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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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A Study of the Extent and Potential Causes of Alternative Employment Arrangements

Cappelli, Peter; Keller, JR - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2012

The notion of regular, full-time employment as one of the defining features of the U.S. economy has been called into question in recent years by the apparent growth of alternative or "nonstandard" arrangements - part-time work, temporary help, independent contracting, and other arrangements....

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Employee performance and mental well-being : the mitigating effects of transformational leadership during crisis

Czura, Kristina; Englmaier, Florian; Ho, Hoa; Spantig, Lisa - 2023

The positive role of transformational leadership on productivity and mental wellbeing has long been established. Transformational leadership behavior may be particularly suited to navigate times of crisis which are characterized by high levels of complexity and uncertainty. We exploit...

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Do "High Performance" Work Practices Improve Establishment-Level Outcomes?

Neumark, David; Cappelli, Peter - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 1999

Interest in the potential effects of different systems for organizing work and managing employees on the performance of organizations has a long history in the social sciences. The interest in economics, arguably more recent, reflects a general concern about the sources of competitiveness in...

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Managing the Family Firm: Evidence from CEOs at Work

bandiera, oriana; Sadun, Raffaella; Prat, Andrea - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013

CEOs affect the performance of the firms they manage, and family CEOs seem to weaken it. Yet little is known about what top executives actually do, and whether it differs by firm ownership. We study CEOs in the Indian manufacturing sector, where family ownership is widespread and the...

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Sources of Firm Life-Cycle Dynamics: Differentiating Size vs. Age Effects

Kueng, Lorenz; Yang, Mu-Jeung; Hong, Bryan - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014

sheets and innovation, representative of the entire Canadian economy, we study recent theories that examine life … frictions, learning about demand, and recent endogenous growth models with incumbent innovation. We emphasize the importance of … empirical successes and shortcomings of current theory. First, models of organizational capital and innovation are broadly …

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The Catch-22 of External Validity in the Context of Constraints to Firm Growth

Karlan, Dean; Fischer, Greg - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2015

We document the presence of multiple and varied constraints to small and medium firm growth. This presents both a practical problem for business training programs and a challenge to academic economists trying to identify mechanisms though which these programs may affect outcomes. External...

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Compulsory Licensing - Evidence from the Trading with the Enemy Act

Moser, Petra; Voena, Alessandra - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2009

Compulsory licensing allows firms in developing countries to produce foreign-owned inventions without the consent of foreign patent owners. This paper uses an exogenous event of compulsory licensing after World War I under the Trading with the Enemy Act to examine the long run effects of...

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Culture, Institutions and the Wealth of Nations

Gorodnichenko, Yuriy; Roland, Gérard - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2010

-collectivism. The model predicts that more individualism leads to more innovation because of the social rewards associated with … innovation in an individualist culture. This cultural effect may offset the negative effects of bad institutions on growth … individualism on growth through innovation. Using genetic data as instruments for culture we provide strong evidence of a causal …

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African Export Successes: Surprises, Stylized Facts, and Explanations

Easterly, William; Reshef, Ariell - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2010

We establish the following stylized facts: (1) Exports are characterized by Big Hits, (2) the Big Hits change from one period to the next, and (3) these changes are not explained by global factors like global commodity prices. These conclusions are robust to excluding extractable products (oil...

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