the European economy and the transmission mechanisms of ecnomic crisis
Francois, Joseph F.; Holzner, Mario; Pindyuk, Olga - 2011
, and where industry structure (number of varieties and allocation of capital stock across industries) is fixed. We … Industrie in der EU übertrug sich auf die damit verbundenen Branchen in Österreich. Die österreichische Wirtschaft konnte eine … Industrie einen weniger negativen Einfluss auf die österreichische Wirtschaft ausgeübt zu haben. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011392355
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Rough guide to the impact of the crisis on the third sector in Europe
Venables, Anthony - 2015
This article is a revised and updated version of an earlier publication2. It begins by looking at the issue of the definition of the third sector arguing in favour of a coming together of the concepts of civil society and social economy - what they share as core values outweighing their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011289229
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European universities during the crisis : a public policy perspective, with a brief excursion to the US
Ritzen, Jozef M. M. - 2015
The crisis slowed down the implementation of the Lisbon Strategy (for the EU to become the most competitive region in the world). The crisis has aggravated the divergence between the North West of Europe and Southern Europe in labor productivity imparted by the knowledge economy. At the same...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011333041
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Did the reduction of ICT investment due to the 2008 economic crisis affect the innovation performance of firms? : an exploratory analysis based on firm data for the European glass,...
Arvanitis, Spyridon; Loukis, Euripidis N. - 2015
In this paper we investigate empirically, first, the characteristics of the firms that reduced their ICT investment due to the 2008 crisis, particularly the firms' ICT-related characteristics in terms of ICT budget, skills and applications used. The analysis of the ICT characteristics that may...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011316396
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Overworked or underemployed? : actual and preferred household employment patterns in the context of the economic crisis
Steiber, Nadia; Haas, Barbara - 2015
This article revisits work hour mismatches at the couple level. Most of what has been published on actual and preferred employment arrangements of couples in Europe is based on international survey data from the late 1990s. The aim is to present new data on couples' actual and preferred...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011318429
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Temporary agency work and the great recession
Baumgarten, Daniel; Kvasnicka, Michael - 2016
We investigate with German data how the use of temporary agency work has helped establishments to manage the economic and financial crisis in 2008/09. We examine the (regular) workforce development, use of short-time work, and business performance of establishments that made differential use of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011456524
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Temporary agency work and the great recession
Baumgarten, Daniel; Kvasnicka, Michael - 2016
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011458214
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Temporary agency work and the Great Recession
Baumgarten, Daniel; Kvasnicka, Michael - 2016
We investigate with German data how the use of temporary agency work has helped establishments to manage the economic and financial crisis in 2008/09. We examine the (regular) workforce development, use of short-time work, and business performance of establishments that made differential use of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011458914