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High-tech left behind? : lessons from the Ruhr cybersecurity ecosystem for approaches to develop "left behind" places

Butzin, Anna; Flögel, Franz - 2022

economy, community-based social innovation and well-being. While supporting this emphasis, we see a tendency to neglect …

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Public procurement as an innovation policy : where do we stand?

Chiappinelli, Olga; Giuffrida, Leonardo M.; Spagnolo, … - 2023

Economics and innovation scholars have long recognized the potential of public procurement to trigger innovation. To …? This paper addresses these issues by providing a literature survey of research on public procurement of innovation (PPI …: i) Does PPI spur innovation? ii) How should PPI be designed to best spur innovation? iii) What are the main barriers to …

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Patents, freedom to operate, and follow-on innovation : evidence from post-grant opposition

Gäßler, Fabian; Harhoff, Dietmar; Sorg, Stefan; … - 2024

We study the blocking effect of patents on follow-on innovation by others. We posit that follow-on innovation requires … freedom to operate (FTO), which firms typically obtain through a license from the patentee holding the original innovation …. Where licensing fails, follow-on innovation is blocked unless firms gain FTO through patent invalidation. Using large …

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Public procurement can hinder innovation

Krieger, Bastian; Pruefer, Malte; Strecke, Linus - 2024 - This version: February 2024

Public procurement accounts for 15 to 20 percent of global GDP and is considered an effective innovation policy …

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Reference Dependent Preferences and the Impact of Wage Increases on Job Satisfaction: Theory and Evidence

Grund, Christian; Sliwka, Dirk - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

The impact of wage increases on job satisfaction is explored theoretically and empirically. To do this, we apply a utility function that rises with the absolute wage level as well as with wage increases. It is shown that when employees can influence their wages by exerting effort, myopic utility...

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Working Hours and Productivity

Collewet, Marion; Sauermann, Jan - 2017

This paper studies the link between working hours and productivity using daily information on working hours and performance of a sample of call centre agents. We exploit variation in the number of hours worked by the same employee across days and weeks due to central scheduling, enabling us to...

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Reference dependent preferences and the impact of wage increases on job satisfaction: theory and evidence

Grund, Christian; Sliwka, Dirk - 2005

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Heterogeneity of Skill Needs and Job Complexity: Evidence from the OECD PIAAC Survey

Pouliakas, Konstantinos; Russo, Giovanni - 2015

We use information from the new OECD Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC) to investigate the link between job tasks and cognitive skill demand in 22 advanced economies. Skill demand is operationalized by the assessed literacy and numeracy skills of workers with well-matched skills to their job duties....

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The Effect of Announced Downsizing on Workplace Performance: Evidence from a Retail Chain

Friebel, Guido; Heinz, Matthias; Zubanov, Nikolay - 2016

We estimate the effect of downsizing announcement on workplace performance using data from a German bakery chain of 193 shops. Faced with intensified competition, the firm decided to sell or close down 57 of its worst performing shops. We identify the effect of downsizing from a plausibly...

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Mutual Gains? Is There a Role for Employee Engagement in the Modern Workplace?

Bryson, Alex - 2017

I examine the history of employee engagement and how it has been characterised by thinkers in sociology, psychology, management and economics. I suggest that, while employers may choose to invest in employee engagement, there are alternative management strategies that may be profit-maximising. I...

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