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The Impact of Continuous Training on a Firm’s Innovations
Bauernschuster, Stefan; Falck, Oliver; Heblich, Stephan - CESifo - 2008
Keeping up with rapid technological change necessitates constant innovation. Successful innovation depends on both … implement them. Both of these knowledge-based elements of innovation can be attained through moderate labor force turnover in … innovation within a multivariate regression framework. However, when instrumenting training by the existence of a union …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005405807
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The Effectiveness of Business Codes: A Critical Examination of Existing Studies and the Development of an Integrated Research Model
Kaptein, Kaptein, S.P.; Schwartz, Schwartz, M.S. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2007
Business codes are a widely used management instrument. Research into the effectiveness of business codes has, however …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010731528
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Contingent Trade Policy and Economic Efficiency
McCalman, Phillip; Stähler, Frank; Willmann, Gerald - CESifo - 2011
This paper develops an efficiency theory of contingent trade policies. We model the competition for a domestic market … contingent trade policy on efficiency grounds. Contingent trade policy that seeks to maximize global welfare can avoid the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009020091
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Simultaneous Search and Network Efficiency
Gautier, Pieter A.; Holzner, Christian - CESifo - 2011
When workers send applications to vacancies they create a network. Frictions arise if workers do not know where other workers apply to (this affects network creation) and firms do not know which candidates other firms consider (this affects network clearing). We show that those frictions and the...
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Household Formation and Markets
Gersbach, Hans; Haller, Hans; Konishi, Hideo - CESifo - 2013
We consider competitive markets for multiple commodities with endogenous formation of one- or two-person households. Within each two-person household, externalities from the partner’s commodity consumption and unpriced actions are allowed. Each individual has two types of traits: observable...
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Reinventing Crew Scheduling at Netherlands Railways
Fischetti, Fischetti, M.; Kroon, Kroon, L.G.; Timmer, … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2004
increment of the punctuality and efficiency of the railway services. The plans produced according to the alternative production …
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Testing for Third-Order Stochastic Dominance with Diversification Possibilities
Post, Post, G.T. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2002
We derive an empirical test for third-order stochastic dominance that allows for diversification between choice alternatives. The test can be computed using straightforward linear programming. Bootstrapping techniques and asymptotic distribution theory can approximate the sampling properties of...
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Cooperative CEO Identity and Efficient Governance: Member or Outside CEO?
Liang, Liang, Q.X.; Hendrikse, Hendrikse, G.W.J. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2012
A principal-agent model is formulated to capture the efficiency of cooperatives with a member CEO and cooperatives with …
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Incentives to Work and Performance in the Public Sector
Economides, George; Philippopoulos, Apostolis; … - CESifo - 2015
productive efficiency, in the public sector. We focus on reforms aiming to establish parity between work conditions in the public …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011163067
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Efficiency Gains by Modifying GMM Estimation in Linear Models under Heteroskedasticity
Kiviet, Jan Frederik; Feng, Qu - CESifo - 2014
(MGMM), exploiting straight-forward modifications of the instruments, can achieve substantial efficiency gains and bias …
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