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Germany and the United States in coronavirus distress: internal versus external labour market flexibility
Germany and the United States pursued different economic strategies to minimise the impact of the Coronavirus Crisis on the labour market. Germany...
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How to Achieve Financial Flexibility: the Role of Corporate Governance
Financial flexibility can have a profound influence on an organization as well as the global economy. Accordingly, corporate managers, academic...
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The Concepts of Job Security and Job Flexibility
From normative (and psychological) perspectives, the labour market “moves” between job security and job flexibility. More exactly, in the labour...
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Internal Empowerment Dynamics of Organizational Inertia Management
Today, due to the rapid progress of science and technology and the complexity of the organizational environment, organizational survival and dynamism...
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The effect of 2020 lockdown on bank internal ratings
We investigate how banks’ internal ratings were affected by the first lockdown shock in Italy (March-June 2020). Using monthly proprietary data from...
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The More Supportive, the Better, the More Adaptive, the Best: Leadership Support, Strategic Flexibility and Green Management Practice Adoption in SMEs
This paper investigates the impact of leadership support and strategic flexibility to implement green management practices in SMEs. In line with the...
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Labor Standards and Labor Market Flexibility in East Asia
Since the 1980s, de jure labor standards have improved in Northeast and Southeast Asia and de jure labor market flexibility has decreased. For most...
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Changes in international immigration and internal native mobility after COVID-19 in the USA
The COVID-19 pandemic produced a significant decline in international immigration to the USA between 2020 and 2021. This paper documents the timing,...
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Sustainability, resilience and innovation in industrial electronics: a case study of internal, supply chain and external complexity
The electrical and electronic equipment industry is key to climate and energy transitions, but its activities have a significant environmental...
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Education and internal migration: evidence from a child labor reform in Spain
We exploit a country-wide child labor regulation that eliminated the difference in school/work alternatives for children born at the beginning and...
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Household electricity demand, the intrinsic flexibility index and UK wholesale electricity market prices
During peak electricity demand periods, prices in wholesale markets can be up to nine times higher than during off-peak periods. This is because if a...
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Job Movement and Real Wage Flexibility in Eastern and Western Parts of Germany
We use a unique microdata set that covers the 1984–2009 period to estimate real wage flexibility in Eastern and Western parts of Germany. Empirical...
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The Cost of Financial Flexibility: Information Opacity, Agency Conflicts and REIT at-the-Market (ATM) Equity Offerings
Using a sample of publicly traded U.S. REITs, we examine the impact of at-the-market (ATM) equity offerings on participating firms’ cost of capital....
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Internal Audit in Times of Crisis: The Case of COVID-19
COVID-19COVID-19, which was declared a global epidemic by the World Health OrganizationWorld Health Organization (WHO) as of March 11, 2020, affected...
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Disruptive Demand Side Technologies: Market Shares and Impact on Flexibility in a Decentralized World
Electricity demand is expected to increase strongly as electrification and the use of hydrogen are promising decarbonization options for the...
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Future Energy Demand Developments and Demand Side Flexibility in a Decarbonized Centralized Energy System
European final energy consumption mainly stems from five sectors: transport, households, industry, residential, and agriculture using fossil fuels as...
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Analysis of the Impact of Personal Psychological Knowledge Ownership on Knowledge Sharing Among Employees in Chinese Digital Creative Enterprises: a Moderated Mediating Variable
Based on psychological ownership theory and social exchange theory, this paper analyzes the impact of personal knowledge psychological ownership on...
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Work Organization and Shop-Floor Workers—Flexible Automation, Skill-Saving, and Segmented Labor
This chapter examines the characteristics of intra-firm work organization and labor in Hyundai Motor’s agile production system. Hyundai Motor’s...
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Convergence and Contrast: An Investigation into the Psychological Attributes of Budding Entrepreneurs
While promoting entrepreneurship to address unemployment among educated youth, states have predominantly emphasized physical resources, neglecting...