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ABSTRACT Globalisation has deepened the integration of international production within global value chains (GVCs), where the various stages of the manufacturing process are dispersed across countries. In today's volatile business environment, characterised by rapid technological advances (Industry 4.0) and evolving consumer preferences towards use ...
Javier Bilbao‐Ubillos +3 more
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The Use of Flexible Measures to Cope with Economic Crises in Germany and Brazil [PDF]
This study gives a comparative overview of labor market dynamics and institutional arrangements in Germany and Brazil with particular emphasis on industrial relations, wage setting, unemployment benefits, employment protection and vocational training ...
Eichhorst, Werner +2 more
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Platform Business Model Innovation for Sustainability: A Framework for Industry 5.0 Integration
ABSTRACT A comprehensive framework is developed for adopting Platform Business Model Innovation (PBMI) to enhance sustainable performance in the Industry 5.0 (I5.0) era. While PBMI plays a growing role in corporate transformation, tensions persist between profit‐driven objectives and broader sustainability imperatives.
Mohamed Ashmel Mohamed Hashim +3 more
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Fixed-Term and Permanent Employment Contracts: Theory and Evidence [PDF]
This paper constructs a theory of the coexistence of fixed-term and permanent employment contracts in an environment with ex-ante identical workers and employers.
Enchuan Shao, Pedro Silos, Shutao Cao
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Addressing Labor Market Duality in Croatia. A Single Employment Contract? [PDF]
Most of the newly created jobs in Croatia are temporary jobs. This contributes to labor market duality: the growing divide between employees with secure, permanent jobs (referred to as insiders) and those with precarious, temporary jobs (referred to as outsiders). Dual labor market is inefficient from both the social and economic perspective.
Tomić, Iva +1 more
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ABSTRACT The transition to a circular economy (CE) remains hindered by the lack of practical strategies that simultaneously secure competitiveness and deliver sustainability outcomes for manufacturing organisations. While circular design is often cited as a cornerstone of CE, its concrete role in driving competitive advantage and organisational ...
Shamaila Ishaq +3 more
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Short-term contracts: trap or stepping stone toward stable employment? [PDF]
This paper focuses on labor market transitions and especially on those involving fixed-term contracts. Our contribution is twofold: first, we provide an accurate measure of labor market transitions and focus on transitions from fixed-term contracts to ...
L. WILNER, P. GIVORD
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ABSTRACT The aim of this research is to verify whether institutional quality affects the relationship between green innovation and firm efficiency within the high‐tech manufacturing sectors. To estimate jointly the parameters of a stochastic frontier and the coefficients of a model explaining technical inefficiency, we employed the one‐step estimation ...
Mariarosaria Agostino +2 more
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Crop Sharing in the Fishery and Industry Equilibrium [PDF]
This article presents a model of commercial fishing in a stochastic environment that focuses on the labor-employment contract. In a partial equilibrium context, the authors show that when boat owners and crew members are risk-averse, crop sharing is the ...
Plourde, Charles, Smith, J. Barry
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ABSTRACT Rapid technological change, shorter lifecycles and rising demand for electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) are increasing waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) and emphasise the need for a circular economy. This paper identifies barriers and enablers of the circular transition in EEE and outlines interventions.
Aya Abdelmeguid, Lucia Corsini
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