Pub Date : 2012-01-01DOI: 10.1515/9783110509205-002
P. Cohendet, P. Llerena, Laurent Simon
The aim of this contribution is to proceed to an in-depth exploration of the micro-context of the origin of routines and of their intimate link with organizational creativity. Our view is that organizational creativity orchestrates continuous interactions between different types of routines, operating at different levels of the organization. More precisely we propose distinguishing three types of routines: - First, the routines issued from formal structures or hierarchical working groups in the firm (functional groups, project teams, task force, etc.), for which the context of work and coordination of specialized tasks is defined ex ante by the hierarchy of the firm; - Second, the routines emerging from informal structures, the “knowing communities” which is a “generic term that defines different types of autonomous learning groups of individuals (communities of practice, epistemic communities, and other more or less informal learning groups) united by common beliefs and interests who voluntarily share their resources on a long term basis in order to create and diffuse knowledge” - Third, the routines that are inherently related to the organizational creativity of the firm, which are essentially corporate routines as expression of patterns of thinking, feeling and acting in the corporate culture. In essence they are the genes of collective identity, and take the shape of project management staging and gating principles and practices, framing collective divergent exploration and convergent production toward a creative goal. The contribution is based on an in-depth analysis of the organizational creativity in the world- leading videogame company, Ubisoft, with a special focus on the studio located in Montreal. To some extent, Ubisoft is one of the flagships of the “creative industries”, in which the clear imperative is to sustain creativity on a permanent basis. These reasons explain the choice we made to test our approach of organizational creativity and routines in this firm.
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Pub Date : 2011-01-01DOI: 10.1515/9783110510287-004
Röder Norbert, Kilian Stefan
In Germany, agricultural land use is very heterogeneous with respect to management orientation and productivity even at the local level. In addition, there is a wide variation in the reasons for farm exits. A review of the literature shows that a limited number of explanatory variables are generally accepted as being driving forces for farm exit rates. For the majority of indicators, ambiguous results are reported. In this paper, we analyse the determining factors of farm exit rates in Germany by examining municipalities from 1999 to 2007.We evaluate the robustness of the relationship between a set of explanatory variables and farm exit rates at different spatial scales.Our results indicate that the direction of impact of some variables (farm size, population density and the share of ruminants kept at low intensity as a fraction of the total ruminant stock) on farm exit rates is unambiguous throughout Germany. For the majority of the analysed explanatory variables, the strength of their impact on farm exit rates depends on their observation level or regional context.
{"title":"Which Parameters Determine the Development of Farm Numbers in Germany?: Dependency of the Results on the Segmentation of the Data","authors":"Röder Norbert, Kilian Stefan","doi":"10.1515/9783110510287-004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110510287-004","url":null,"abstract":"In Germany, agricultural land use is very heterogeneous with respect to management orientation and productivity even at the local level. In addition, there is a wide variation in the reasons for farm exits. A review of the literature shows that a limited number of explanatory variables are generally accepted as being driving forces for farm exit rates. For the majority of indicators, ambiguous results are reported. In this paper, we analyse the determining factors of farm exit rates in Germany by examining municipalities from 1999 to 2007.We evaluate the robustness of the relationship between a set of explanatory variables and farm exit rates at different spatial scales.Our results indicate that the direction of impact of some variables (farm size, population density and the share of ruminants kept at low intensity as a fraction of the total ruminant stock) on farm exit rates is unambiguous throughout Germany. For the majority of the analysed explanatory variables, the strength of their impact on farm exit rates depends on their observation level or regional context.","PeriodicalId":36872,"journal":{"name":"Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics","volume":"40 1","pages":"358-378"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72636667","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2011-01-01DOI: 10.1515/9783110508420-006
Auspurg Katrin, H. Thomas
Significance tests were originally developed to enable more objective evaluations of research results. Yet the strong orientation towards statistical significance encourages biased results, a phenomenon termed “publication bias”. Publication bias occurs whenever the likelihood or time-lag of publication, or the prominence, language, impact factor of journal space or the citation rate of studies depend on the direction and significance of research findings.
{"title":"What Fuels Publication Bias?: Theoretical and Empirical Analyses of Risk Factors Using the Caliper Test","authors":"Auspurg Katrin, H. Thomas","doi":"10.1515/9783110508420-006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110508420-006","url":null,"abstract":"Significance tests were originally developed to enable more objective evaluations of research results. Yet the strong orientation towards statistical significance encourages biased results, a phenomenon termed “publication bias”. Publication bias occurs whenever the likelihood or time-lag of publication, or the prominence, language, impact factor of journal space or the citation rate of studies depend on the direction and significance of research findings.","PeriodicalId":36872,"journal":{"name":"Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics","volume":"177 1","pages":"636-660"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76198195","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2010-01-01DOI: 10.1515/9783110511123-012
L. Stefan
Every month the Consumer Price Index for Germany (CPI) provides comprehensive and detailed information regarding the price development over time. However, when differences in the price level across regions in Germany have to be analysed at a given point in time, sufficient information is not available at present.
{"title":"Regional Consumer Price Differences Within Germany: Information Demand, Data Supply and the Role of the Consumer Price Index","authors":"L. Stefan","doi":"10.1515/9783110511123-012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110511123-012","url":null,"abstract":"Every month the Consumer Price Index for Germany (CPI) provides comprehensive and detailed information regarding the price development over time. However, when differences in the price level across regions in Germany have to be analysed at a given point in time, sufficient information is not available at present.","PeriodicalId":36872,"journal":{"name":"Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics","volume":"19 1","pages":"814-831"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73985225","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
SummaryWe evaluate a randomized experiment of a statistical support system developed to assist caseworkers in Swiss employment offices in choosing appropriate active labour market programmes for their unemployed clients. This statistical support system predicted the labour market outcome for each programme and thereby suggested an ‘optimal’ labour market programme for each unemployed person. The support system was piloted in several employment offices. In those pilot offices, half of the caseworkers used the system and the other half acted as control group. The allocation of the caseworkers to treatment and control group was random. The experiment was designed such that caseworkers retained full discretion about the choice of active labour market programmes, and the evaluation results showed that caseworkers largely did not follow the statistical support system. This indicates that stronger incentives are needed for caseworkers to comply with statistical profiling and targeting systems.
{"title":"Targeting labour market programmes — results from a randomized experiment","authors":"S. Behncke, M. Frölich, M. Lechner","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.1021673","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1021673","url":null,"abstract":"SummaryWe evaluate a randomized experiment of a statistical support system developed to assist caseworkers in Swiss employment offices in choosing appropriate active labour market programmes for their unemployed clients. This statistical support system predicted the labour market outcome for each programme and thereby suggested an ‘optimal’ labour market programme for each unemployed person. The support system was piloted in several employment offices. In those pilot offices, half of the caseworkers used the system and the other half acted as control group. The allocation of the caseworkers to treatment and control group was random. The experiment was designed such that caseworkers retained full discretion about the choice of active labour market programmes, and the evaluation results showed that caseworkers largely did not follow the statistical support system. This indicates that stronger incentives are needed for caseworkers to comply with statistical profiling and targeting systems.","PeriodicalId":36872,"journal":{"name":"Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics","volume":"23 1","pages":"221-268"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90737892","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This paper surveys the empirical evidence on causal effects of education on earnings for Germany and compares alternative studies in the light of their underlying identifying assumptions. We work out the different assumptions taken by various studies, which lead to rather different interpretations of the estimated causal effect. In particular, we are interested in the question to what extend causal return estimates are informative regarding educational policy advice. Despite the substantial methodological differences, we have to conclude that the empirical findings for Germany are quite robust and do not deviate substantially from each other. This also holds for the few studies which rely on ignorability conditions, regardless of whether they use educational attainment as a continuous treatment variable or as a discrete treatment indicator. Own estimates based on the matching approach indicate that the selection into upper secondary schooling is suboptimal
{"title":"Causal Returns to Education: A Survey on Empirical Evidence for Germany","authors":"Anton Flossmann, W. Pohlmeier","doi":"10.2139/SSRN.917325","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/SSRN.917325","url":null,"abstract":"This paper surveys the empirical evidence on causal effects of education on earnings for Germany and compares alternative studies in the light of their underlying identifying assumptions. We work out the different assumptions taken by various studies, which lead to rather different interpretations of the estimated causal effect. In particular, we are interested in the question to what extend causal return estimates are informative regarding educational policy advice. Despite the substantial methodological differences, we have to conclude that the empirical findings for Germany are quite robust and do not deviate substantially from each other. This also holds for the few studies which rely on ignorability conditions, regardless of whether they use educational attainment as a continuous treatment variable or as a discrete treatment indicator. Own estimates based on the matching approach indicate that the selection into upper secondary schooling is suboptimal","PeriodicalId":36872,"journal":{"name":"Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics","volume":"41 1","pages":"6-23"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-04-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84637956","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
his paper reviews the literature on asymmetric monetary transmission within the European Monetary Union (EMU). At first, a stylized model is presented in order to highlight the importance of asymmetric monetary transmission for the decision-making of the European Central Bank (ECB). The transmission mechanism is then decomposed into several subsequent stages. Various macroeconomic indicators for the EU countries related to financial, goods and labor markets are then used to assess the empirical relevance of asymmetries across the EU countries. Then, models of a monetary union are used to assess to which extent cross-country differences in individual channels of transmission translate into differences in the overall strength of monetary transmission in Europe. Finally, the paper assesses the extent to which the transmission patterns in Europe converge as a result of the establishment of EMU. The paper finds the empirical evidence on cross-country differences in the policy impact to be inconclusive and provides suggestions for further theoretical and empirical research.
{"title":"Unterschiedliche makroökonomische Strukturen, wirtschaftliche Integration und einheitliche Geldpolitik in Europa","authors":"Volker Claussen","doi":"10.1515/jbnst-2002-0103","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/jbnst-2002-0103","url":null,"abstract":"his paper reviews the literature on asymmetric monetary transmission within the European Monetary Union (EMU). At first, a stylized model is presented in order to highlight the importance of asymmetric monetary transmission for the decision-making of the European Central Bank (ECB). The transmission mechanism is then decomposed into several subsequent stages. Various macroeconomic indicators for the EU countries related to financial, goods and labor markets are then used to assess the empirical relevance of asymmetries across the EU countries. Then, models of a monetary union are used to assess to which extent cross-country differences in individual channels of transmission translate into differences in the overall strength of monetary transmission in Europe. Finally, the paper assesses the extent to which the transmission patterns in Europe converge as a result of the establishment of EMU. The paper finds the empirical evidence on cross-country differences in the policy impact to be inconclusive and provides suggestions for further theoretical and empirical research.","PeriodicalId":36872,"journal":{"name":"Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics","volume":"44 1","pages":"1-21"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74454775","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 1999-01-01DOI: 10.1515/9783110511321-002
J. Möller
The paper investigates the development of the skill-specific wage and employment structure for male full-time workers in Germany using a large micro data set for the time period 1975 to 1995. There are three main results of the analysis: First, employing two alternative measures for skill-intensity, a uniform trend towards a more qualified workforce prevails across sectors. Second, in contrast especially to the U.S. experience, also the lower deciles of the wage distribution profited from significant real wage growth. Third, although observed changes in the wage structure are not dramatic, the German economy is not a perfect bulwark against the world-wide trend of a more differentiated wage structure. More specifically, the tendency to more wage compression in the lower tail of the distribution during the late seventies and early eighties has been reversed since then. In the upper tail of the distribution, log percentile ratios have been increasing for all workers, especially for the more skilled. A decomposition analysis confirms most of the descriptive results. In contrast to these, however, it turns out that the skill premium for graduates from a university or polytechnics did not fall when corrected for a negative structural effect.
{"title":"Die Entwicklung der qualifikatorischen Lohnund Beschäftigungsstruktur in Deutschland / Changes of the Structure of Wages and Employment with Respect to Qualifications in Germany: Eine empirische Bestandsaufnahme / An Empirical Analysis","authors":"J. Möller","doi":"10.1515/9783110511321-002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110511321-002","url":null,"abstract":"The paper investigates the development of the skill-specific wage and employment structure for male full-time workers in Germany using a large micro data set for the time period 1975 to 1995. There are three main results of the analysis: First, employing two alternative measures for skill-intensity, a uniform trend towards a more qualified workforce prevails across sectors. Second, in contrast especially to the U.S. experience, also the lower deciles of the wage distribution profited from significant real wage growth. Third, although observed changes in the wage structure are not dramatic, the German economy is not a perfect bulwark against the world-wide trend of a more differentiated wage structure. More specifically, the tendency to more wage compression in the lower tail of the distribution during the late seventies and early eighties has been reversed since then. In the upper tail of the distribution, log percentile ratios have been increasing for all workers, especially for the more skilled. A decomposition analysis confirms most of the descriptive results. In contrast to these, however, it turns out that the skill premium for graduates from a university or polytechnics did not fall when corrected for a negative structural effect.","PeriodicalId":36872,"journal":{"name":"Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics","volume":"12 1","pages":"8-31"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85010940","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 1999-01-01DOI: 10.1515/9783110511321-011
Paqué Karl-Heinz
In Germany, the number of low-wage jobs is relatively small. The paper examines why this is so and which institutional reforms of the welfare state could help to expand the labour demand for low-wage work to give persons with a relatively low productivity a better chance to reintegrate into the labour market. The author proposes a reform of the German welfare state: away from granting unconditional unemployment and social aid towards providing aid for reemployment. The main elements of the reform are (i) subsidies to low-wage employment to foster a genuine market for labour with low productivity and (ii) setting a high priority by the relevant social and employment agencies on re-integration aims. The author extensively discusses a number of potential arguments against his reform proposal.
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Pub Date : 1993-01-01DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-48215-1_4
K. Kraft
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