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Competitive balance and assortative matching in the German Bundesliga
Sittl, Roman; Warnke, Arne Jonas - 2016
In this paper we consider trends in the distribution of player talent across association football clubs over time …. Player talent is the most important prerequisite for team success in professional sports leagues and changes in players …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011522674
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Nomination contests : theory and empirical evidence from professional soccer
Miklós-Thal, Jeanine; Ullrich, Hannes - 2009
, as proxied by past national team participations. For players with no prior national team experience there is no …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003857722
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Uncertainty of outcome versus reputation : empirical evidence for the first German football division
Czarnitzki, Dirk; Stadtmann, Georg - 1999
This paper analyses the determination of match attendance in the German premier football league by applying models … the consumer perspective, the information gained though this model can also serve as a management tool for football clubs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011443285
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Specific measures for older employees and late career employment
Boockmann, Bernhard; Fries, Jan; Goebel, Christian - 2012
heterogeneity and correct for stock-sampling. We find a positive effect of mixed-aged team work on employment duration and a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009657522
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The adoption of new technologies and the age structure of the workforce
Meyer, Jenny (contributor) - 2008
This paper provides firm-level evidence for the relationship between the age structure of the workforce and the adoption of new or significantly improved technologies in service sector firms. Furthermore, it closes a research gap by analyzing the joint impact of the age of the workforce and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003728572
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In search for the not-invented-here syndrome : the role of knowledge sources and firm success
Hussinger, Katrin; Wastyn, Annelies - 2011 - This version: June 2011
The not-invented-here (NIH) syndrome refers to internal resistance in a company against externally developed knowledge. In this paper, we argue that the occurrence of the NIH syndrome depends on the source of external knowledge and the success of the firm that aims at adapting external...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009232252
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Employment changes in environmentally innovative firms
Rennings, Klaus; Ziegler, Andreas; Zwick, Thomas - 2001
This paper analyses the determinants of employment reactions induced by environmental innovations. On the basis of the parameter estimates of the Multinomial Logit and of several Multinomial Probit Models, we show that we have to distinguish between the factors that have an impact on employment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001651170
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Innovation, competition and incentives for R&D
Wörter, Martin; Rammer, Christian; Arvanitis, Spyridon - 2010
substitutability and entry barriers due to fixed costs. Based on firm-level panel data for Germany and Switzerland we obtain consistent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003979063
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Socially responsible investments in Germany, Switzerland and the United States : an analysis of investment funds and indices
Schröder, Michael - 2003
The aim of this study is the analysis of so called socially responsible investments (SRI). First, the performance of SRI equity investment funds and equity indices is investigated using Jensen's alpha as performance measure. The analysis considers market timing strategies of the fund management...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011448250
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Wettbewerb der Steuersysteme in Europa : eine vergleichende Analyse am Beispiel der Region Oberrheingraben unter Einbeziehung aktueller Reformvorschläge
Eckerle, Tobias H. - 1997
Oberrheingraben und die dahinter stehenden Steuersysteme Deutschlands, Frankreichs und der Schweiz zu untersuchen und zu überprüfen … Schweiz durchweg am geringsten ist. Betrachtet man die Steuerbelastung auf Unternehmensebene, so werden deutsche … schweizerischen auszugleichen. Dagegen wäre mit Umsetzung der Vorschläge zur "Großen Steuerreform 1999" in Deutschland eine derartige …
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