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Modularity and innovation in complex systems
Ethiraj, Sendil K. (contributor);  … - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]
performance in complex systems. We show that there is an important asymmetry between the performance implications of over- and … performance improvement. We discuss the implications of these arguments for product and organization design. -- Modularity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002133553
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Diseño de un layout de planta : Marmicoc Argentina SA
Yacuzzi, Enrique; Pinchuk, Diego; Wood, Rodolfo; … - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003923706
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Blue Economy and sustainable tourism management in coastal zones: learning from experiences
Sotiriadis, Marios; Shen, Shiwei - 2020
The sustainable management of coastal zones requires appropriate tools within the framework of the Blue Economy. This paper adopts a supply/coastal zone perspective to investigate key issues and aspects related to the implementation of coastal tourism initiatives. The main research question is:...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012289919
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Doing well by doing good : the role of Mexico's firms in achieving sustainable and inclusive growth
Gabriel, Mabel; Lenain, Patrick; Mehrez, Mirna; … - 2017
The private sector can be a strategic partner in the pursuit of sustainable and inclusive growth, with the ability to have a profound impact, particularly in areas such as climate change, inclusiveness, equality and good governance. Firms could contribute through three different approaches:...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011700319
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Gender Differences in Response to Competitive Organization? Differences Across Fields from a Product Development Platform Field Experiment
Boudreau, Kevin; Kaushik, Nilam - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
Prior research, primarily based on lab experiments, suggests that females might be more averse to competition than males and could be more inclined towards collaboration, instead. Were these findings to generalize to adults across the workforce, there could be profound implications for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013210090
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The Effectiveness of Digital Interventions on COVID-19 Attitudes and Beliefs
Athey, Susan; Grabarz, Kristen; Luca, Michael; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
During the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, a common strategy for public health organizations around the world has been to launch interventions via advertising campaigns on social media. Despite this ubiquity, little has been known about their average effectiveness. We conduct a large-scale...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013334490
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Environmental pollution policy of small businesses in Nigeria and Ghana : extent and impact
Efobi, Uchenna Rapuluchukwu; Belmondo, Tanankem; Orkoh, … - 2018
significantly improve their performance. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011998507
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Turbulence, flexibility and performance of the long-lived small firm
Power, Bernadette; Reid, Gavin C. - 2003
in Scotland. New measures of flexibility and turbulence are used to explain the performance of mature small firms. These … depend on our unique body of evidence from interviews with owner managers. Performance is measured using a Likert scale over … performance. This is done in two forms. The first involves generalised least squares estimation (with heteroskedastic adjustment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011333898
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The value of human and social capital investments for the business performance of start-ups
Bosma, Niels; Praag, Mirjam van; Thurik, Adriaan R.; … - 2002
effect of talent, enhance entrepreneurial performance? We distinguish between three different performance measures: survival … founders, we conclude that specific investments indeed affect the three performance measures substantially and significantly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011326404
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Works councils and learning : on the dynamic dimension of codetermination
Jirjahn, Uwe; Mohrenweiser, Jens; Backes-Gellner, Uschi - 2010
This study provides the first econometric analysis on the dynamic dimension of establishment-level codetermination in Germany. We hypothesize that learning implies a change in the nature and scope of codetermination over time. Using unique data from small- and medium-sized establishments, our...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010356083