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Creative Innovative Firms from Japan : A Benchmark Inquiry into Firms from Three Rival Nations
Park, Young Won; Hong, Paul - 2019
history of business operations from these four countries. Firstly, the book examines innovation practices of long … organizational and technological factors for long-term innovation success. Further, the book provides recommendations based on …
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Innovation without R&D : Heterogeneous Innovation Patterns of Non-R&D-Performing Firms in the German Manufacturing Industry
Som, Oliver - 2012
Firms without research and development (R&D) have frequently been neglected by mainstream innovation research. The … that non-R&D-performing firms show a “typical”, homogeneous innovation pattern. Oliver Som challenges this assumption … innovation patterns of non-R&D-performers. The findings impressively underline the need for future innovation research …
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Die räumliche Differenzierung betrieblicher Innovationsaktivitäten : Ein Produktionsfunktionsansatz auf der regionalen und betrieblichen Ebene
Freund, Matthias Christian (contributor) - 2008
Theoretische und empirische Grundlagen -- Formulierung eines theoretischen Untersuchungsrahmens und Hypothesenableitung -- Empirische Untersuchung(en) -- Zusammenfassung und Implikationen -- Schlussbemerkungen.
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Entwicklungsmanagement : Mit hervorragenden Produkten zum Markterfolg
Holzbaur, Ulrich (contributor) - 2007
Die systematische Planung und Entwicklung neuer Produkte, Dienstleistungen und Problemlösungen erlaubt es Unternehmen, auf dem Markt erfolgreich zu sein und durch Wertschöpfung zum Erfolg der Gesellschaft beizutragen. Die Prinzipien systematischer Entwicklung müssen für materielle oder...
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Co-Determination and Innovation
Kraft, Kornelius - 2009
This paper examines the effect of the German co-determination law of 1976 (MitbestG) on the innovative activity of German firms. Co-determination applies to firms with 2000 employees or more. Data from 1971-1976 and 1981-1990 on 148 firms are used to compare the number of patents granted to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013155322
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Works Councils and Performance Appraisals
Grund, Christian - 2019
Drawing on two large German representative data sets, we analyze the role of works councils for the use of performance appraisals (PA). We distinguish between the incidence of performance appraisal systems as intended by the firm and their actual implementation on the level of the individual...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012861282
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The Effect of Announced Downsizing on Workplace Performance : Evidence from a Retail Chain
Friebel, Guido - 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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Reference Dependent Preferences and the Impact of Wage Increases on Job Satisfaction : Theory and Evidence
Grund, Christian - 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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Managerial Practices and Students' Performance
Di Liberto, Adriana - 2014
We study the effects of managerial practices in schools on students' outcomes. We measure managerial practices using the World Management Survey, a methodology that enables us to construct robust measures of management quality comparable across countries.We find substantial heterogeneity in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013046258
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Managerial Practices and Student Performance : Evidence from Changes in School Principals
Di Liberto, Adriana; Giua, Ludovica; Schivardi, Fabiano; … - 2023
We study how managerial practices of school principals affect student performance and aspirations. We link administrative data on secondary Italian students to the management scores of their school principals in 2011 and 2015 based on the World Management Survey methodology. The frequent...
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