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The purpose of this research article was to explore the influence of knowledge and skills of human resource on the … the significant effect of human knowledge and skills partially or not, whereas F test was applied to test whether the … effect will be simultaneous. Results showed that knowledge and skills of human resources have significant and simultaneous …
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Recent evidence for the U.S. suggests that recessions play a crucial role in promoting automation and the reallocation of productive resources, which in turn increase aggregate productivity and lead to a higher standard of living. I present evidence suggesting that the same is true in Canada. In...
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-sized enterprises (SMEs). The literature has yielded mixed results on how innovation impacts internationalization and performance of … internationalization (DOI) among the companies. We then discuss the implications on innovation management and corporate strategy. …
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primarily promotes the innovation activities of very small firms by stimulating knowledge diffusion in regional innovation …' participation in initial VET and their innovation outcomes. The results based on linear probability models show that the impact of … VET activity on innovation is indeed ambiguous. Overall, as expected, participation in initial VET has virtually no effect …
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' participation in initial VET and their innovation outcomes. Our results show that the direct effects of initial VET on technological … innovation in small and mediumsized enterprises (SMEs) are on average quite weak. If at all, a training firm's initial VET … activities are associated with production innovation activities and not with process innovation. Larger effects can only be …
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a positive impact on firm-level innovation, empirical evidence on the subject remains scarce. This study exploits … initial VET and their innovation outcomes. The results based on linear probability models and entropy balancing show that the … relationship between VET activity and innovation are more ambiguous than often postulated. Overall, the participation in initial …
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' participation in initial VET on their innovation outcomes. The results based on linear probability models and instrumental variable … regressions with entropy balancing show that the impact of VET activity on innovation is more ambiguous than postulated. Overall …, the participation in initial VET has virtually no effect on product innovation and radical novelties. For the total …
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This paper examines the relationship between workplace organisation and innovation in small and medium … Assessment of Adult Competencies and the Community Innovation Survey. It contrasts SMEs adopting a “learning organisation” or …, knowledge exchange with employees and supervisors, on-the-job training, and employee performance incentives. They account for …
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innovation and product innovation using the PLS-SEM technique. The data for this study is collected from 150 managers of … adaptation are positively and significantly related to process and product innovation. Indirect and total effects show that … managers' skills, technology adaptation, process innovation, and product innovation are positively and significantly related to …
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Recent studies within the innovation systems perspective have not paid enough attention to the role that Vocational … Training (VT) centres and technical workers can play in innovation processes. In this paper we review the recent international …, in-company work training, hiring of graduates, continuous training, and innovation-related services. Results show that …
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