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...
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...
Does the search and matching model fit aggregate U.S. labor market data? While the model has become an important tool of macroeconomic analysis, nowadays literature pointed to some failures in accounting for the data. This paper aims to answer two questions: Does the model fit the data, and, if so,...
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...
BOSTON -- CRA International, Inc. (NASDAQ: CRAI), a worldwide leader in providing management, economics, and financial consulting services, today announced the expansion of its Insurance Economics Practice. Mark Meyer has joined the practice as a vice president and co-practice leader. Dr. Meyer has more than...
Seattle start-up Napera Networks( www.napera.com ) today announced the appointment of Margaret Dawson as vicepresident of marketing. Dawson brings over 20 years of strategiccommunications experience in global markets and proven expertise in networksecurity to the company. As VP of marketing for Napera, Dawson willspearhead the company's go-to-market...
A new TV series documents the trials of theyoung athletes striving to make it into the British 2012 Olympic team. Yvonne Cook reports What does it take to be the best in the world? This month Olympic Dreams, a four-part BBC TV series...
NAPLES, Fla. -- Industrial Nanotech, Inc. (Pink Sheets:INTK), an emerging global leader in nanotechnology, announced today that sales of the Company's patented energy saving and mold resistant product for homes and buildings, Nansulate[R] HomeProtect, continue to increase exponentially worldwide as energy costs skyrocket. "The energy...
A former athletics star and Merrill Lynch banker is turning 'lippy kids at the back of the class' into the entrepreneurs of the future. By Martin Baker Where do you start with Derek Browne? He's gone from near- delinquent, borderline drop-out schoolboy to...
It happened to be the day that Boris Johnson took office as Mayor of London with a mandate to tackle youth crime. My wife and I were coming out of a house in Camden where we had been viewing a flat to rent. Standing on the...
DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/57e41f/sony_vs_samsung_t has announced the addition of the "Sony vs Samsung: The Inside Story of the Electronics' Giants Battle For Global Supremacy" report to their offering. Sony vs. Samsung is business history at its best! It explores the divergent fortunes...
P38 Inc. is pleased to announce the launch of www.propanefacts.ca , the most comprehensive online resource for information on the use of propane as a transportation fuel. Through cooperative efforts among industry, government and academia, the goal of Propane Facts is to provide reliable, current and convincing...
BOSTON -- Putnam Investments has named Gerald Sullivan managing director and senior portfolio manager, and Rob Brookby senior vice president and portfolio manager, of Putnam's U.S. Large Cap Equity group. They join Putnam from American Century Investments, where they managed the American Century Fundamental Equity fund. Their...
NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- The Millstein Center for Corporate Governance and Performance at the Yale School of Management has named 56 young professionals as "Rising Stars of Corporate Governance." The Millstein Center's list of Rising Stars recognizes corporate governance professionals under the age of 40...
State schools in Britain offer pupils a better chance of improving their test performance than those in the independent sector, according to an international study. The results of tests for 14-year-olds in English, maths and science show the gap between the state and...
Pound for pound, it's the world's greatest tennis nation. But how has Serbia managed to produce a generation of superstars on a shoestring budget and against all sporting odds? Paul Newman reports from Belgrade Under the watchful eye of her coach, 12-year-old Marija...
The Fortis Board of Directors has appointed Kristof Macours as FortisCompany Secretary. Mr Macours succeeds Ingrid Loos, who has held thisposition since 1 January 2006 and who has decided to pursue hercareer outside of Fortis. Maurice Lippens, chairman of the...
BLOOMSBURY BALLERINA by Judith Marcell Weidenfeld, £25, pp. 476, ISBN 978 0297849087 £20 (plus £2.45 p&p) 0870 429 6655 Judith Mackrell describes her subject as 'a star whom the world almost forgot'. Lydia herself lamented, on the death of Pavlova, that 'a dancer can leave nothing...
Narrating political reconciliation; South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Moon, Claire. Lexington Books 2008 179 pages $60.00 Hardcover DT1974 Incorporating the work of Michel Foucault and Louis Althusser on truth, power, the state, and...
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Hair care is succumbing to the challenges of market maturity, including discounting and private label competition. At $57 billion, it remains the personal care industry's second largest market, but with global growth under 5% a year, at a...
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