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This study investigates the role of technological innovation in increasing the effectiveness of the Kyoto Protocol in terms of greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation. Panel data showing the number of patents for climate change mitigation technology as a measure of innovation are obtained from 54...
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that is the case, the labor flexibility motive of employers ends up dominating the screening function in offering a fixed …
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Based on a sustainability perspective we offer a research framework that allows discussion of the relationship between positive and negative effects of flexible HRM. Sustainability, as an umbrella concept, aims to integrate three perspectives: economy, ecology and society. The relationships...
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This paper analyses labour flexibility in direct suppliers of OEMs located in Catalonia, for their adaptation to … changes in changes. The use of external flexibility and to have a high percentage of workerson temporary contracts have been … functional flexibility. From our analysis of a sample of firms we assess in which intensity firms have incorporated the different …
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This paper aims to evaluate the current state of research in Lean Production by exhaustively compiling and grouping the literature on the subject. This methodology has led us to identify four lines of research being as follows: a) the theoretical bases of Lean Production; b) the human...
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Die Artikel des Schwerpunktheftes setzen an verschiedenen inhaltlichen Dimensionen und Ebenen dieser Fragmentierung an: Auf der Arbeitsebene ist der Beitrag von Gabriele Fassauer und Silke Geithner angesiedelt, der die inner-organisatorische Bewaeltigung von Co-Konfiguration durch...
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. Thereby we focus on the potential reciprocal reinforcement of autonomy, control, flexibility and stability. Furthermore, we …
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its high flexibility, that agency work constitutes a relatively small proportion of total employment in both countries … labour flexibility is often associated with insecurity and precariousness, there are also advantageous forms of agency …
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The paper analyses the change of job stability and its determinants in the course of time by presenting some empirical evidence from Germany. Drawing upon event history data from the German Federal Labour Office insurance accounts and employing Cox Proportional Hazard Rate Models, we test six...
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Hitherto, discussion of flexicurity has focused on normal employment (Normalarbeitsverhältnis), with atypical work receiving only cursory attention. This paper attempts to remedy this conceptual oversight by identifying strategies for reducing the social risks. We begin by analysing the two...
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