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The influence of critical service incidents in a health and fitness club environment: exploring buyer and seller relationship perspectives.

Oliver, John - 2004

that the research had to be conducted within real time business constraints. Action research was used as an umbrella …

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The Single European Currency and Implications of Labour Market Imperfections

Lange, Thomas - 2002

Britain’s decision to reject membership of a Single European Currency - the Euro - remains a focal point of contemporary political and economic debate. Both the Danish vote to reject the Euro and the latter’s slide in value have resulted in some anxious moments for those politicians and...

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Knowledge and Innovation for New Zealand: Dynamic Benefits of a Two Stage Wage Strategy and Its Unlikely Application

Lange, Thomas - 2006

substantial government funded training programmes and highlights the limitations of public investment in business R&D. Instead …

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Intervention at the Level of the Firm: Employer-Sponsored Training and Wage Growth in Post-Unification Germany

Georgellis, Yannis; Lange, Thomas - 2007

Purpose – The aim of the paper is to assess the determinants and impact of employer sponsored further training on wage growth in West Germany over the period 1992 to 2002. Design/methodology/approach – Following a descriptive narrative on further training and wages in Germany, data derived...

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Participation in continous, on-the-job training and the impact on job satisfaction: longitudinal evidence from the German labour market

Georgellis, Yannis; Lange, Thomas - 2007

A number of studies in the human resources literature acknowledge the importance of workplace training for inducing organizational commitment on the part of workers. However, small sample sizes and the absence of relevant panel data have raised concerns about the general validity of results and...

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Early Career Mobility and Earnings Profiles of German Apprentices: Theory and Empirical Evidence

Bougheas, Spiros; Georgellis, Yannis - 2004

We investigate how apprenticeship training affects the early career mobility and earnings profiles of young apprentices in Germany. The heterogeneous quality and nature (whether general or firm specific) of training across firms is expected to be reflected in the post-apprenticeship mobility and...

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Unemployment alters the set point for life satisfaction.

Lucas, Richard E; Clark, Andrew E; Georgellis, Yannis; … - 2004

According to set-point theories of subjective well-being, people react to events but then return to baseline levels of happiness and satisfaction over time. We tested this idea by examining reaction and adaptation to unemployment in a 15-year longitudinal study of more than 24,000 individuals...

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Total factor productivity growth and technical change in the English and Welsh water and sewerage industry

Ashton, J.K. - 2000

The characteristic of total factor productivity growth and technical change in the water and sewerage industry of England and Wales are examined within this article. Total factor productivity growth, technical change and the components of technical change are quantified using a time trend model....

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The Contribution of Motor Racing Sponsorship to the Product Adoption Process

Grant-Braham, Bruce; Carter, Dennis; Saker, Jim - 1998

This paper examines the concept of sponsorship as an element of the marketing communications mix. The particular interest of the researchers is the contribution that sports sponsorship may make towards brand personality and awareness in the consumer's product adoption process. The paper is part...

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How does the internet relate to the internationalisation of UK manufacturing SMES? - a network approach.

Tseng, Ko-Min Kevin - 2007

business-to consumer marketing, no significant studies have looked at business-to-business marketing, especially the … Internet and industrial environment that need to be considered for their international business decisions. The findings reveal … key components that have direct impact upon manufacturing SMEs when engaging in network business activities. Moreover, the …

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