A group of decision makers simultaneously make contributions towards a green fund that reduces the future probability … of a climate catastrophe. We derive the theoretical predictions of the effects on contributions arising from 'behavioral … parameters' such as loss aversion and present-bias; 'structural factors' such as variation in the timing of uncertainty; the …

study of new hires is being carried out against the backdrop of a second research component, the development of a more … setting, and the focus is on the use of survival analysis to model the flow of new employees into and out of employment, and …The Truckers and Turnover Project is a statistical case study of a single firm and its employees which matches …

service. Yet over half leave within the first year, and cognitive skills are also strong predictors of who exits too early … affect the economic lives of individuals, by systematically changing preferences and choices in a way that favors the …Economic analysis has said little about how an individual’s cognitive skills (CS's) are related to the individual …

Despite the growing number of education programs and training seminars that aim at forging entrepreneurial skills, the … debates among educators, students and practitioners as well. It has often been believed that the spirit and capacity of … entrepreneurs and encourage entrepreneurial endeavors? To shed some light on these questions, this paper focuses on the role of the …

This paper questions the spirit of entrepreneurship among students in Morocco. It presents the results of a survey … (Higher Institute of Applied Technology). The results show that few students are willing to start their own business, and that … among students of FSJES and those of vocational training (BTS and ISTA) BTS equivalent to (Higher Technical Diploma), ISTA …

that OSS is a ‘new intellectual property paradigm’ for the digital economy. Therefore, OSS has been in the focus of …, although the differences of countries in OSS activities can not be solely explained by GDP, education and internet access. For … this reason, we perform a cross-country study analyzing how the number of OSS developers per inhabitants and the level of …

The paper analyzes the impact of institutional and cultural factors on a remarkable economic activity: the production … of so-called open source software (OSS). OSS is marked by free access to the software and its source code. Copyright … public, collaborative manner. OSS seems to be an example of a 'private provision of a public good'. While the supply …

these assertions, we find that EFP is significantly and positively related to R&D investment and the number of patents. EFP ….S.-based firms and two different measures of employee-friendly policies, supports the assertion that EFP based on sustainable …We examine the inter-relationships among employee-friendly policies (EFP), innovation through R&D investment, and firm …

. Two soft skills are taught to determine the success of graduates at work, namely leadership and entrepreneurial spirit …. The purpose of this study was to examine the structural effect of achievement motivation and achievement on student … influence on student leadership and entrepreneurial spirit. In addition, the effect of achievement motivation was higher on …