Search Results - subject:"Workforce Development"

Who works in a working region? : inclusive innovation in the new manufacturing economy

Lowe, Nichola; Wolf-Powers, Laura - In: Regional studies 52 (2018) 6, pp. 828-839

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Raising Job Quality and Worker Skills in the US: Creating More Effective Education and Workforce Development Systems in States

Holzer, Harry J. - 2012

education and workforce development systems, focusing primarily (though not exclusively) on disadvantaged youth and adults, and …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010331396

Return on investment in workforce development programs

Hollenbeck, Kevin - 2012

Under more and more fiscal scrutiny because of shrinking state and local budgets, workforce development programs are … being asked to estimate their return on investment (ROI). This paper introduces basic concepts of ROI in workforce … development programs. It distinguishes ROIs estimated for workforce programs from those that are estimated for financial …

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Rethinking How Establishment Skills Surveys Can More Effectively Identify Workforce Skills Gaps

Schwalje, Wes - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

Through a multicountry, practice-based review of establishment skills surveys, this article identifies conceptual issues with defining and measuring skills gaps. By harmonizing divergent conceptualizations, an operational definition of skills gaps as a situation in which current employees lack...

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Job Creation: What Really Works?

Hayes, David - In: Tennessee's Business 21 (2012) 1, pp. 26-28

Promises to create jobs could spell trouble, or one of these proposals may work, or maybe we'll just wait long enough for the economy to fix itself.

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Raising Job Quality and Worker Skills in the US: Creating More Effective Education and Workforce Development Systems in States

Holzer, Harry J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

education and workforce development systems, focusing primarily (though not exclusively) on disadvantaged youth and adults, and …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010548579

Raising job quality and worker skills in the US : creating more effective education and workforce development systems in states

Holzer, Harry J. - 2012

education and workforce development systems, focusing primarily (though not exclusively) on disadvantaged youth and adults, and …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009546528

Human capital challenges in the events industry of Canada: finding innovative solutions

Clark, Heather; Dimanche, Frederic; Cotter, Rebecca; … - In: Worldwide Hospitality and Tourism Themes 9 (2017) 4, pp. 424-432

Purpose This paper aims to provide perspectives on human capital challenges for the events industry in Canada. Industry and educator perspectives are featured in two segments of the paper. Design/methodology/approach This paper provides an overview of the events sector in Canada and includes a...

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Lean production, workforce development and operational performance

Uhrin, Ákos; Bruque-Cámara, Sebastian; … - In: Management Decision 55 (2017) 1, pp. 103-118

influence of workforce development on the relationship between lean production and operational performance. To test the … industry. Findings Results highlight the indispensable role of workforce development in the implementation phase of lean …

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Strategic flexibility analysis of agrifood nanotechnology skill needs identification

Yawson, Robert M.; Greiman, Bradley C. - In: Technological forecasting & social change : an … 118 (2017), pp. 184-194

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