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Routinization of work processes, de-routinization of job structures

Fernández-Macías, Enrique; Bisello, Martina; Peruffo, … - In: Socio-economic review 21 (2023) 3, pp. 1773-1794

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Tasks At Work : Comparative Advantage, Technology and Labor Demand

Acemoglu, Daron; Kong, Fredric; Restrepo, Pascual - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

central role of automation and new tasks in recent labor market trends. We also explain how general equilibrium effects … range of tasks, which can be allocated to workers of different skill types or to capital. Factors of production have well …-defined comparative advantage across tasks, which governs the pattern of substitution between skill groups. Technological change can: (1 …

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Introduction: New Perspectives on the Quality of Working Life

Kattenbach, Ralph; Jacqueline O’Reilly - In: management revue. Socio-economic Studies 22 (2011) 2, pp. 107-113

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Between Keeping Your Head Down and Trying to Get Noticed: Agency Workers in French Car Assembly Plants

Purcell, Christina; Brook, Paul; Lucas, Rosemary - In: management revue. Socio-economic Studies 22 (2011) 2, pp. 169-187

Numerical flexibility is commonly promoted as a driver of employment growth. However, contingent work is frequently associated with “bad jobs”, particularly for those in low skilled occupations. Agency work is a common and growing form of contingent work and is often promoted as a tool for...

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Riding the Wave: Exclusionary Practices in Markets for Microprocessors Used in IBM-Compatible Personal Computers

Wilson, Robert; Warrwn-Boulton, Frederick - In: International Journal of the Economics of Business 2 (1995) 2, pp. 241-262

This paper examines exclusionary practices allegedly used by Intel to maintain its dominant position in sales of microprocessors for IBM-compatible personal computers (PCs), focusing primarily on the preferential allocation of scarce product among customers. The paper considers the period...

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Mitbestimmung und Innovation aus Betriebsratsperspektive. Ergebnisse qualitativer Studien (Co-determination and Innovation from a Works Council Perspective. Some Qualitative Research Findings)

Stracke, Stefan; Nerdinger, Friedemann W. - In: Industrielle Beziehungen - Zeitschrift fuer Arbeit, … 17 (2010) 1, pp. 30-53

Innovationen werden als wichtige Erfolgsstrategie fuer Unternehmen gesehen. Dabei stellt sich die Frage, ob es auch Aufgabe fuer Betriebsraete sein kann, langfristig die Innovationsstrategie der Unternehmen zu beeinflussen und die Innovationsbereitschaft der Beschaeftigten anzuregen. In diesem...

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The impact of Artificial Intelligence on the labour market : What do we know so far?

Lane, Marguerita - 2021

This literature review takes stock of what is known about the impact of artificial intelligence on the labour market, including the impact on employment and wages, how AI will transform jobs and skill needs, and the impact on the work environment. The purpose is to identify gaps in the evidence...

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Die Auswirkungen von KI auf die Arbeitsmärkte: Was wir bislang wissen

Lane, Marguerita - 2021

Diese Literatursichtung untersucht, was über die Auswirkungen der künstlichen Intelligenz (KI) auf den Arbeitsmarkt bereits bekannt ist. Dabei geht es insbesondere um die Auswirkungen auf Beschäftigung und Löhne, auf Tätigkeitsprofile und Kompetenzanforderungen sowie auf das Arbeitsumfeld....

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Entry Deterrence through Fixed Cost Reducing R&D

Atallah, Gamal - In: Rivista di Politica Economica 97 (2007) 4, pp. 49-78

The paper explores the role of R&D investments reducing fixed production costs in entry deterrence. An incumbent monopolist and a potential entrant can perform R&D to reduce their fixed production costs, with bidirectional and asymmetric technological spillovers. It is shown that deterrence,...

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Monopoly and the Incentive to Innovate When Adoption Involves Switchover Disruptions

Holmes, Thomas J.; Levine, David K.; Schmitz, James A. - In: American Economic Journal: Microeconomics 4 (2012) 3, pp. 1-33

Arrow (1962) argued that since a monopoly restricts output relative to a competitive industry, it would be less willing to pay a fixed cost to adopt a new technology. We develop a new theory of why a monopolistic industry innovates less. Firms often face major problems in integrating new...

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