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Inequality and the Organization of Knowledge
Garicano, Luis; Rossi-Hansberg, Esteban - University <Chicago, Ill.> / Department of Economics; … - 2004
Since the seminal work of Katz and Murphy (1992), the study of wage inequalityhas taken as its starting point a neoclassical CES production function using as inputscapital and low and high skill labor. This approach assumes that the organization ofproduction is fixed and determined by a...
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The Distinct Effects of Information Technology and Communication Technology on Firm Organization
Bloom, Nick; Garicano, Luis; Sadun, Raffaella; Van … - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2009
Empirical studies on information communication technologies (ICT) typically aggregate the“information” and “communication” components together. We show theoretically and empirically thatthese have very different effects on the empowerment of employees, and by extension on wageinequality....
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Earnings Inequality and Coordination Costs: Evidence from U.S. Law Firms
Garicano, Luis; Hubbard, Thomas N. - London School of Economics and Political Science; … - 2009
Earnings inequality has increased substantially since the 1970s. Using evidence changes from con…dential Census data on U.S. law offices on lawyers'organization and earnings, we study the extent to which the mechanism suggested by Lucas (1978) and Rosen (1982), a scale of operations effect...
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Status Incentives
Besley, Timothy; Ghatak, Maitreesh - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2008
When economists study incentives in organizations,the main focus has been on using monetary paymentsin exchange for performance on specific measurabledimensions. But organizations use a wide varietyof means to motivate their workers. One suchmethod which has not been studied much to date, isthe...
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Competition and Incentives with Motivated Agents
Besley, Timothy; Ghatak, Maitreesh - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2005
A unifying theme in the literature on organizations such as public bureaucraciesand private nonprofits is the importance of mission, as opposed to profit, as anorganizational goal. Such mission-oriented organizations are frequently staffed bymotivated agents who subscribe to the mission. This...
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Organisatorische Neuausrichtung im Post Merger-Management
Lindstädt, Hagen; Wolff, Michael - Institut für Angewandte Betriebswirtschaftslehre, … - 2007
, die Teile des neu entstehenden Unternehmens miteinander zu verbinden und zu einer geeigneten Organisation zusammenzufügen … -organisation illustriert, das sich eines hohen Bekanntheitsgrades erfreut. Dabei ist weniger allgemein bekannt, dass sich dieser … Ausspruch ursprünglich auf sehr konkrete Teile von Strategie und Organisation bezog. Besonders ist dies die einleuchtende …
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Co-ordination Mechanisms and Intensity of Integration Matter for the Duration and Success of Mergers
Lindstädt, Hagen - Institut für Angewandte Betriebswirtschaftslehre, … - 2004
Failed mergers are often attributed to „corporate culture problems“ – this statement is now almost regarded as commonplace. However, because these difficulties can rarely be differentiated between, this reference is unsatisfactory and in the worst case could even be used as an excuse. This...
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Neuausrichtung der Organisation nach M&A-Aktivitäten
Lindstädt, Hagen - Institut für Angewandte Betriebswirtschaftslehre, … - 2003
, die Teile des neu entstehenden Unternehmens miteinander zu verbinden und zu einer geeigneten Organisation zusammenzufügen … –organisation illustriert, das sich eines hohen Bekanntheitsgrades erfreut. Dabei ist weniger allgemein bekannt, dass sich dieser … Ausspruch ursprünglich auf sehr konkrete Teile von Strategie und Organisation bezog. Besonders ist dies die einleuchtende …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009005011
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Elektronische Koordination als Dienstleistung des E-Business
Lindstädt, Hagen; Wiegand, Marco - Handelshochschule <Leipzig> - 2002
dann einige Hypothesen zu Implikationen der neuen Koordinationsmecha-nismen für die grundlegende Organisation ökonomischer …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009005017
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The Automotive and Electronics Industries andProcesses of Change; Evidence from the Welsh Cluster
Clifton, N.C.; Hopkins, A.; Jones, P.; Pickernell, D.G. - Welsh Enterprise Institute <Pontypridd> - 2000
The automotive and electronics industries within the UK have seen dramatic changes over thepast two decades, reflected by culture changes for the organisations within them. This paperexamines the issues surrounding two case study firms in the South Wales electronics andautomotive components...
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