This paper analyzes the costs and benefits of job rotation as a mechanism through which the firm learns about the employees' productivities and the profitability of different jobs or activities. We compare job rotation to an assignment policy where employees specialize in one job along their...

This paper challenges the traditional view that unemployment is high because insiders determine the union wage. The insiders in this paper are characterized by being more efficient when they search for a job than the outsiders, implying that they experience relatively less unemployment. We...

This article analyzes the determinants of literacy and earnings in Ghana. It links literacy and earnings with a variety of factors, including age, gender, family educational background, distance to school, and income. Literacy and age are negatively correlated, suggesting that efforts at...

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In this paper we will attempt to throw new light on the increasingly relevant, <p> albeit not new, subject of strategic scanning by applying a learning <p> perspective to well-known theoretical approaches to strategic scanning and <p> issue management. The reason for doing so is quite simple – in...</p></p></p>

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Nærværende artikel diskuterer erhvervslivets medansvar for og bidrag til en økonomisk, miljømæssig og social bæredygtig udvikling. I invitationen til at skrive artiklen blev vi anmodet om specielt at kigge lidt frem i tiden med henblik på at identificere forestående udfordringer. Seks...

Food retailers present consumers with a complex market offering. They offer consumers an assortment of products sourced from numerous suppliers, along with various services within a retailer-controlled environment (Burt & Sparks 2002). Food retailers aim to offer an assortment of products and...

Functional foods is a relatively new concept covering food products enriched with various kinds of (natural) substances (eg vitamins, minerals or probiotic cultures) or modified so as to provide consumers with an additional physiological benefit presumed to prevent disease or promote health,...

Danmark er verdens niende største producent af svinekød. Ca. 85% af den danske produktion afsættes i udlandet fordelt på ganske få hovedmarkeder. I Europa er de primære aftagere Tyskland, Storbritanien, Frankrig, Italien, mens Japan er det vigtigste marked uden for Europa, efterfulgt af...