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A Relationship between Information Technology Implementation and Acquisition of Competitive Advantages in Banking in Croatia
Hrestak, Denis - 2015
Strong development of information technology corresponds to a growing corporate investment into this segment …
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Investments, balance of payment equilibrium and industrial and regional policies in Europe
Cappellin, Riccardo - 2016
increase of GDP and an equilibrium of the balance of payment. The model of innovation and investment pulled growth illustrated … in the paper, indicates that a greater immaterial investment in R&D, education and project design and planning leads to … investment leads to an increase of GDP, which may be compatible with the constraint of the equilibrium of the balance of payment …
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Total Quality Management Practice in Croatian Language Service Provider Companies
Seljan, Sanja - 2018
The aim of this paper is to perform analysis of existing practice of Quality Management (QM) and Total Quality Management (TQM) principles in Croatian Language Service Provider (LSP) companies in order to analyse the gap and suggest recommendations. In this case study, twelve SME Croatian LSP...
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KNOWLEDGE CREATION IN TEMPORARY REGIONAL NETWORKS
Rutten, Roel; Dessy, Irawati - 2010
The literature on trust, control and knowledge creation in seems to be moving towards a consensus. Trust is necessary to create an open atmosphere for knowledge creation while control acts as a safeguard against malfeasance. Networks that neglect either one often create less knowledge, such as...
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The Relationship Between Organizational Culture and Employees’ Satisfaction Shown on the Example of Tourism Businesses in Montenegro
Simovic, Olivera; Perovic, Djurdjica; Raicevic, Milica - 2019
Organizational culture, as an area of management is a complex system of mutual values that creates an organization’s identity and makes it different from the competition. The aim of this paper is to create an adequate approach for improving competitive advantages and better performance of...
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Does Imported Skill-Biased Technological Change Originate None, One or Many Kuznets Curves?
Vivarelli, Marco; Grimalda, Gianluca - 2005
We draw on a dynamical two-sector model and on a calibration exercise to study the impact of a skill-biased technological shock on the growth path and income distribution of a developing economy. The model builds on the theoretical framework developed by Silverberg and Verspagen (1995) and on...
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Wage inequality, comparative advantage and skill biased technical change in South Africa
Rattsø, Jørn; Stokke, Hildegunn - 2009
International trade may influence income distribution. This study takes as a starting point the puzzling development of relative wages between skilled and unskilled labor in South Africa. Wage inequality decreased during the sanctions period and increased with trade liberalization post...
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On the ICT Economy in the European Countries: Investigating the Contribution of the ICT Sectors Using the Input-Output Model
Rohman, Ibrahim Kholilul; Bohlin, Erik - 2010
growth of the economy. These studies are from a macro perspective that emphasizes the role of infrastructure investment, as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010304248
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Value Creation in a QoE Environment
Heger, Tobias; Schlesinger, Maximilian D. - 2010
User behavior of multimedia services currently undergoes strong changes. This is reflected in several recent trends, e.g. the increase of rich media content consumption, preferences for more individual and personalized services and the higher sensitivity of end users for quality issues. These...
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Implementation of technological breakthroughs at sector level and the technology-bias
Stijepic, Denis; Wagner, Helmut - 2011
Different goods are produced by different sectors in an economy. The fact that sectors use different production technologies is named technology-bias. The technology-bias is well documented and has important theoretical implications for economic growth and unemployment. We provide a theoretical...
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