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September 5, 2017

Do managers need more masculine or more feminine skills?

 Among top business managers women are still a rare sight. The reasons are complex and subject to heated debates. One […]

  • business
  • CEO
  • Denmark
  • executives
  • gender
  • gender gap
  • gender stereotypes
  • management skills
  • managers
  • stereotype
  • Nina Smith
  • Tor Eriksson
  • Valdemar Smith
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June 3, 2016

How to promote entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship has been shown to account for a large share of job creation and to promote innovation and growth. Hence […]

  • business
  • corporate income taxation
  • entrepreneur
  • entrepreneurship
  • female entrepreneuship
  • financial system
  • investment
  • personality
  • personality traits
  • start-up subsidies
  • start-ups
  • Guido Heineck
  • Jaakko Pehkonen
  • Jörn Block
  • Jutta Viinikainen
  • Mirka Hintsanen
  • Olli Raitakari
  • Petri Böckerman
  • Ramana Nanda
  • Siri A. Terjesen
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August 27, 2015

How setting the right goals can boost business productivity

Businesses require motivated and productive employees. Monetary incentives, such as pay-for-performance schemes are a popular tool to encourage better employee […]

  • business
  • employee motivation
  • goal-setting approaches
  • goals
  • monetary incentives
  • monitoring
  • performance
  • production goals
  • productivity
  • project milestones
  • real-time feedback
  • risk-taking
  • SMART
  • smart goal setting
  • unethical behavior
  • Sebastian J. Goerg
  • Sebastian Kube
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September 8, 2014

Union threat: Where is it highest?

What kind of businesses do unions approach to organize workers? Much is known about what happens to a business after […]

  • business
  • employment
  • firm size
  • management
  • organization
  • union
  • USA
  • wage
  • worker
  • Emin Dinlersoz
  • Henry R. Hyatt
  • Jeremy Greenwood
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December 9, 2013

Broadband internet makes low-skilled workers more dispensable

Does adoption of broadband internet in firms enhance labor productivity and increase wages? And is this technological change more beneficial […]

  • broadband internet
  • business
  • engineering
  • labor productivity
  • outcomes
  • Science
  • skilled workers
  • technology
  • Anders Akerman
  • Ingvil Gaarder
  • Magne Mogstad

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