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- The Long-Term Consequences Of Regional Specialization
- Economists have long debated whether an abundance of natural resources adversely affects long term economic performance. Focusing on economic channels discussed in the literature, the author investigates whether resource abundance slows industrialization or human capital accumulation, or increases inequality. An author examines these channels using geological variation in oil abundance...
- White papers 2007-07-19
- Human Resources, The Labour Market And Economic Performance
- Siting the Lab in the CEP Centre for Economic Performance allows the planned work to draw on the expertise and knowledge of the labour market derived from the Centre's previous years of research. Author now turn to an overview of the main questions tackled by CEP in this period and...
- White papers 2006-09-01
- Dynastic Management
- The most striking difference in corporate-governance arrangements between rich and poor countries is that the latter rely much more heavily on the dynastic family firm, where ownership and control are passed on from one generation to the other. It was argued that if the heir to the family firm has...
- White papers 2006-08-01
- Corporate Productivity Growth: Leaders And Laggards
- This paper considers the relative productivity growth performance of a balanced sample of 80 large UK firms over few years, using two different benchmarks from which to compute productivity growth differences. It is found that there is almost no persistence in superior productivity growth performance however measured - firms that...
- White papers 2005-08-01
- Labor And The Market Value Of The Firm
- What role does labor play in a firm's market value? This question is explored using a production-based asset pricing model with frictions in the adjustment of both capital and labor. The authors posit that hiring of labor is akin to investment in capital and that the two interact, with the...
- White papers 2005-05-01
- How Does Product Market Competition Shape Incentive Contracts?
- This paper studies the effect of product market competition on the explicit compensation packages that firms offer to their CEOs, executives and workers. A large sample of both traded and non-traded UK firms and exploit a quasi-natural experiment associated to an increase in competition is used. The sudden appreciation of...
- White papers 2005-05-01
- Fighting For Talent: Risk-Taking, Corporate Volatility, And Organizational Change
- During the nineties, workers began to spurn secure jobs in large organizations, which were formerly considered prestigious. They developed more positive attitudes towards jobs in small, innovative startups, although these involved less job security. This model identifies some of the economic forces behind this trend. Small firms with little capital...
- White papers 2005-02-01
- Productivity Growth And Employment: Theory And Panel Estimates
- Theoretical predictions of the effect of TFP Total Factor Productivity growth on employment are ambiguous, and depend on the extent to which new technology is embodied in new jobs. A model for employment, wages and investment with an annual panel for the United States, Japan and Europe is estimated and...
- White papers 2004-12-01
- Comparative Advantage And Heterogeneous Firms
- This paper presents a model of international trade that features heterogeneous firms, relative endowment differences across countries, and consumer taste for variety. The paper demonstrates that firm reactions to trade liberalization generate endogenous Ricardian productivity responses at the industry level that magnify countries' comparative advantage. Focusing on the wide range...
- White papers 2004-08-01
- We Can Work It Out: The Impact Of Technological Change On The Demand For Low-Skill Workers
- There is little doubt that technology has had the most profound effect on altering the tasks that we humans do in our jobs. Economists have long speculated on how technical change affects both the absolute demand for labour as a whole and the relative demands for different types of labour....
- White papers 2004-06-01
- Employers' Search And The Efficiency Of Matching
- Labour turnover is typically higher in low productivity jobs. This paper suggests that this empirical finding is due to the matching process being less efficient at the bottom than at the top of the jobs' distribution. A simple theoretical model of employers' search shows that firms find it optimal to...
- White papers 2004-05-11
- Public Enterprises And Labor Market Performance
- This paper shows that state control of some industries may have contributed to the increase in European unemployment from the 1970s to the early 1990s. A simple model with both publicly-run and privately-run enterprises is developed and shows that when economic turbulence increases, higher unemployment rates may result in economies...
- White papers 2004-01-01
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- SAVILE HOLDINGS PLC - Directorate Change.
- Savile Holdings plc (the "Company") Appointment of a director The Board of Savile Holdings plc is pleased to announce the appointment of Josephine Frances Bond (52) to the Board of the Company as Group Marketing Director with immediate effect. Mrs Bond has over 30 years' experience in...
- Articles 2008-03-03
- Thai Auto Parts Maker KPN Group Branches Out into Housing Development.
- By Chiratas Nivatpumin, Bangkok Post, Thailand Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 22--Korn Narongdej's career started off about how one would expect for the scion of one of Thailand's more established business families. Business degree from Regent's College in...
- Articles 2003-12-22
- The Nitty Gritty on Cities - ratings of 215 cities worldwide rank Zurich and Vancouver, Canada, as most livable - Brief Article - Statistical Data Included
- When one thinks of a cosmopolitan center of culture and commerce, the first city to spring to mind isn't likely one set in a land famous for cuckoo clocks and cocoa, or another known for Mounties and maple syrup. However, research by William M. Mercer found Zurich, Switzerland, and Vancouver,...
- Articles 2001-03-12
- GO HIGHER: STUDENT PERSPECTIVE
- I AM a second year undergraduate at the London School of Economics LSE studying for a BSc in industrial relations and human resource management. I also spend 18 hours a week at the University of London careers service as an information officer. The information that I am expected to know...
- Articles 2000-10-29
- Tesco top in Web 2000 Top 100 Growth Report - London School of Economics survey on electronic commerce - Internet/Web/Online Service Information - Brief Article
- TELECOMWORLDWIRE-28 January 2000-Tesco top in Web 2000 Top 100 Growth Report C1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com Tesco has emerged as overall winner in the The Web 2000 Top 100 Growth Report which was conducted by the London School of Economics. According to a spokesman for Novell...
- Articles 2000-01-28
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