In der Produktion deutscher Investitionsgüter-Produzenten hat der Zeitlohn den Akkord abgelöst. Für 63 Prozent der Produktionsmitarbeiter gilt mittlerweile diese Lohnform ohne direkten Leistungsbezug. Im Akkord werden lediglich noch 15 Prozent der Produktionsbeschäftigten entlohnt. Der...

Die deutsche Investitionsgüterindustrie konnte in den zurückliegenden zwei Jahren ihre Leistungsfähigkeit merklich verbessern. Durchlaufzeiten und Lieferzeiten konnten bei gleichbleibender Termintreue um ca. 7 Prozent verkürzt werden. Durch eine Beschleunigung der Entwicklungszeiten für...

This paper analyses the impact of business process outsourcing (BPO) on firm productivity based on a comprehensive German firm-level panel data set covering manufacturing and service industries. The growing importance of service inputs into the production process is undisputed. Firms...

The aim of this paper is to take a structured approach at estimating the coefficients of factors explaining movements of the labour share across countries. In particular, we focus on proper dynamic specification and test the validity of the homogeneity assumption of slope coefficients frequently...

Several reviews and impact assessment studies have concluded that the Sixth Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development (FP6) succeeded in fostering scientific excellence and attracting the 'A Team' in public science. However, these studies typically fail to contrast their...

This paper explores the role of R&D worker mobility on innovation performance. As one main novelty, we employ churning as a measure for worker mobility. Churning depicts the number of workers which are replaced by new ones. It is a very informative indicator since a firm may be exposed to...

We explore the impact of the age structure of human capital on average regional productivity by applying a spatial econometric analysis based on an augmented Lucas-type production function. We also apply a new definition of regional human capital focusing on its availability. The estimates...

The study is devoted to the measurement of productivity and efficiency change in Chinese farming sector over the reform process in the 1980s and 1990s. Within an output distance function framework, an index of total factor productivity is decomposed into technical and allocative efficiency,...