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Motivation and Sorting in Open Source Software Innovation
Belenzon, Sharon; Schankerman, Mark - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2008
innovation. Unlike previous literature based on survey data, we exploit the observed pattern of contributions - the .revealed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005670637
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Innovation, Reallocation and Growth
Acemoglu, Daron; Akcigit, Ufuk; Bloom, Nicholas; Kerr, … - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2013
We build a model of firm-level innovation, productivity growth and reallocation featuring endogenous entry and exit. A …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010655943
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Empirical determinants of employee resistance against innovations
Zwick, Thomas - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2000
representative evidence on the impact of the economic environment on employee opposition against the implementation of an innovation … innovation is an increase in employee performance, the firm experiences higher resistance, while resistance is lower in firms … aiming at increasing the product range by the innovation. Profit and turn over expectations of the firm and the outside …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005098384
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Capital Control, Debt Financing and Innovative Activity
Czarnitzki, Dirk; Kraft, Kornelius - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2004
innovation, i.e. weakly controlled managers show a higher innovation propensity. However, the higher the leverage the more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097531
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On the Profitability of Innovative Assets
Kraft, Kornelius; Czarnitzki, Dirk - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2004
Successful innovative activity is a major contribution to the intangible capital of firms. Although its importance is generally acknowledged, the contribution to companies? profits is a priori unclear. We present the results of an empirical study on the effects of the patent stock on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097921
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HRM and Workplace Motivation: Incremental and Threshold Effects
Bryson, Alex; White, Michael - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2011
The HRM-performance linkage often invokes an assumption of increased employee commitment to the organization and other positive effects of a motivational type. We present a theoretical framework in which motivational effects of HRM are conditional on its intensity, utilizing especially the idea...
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Human resource management: how much do firms really need?
Bryson, Alex; White, Michael - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2013
More complete systems of human resource management (HRM) could deliver really extensive gains in employee motivation, according to an analysis of representative data from British workplaces by Michael White and Alex Bryson. Their research explores whether the introduction of 'high-performance...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010721419
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Does High Involvement Management Lead to Higher Pay?
Bryson, Alex; Böckerman, Petri; Ilmakunnas, Pekka - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2011
Using nationally representative survey data for Finnish employees linked to register data on their wages and work histories we find wage effects of high involvement management (HIM) practices are generally positive and significant. However, employees with better wage and work histories are more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008854565
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The Impact of an Innovative Human Resource Function on Firm Performance: the Moderating Role of Financing Strategy
Dawson, J; Knight-Turvey, Neal; Neal, Andrew; West, M - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2004
The current study examined the impact of the human resource function and financing strategyon the financial performance of 104 UK manufacturing firms. Hypotheses are drawn from aresource-based perspective on human resource management and a financial theoryperspective on capital structure....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005670421
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Do Organisational Climate and Strategic Orientation Moderate the Relationship Between Human Resource Management Practices and Productivity?
Neal, Andrew; Patterson, M; West, M - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2004
Contingency formulations of Human Resource Management (HRM) theory suggest thatthe effectiveness of HRM practices should vary across firms. This study examinedwhether the relationship between HRM practices and productivity in manufacturingcompanies is contingent upon organizational climate and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005670503