Labour shortages in Europe have led firms to adopt two key strategies: automation and the employment of migrants. This study empirically examines the relationship between robot adoption and immigrant labour (differentiated by region of origin and education level) in Austrian firms using a novel...

Labour shortages in Europe have led firms to adopt two key strategies: automation and the employment of migrants. This study empirically examines the relationship between robot adoption and immigrant labour (differentiated by region of origin and education level) in Austrian firms using a novel...

Coal dependence and inefficient decentralized heating have significantly increased China's energy consumption for winter heating, increasing air pollution and exacerbating the greenhouse effect. In 2017, China implemented the Pilot Policy on Clean Winter Heating in Northern China, aiming to...

University rankings have gained prominence in tandem with the global race towards excellence and as part of the growing expectation of rational, scientific evaluation of performance across a range of institutional sectors and human activity. While their omnipresence is acknowledged, empirically...

The paper introduces a new measure of educational mismatch at the firm level, constructed by merging firm and individual data at the sector-firm size-year level. This measure captures both the intensity of mismatch and its type – whether overeducation, undereducation, or a mix of the two. We...

Drawing from the conservation of resources (COR) theory as the overarching framework, this study develops a collaborative view on mitigating team knowledge hiding facets (i.e., evasive hiding, playing dumb, and rationalized hiding). It proposes team embeddedness as an attachment construct...

This study explores the nexus of digitalization, formalization, and global value chain (GVC) participation, providing critical insights into inclusive growth. Despite the importance of the nexus, common notions regarding the positive effects of digitalization on enterprise formalization and GVC...