Author: PA International Management Consultants
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Research report assessing trends and patterns of hours of work in the industrial sector of the UK, with particular reference to competitiveness - examines management attitudes towards reduced hours of work, extended paid leave, reduced overtime, early retirement and employment creation, productivity and costs, and discusses historical perspectives, effect of size of enterprise, location of industry, labour force participation of woman workers, etc. Graphs.
The Effects of Changes in Working Time on Competitiveness
Author: PA International Management Consultants
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Research report assessing trends and patterns of hours of work in the industrial sector of the UK, with particular reference to competitiveness - examines management attitudes towards reduced hours of work, extended paid leave, reduced overtime, early retirement and employment creation, productivity and costs, and discusses historical perspectives, effect of size of enterprise, location of industry, labour force participation of woman workers, etc. Graphs.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Research report assessing trends and patterns of hours of work in the industrial sector of the UK, with particular reference to competitiveness - examines management attitudes towards reduced hours of work, extended paid leave, reduced overtime, early retirement and employment creation, productivity and costs, and discusses historical perspectives, effect of size of enterprise, location of industry, labour force participation of woman workers, etc. Graphs.
Effects of Changes in Working Time on Competitiveness
What is the Impact of Increased Business Competition?
Author: Sónia Félix
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
ISBN: 1513521519
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 57
Book Description
This paper studies the macroeconomic effect and underlying firm-level transmission channels of a reduction in business entry costs. We provide novel evidence on the response of firms' entry, exit, and employment decisions. To do so, we use as a natural experiment a reform in Portugal that reduced entry time and costs. Using the staggered implementation of the policy across the Portuguese municipalities, we find that the reform increased local entry and employment by, respectively, 25% and 4.8% per year in its first four years of implementation. Moreover, around 60% of the increase in employment came from incumbent firms expanding their size, with most of the rise occurring among the most productive firms. Standard models of firm dynamics, which assume a constant elasticity of substitution, are inconsistent with the expansionary and heterogeneous response across incumbent firms. We show that in a model with heterogeneous firms and variable markups the most productive firms face a lower demand elasticity and expand their employment in response to increased entry.
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
ISBN: 1513521519
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 57
Book Description
This paper studies the macroeconomic effect and underlying firm-level transmission channels of a reduction in business entry costs. We provide novel evidence on the response of firms' entry, exit, and employment decisions. To do so, we use as a natural experiment a reform in Portugal that reduced entry time and costs. Using the staggered implementation of the policy across the Portuguese municipalities, we find that the reform increased local entry and employment by, respectively, 25% and 4.8% per year in its first four years of implementation. Moreover, around 60% of the increase in employment came from incumbent firms expanding their size, with most of the rise occurring among the most productive firms. Standard models of firm dynamics, which assume a constant elasticity of substitution, are inconsistent with the expansionary and heterogeneous response across incumbent firms. We show that in a model with heterogeneous firms and variable markups the most productive firms face a lower demand elasticity and expand their employment in response to increased entry.
Working Time Around the World
Author: Jon C. Messenger
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 113407039X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 239
Book Description
First Published in 2007. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 113407039X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 239
Book Description
First Published in 2007. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Working Time in Britain
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Research report assessing trends and patterns of hours of work in selected industries in the UK, comprising case studies on retail trade, the national level health service, transport, electrical industry, chemical industry, and the motor vehicle industry - examines effects of reduced hours of work, labour market constraints and economic implications, labour costs, competitiveness, collective bargaining, etc. References.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Research report assessing trends and patterns of hours of work in selected industries in the UK, comprising case studies on retail trade, the national level health service, transport, electrical industry, chemical industry, and the motor vehicle industry - examines effects of reduced hours of work, labour market constraints and economic implications, labour costs, competitiveness, collective bargaining, etc. References.
The Butterfly Effect in Competitive Markets
Author: . Rajagopal
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 113743497X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
This book provides an introduction to the concept of entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial business management. It covers many elements of the entrepreneurial management discipline including choosing a business, organizing, financing, marketing, developing an offering that the market will value, and growing the business in all its dimensions.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 113743497X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
This book provides an introduction to the concept of entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial business management. It covers many elements of the entrepreneurial management discipline including choosing a business, organizing, financing, marketing, developing an offering that the market will value, and growing the business in all its dimensions.
The Effects of Competition
Author: George Symeonidis
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 9780262264655
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 558
Book Description
A theoretical and empirical study of the effects of competition across a broad range of industries. Policies to promote competition are high on the political agenda worldwide. But in a constantly changing marketplace, the effects of more intense competition on firm conduct, market structure, and industry performance are often hard to distinguish. This study combines game-theoretic models with empirical evidence from a "natural experiment" of policy reform. The introduction in the United Kingdom of the 1956 Restrictive Trade Practices Act led to the registration and subsequent abolition of explicit restrictive agreements between firms and the intensification of price competition across a range of manufacturing industries. An equally large number of industries were not affected by the legislation. Using data from before and after the 1956 act, this book compares the two groups of industries to determine the effect of price competition on concentration, firm and plant numbers, profitability, advertising intensity, and innovation. The book avoids two problems common to empirical studies of competition: how to measure the intensity of competition and how to unravel the links between competition and other variables. Because the change in the intensity of competition had an external cause, there is no need to measure the intensity of competition directly, and it is possible to identify one-way causal effects when estimating the impact of competition. The book also examines issues such as the industries in which collusion is more likely to occur; the effect of cartels and cartel laws on market structure and profitability; the links between competition, advertising, and innovation; and the constraints on the exercise of merger and antitrust policies.
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 9780262264655
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 558
Book Description
A theoretical and empirical study of the effects of competition across a broad range of industries. Policies to promote competition are high on the political agenda worldwide. But in a constantly changing marketplace, the effects of more intense competition on firm conduct, market structure, and industry performance are often hard to distinguish. This study combines game-theoretic models with empirical evidence from a "natural experiment" of policy reform. The introduction in the United Kingdom of the 1956 Restrictive Trade Practices Act led to the registration and subsequent abolition of explicit restrictive agreements between firms and the intensification of price competition across a range of manufacturing industries. An equally large number of industries were not affected by the legislation. Using data from before and after the 1956 act, this book compares the two groups of industries to determine the effect of price competition on concentration, firm and plant numbers, profitability, advertising intensity, and innovation. The book avoids two problems common to empirical studies of competition: how to measure the intensity of competition and how to unravel the links between competition and other variables. Because the change in the intensity of competition had an external cause, there is no need to measure the intensity of competition directly, and it is possible to identify one-way causal effects when estimating the impact of competition. The book also examines issues such as the industries in which collusion is more likely to occur; the effect of cartels and cartel laws on market structure and profitability; the links between competition, advertising, and innovation; and the constraints on the exercise of merger and antitrust policies.
Does Regulation Kill Jobs?
Author: Cary Coglianese
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 0812209249
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 299
Book Description
As millions of Americans struggle to find work in the wake of the Great Recession, politicians from both parties look to regulation in search of an economic cure. Some claim that burdensome regulations undermine private sector competitiveness and job growth, while others argue that tough new regulations actually create jobs at the same time that they provide other benefits. Does Regulation Kill Jobs? reveals the complex reality of regulation that supports neither partisan view. Leading legal scholars, economists, political scientists, and policy analysts show that individual regulations can at times induce employment shifts across firms, sectors, and regions—but regulation overall is neither a prime job killer nor a key job creator. The challenge for policymakers is to look carefully at individual regulatory proposals to discern any job shifting they may cause and then to make regulatory decisions sensitive to anticipated employment effects. Drawing on their analyses, contributors recommend methods for obtaining better estimates of job impacts when evaluating regulatory costs and benefits. They also assess possible ways of reforming regulatory institutions and processes to take better account of employment effects in policy decision-making. Does Regulation Kills Jobs? tackles what has become a heated partisan issue with exactly the kind of careful analysis policymakers need in order to make better policy decisions, providing insights that will benefit both politicians and citizens who seek economic growth as well as the protection of public health and safety, financial security, environmental sustainability, and other civic goals. Contributors: Matthew D. Adler, Joseph E. Aldy, Christopher Carrigan, Cary Coglianese, E. Donald Elliott, Rolf Färe, Ann Ferris, Adam M. Finkel, Wayne B. Gray, Shawna Grosskopf, Michael A. Livermore, Brian F. Mannix, Jonathan S. Masur, Al McGartland, Richard Morgenstern, Carl A. Pasurka, Jr., William A. Pizer, Eric A. Posner, Lisa A. Robinson, Jason A. Schwartz, Ronald J. Shadbegian, Stuart Shapiro.
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 0812209249
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 299
Book Description
As millions of Americans struggle to find work in the wake of the Great Recession, politicians from both parties look to regulation in search of an economic cure. Some claim that burdensome regulations undermine private sector competitiveness and job growth, while others argue that tough new regulations actually create jobs at the same time that they provide other benefits. Does Regulation Kill Jobs? reveals the complex reality of regulation that supports neither partisan view. Leading legal scholars, economists, political scientists, and policy analysts show that individual regulations can at times induce employment shifts across firms, sectors, and regions—but regulation overall is neither a prime job killer nor a key job creator. The challenge for policymakers is to look carefully at individual regulatory proposals to discern any job shifting they may cause and then to make regulatory decisions sensitive to anticipated employment effects. Drawing on their analyses, contributors recommend methods for obtaining better estimates of job impacts when evaluating regulatory costs and benefits. They also assess possible ways of reforming regulatory institutions and processes to take better account of employment effects in policy decision-making. Does Regulation Kills Jobs? tackles what has become a heated partisan issue with exactly the kind of careful analysis policymakers need in order to make better policy decisions, providing insights that will benefit both politicians and citizens who seek economic growth as well as the protection of public health and safety, financial security, environmental sustainability, and other civic goals. Contributors: Matthew D. Adler, Joseph E. Aldy, Christopher Carrigan, Cary Coglianese, E. Donald Elliott, Rolf Färe, Ann Ferris, Adam M. Finkel, Wayne B. Gray, Shawna Grosskopf, Michael A. Livermore, Brian F. Mannix, Jonathan S. Masur, Al McGartland, Richard Morgenstern, Carl A. Pasurka, Jr., William A. Pizer, Eric A. Posner, Lisa A. Robinson, Jason A. Schwartz, Ronald J. Shadbegian, Stuart Shapiro.
Europe 1992 and Its Effects on U.S. Science, Technology, and Competitiveness
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Competition, International
Languages : en
Pages : 828
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Competition, International
Languages : en
Pages : 828
Book Description
Report on the System of Proportional Representation Used in Accordance with the "Parliamentary Elections (Amendment) Act, 1918"
Author: New South Wales. Chief Electoral Officer
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 574
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 574
Book Description