In spite of impressive stories about artificial intelligence or Industry 4.0, the USA, Japan and
Western Europe experience a severe productivity crisis since about 2005. This article fills a …

This work explores the relationship between temporary employment and product innovation
focusing on five major European economies (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the …

Supply-side economists made numerous pleas for removing labour market rigidities through
'structural reforms'. From a Schumpeterian viewpoint, however, one can argue that labour …

Following a market-oriented approach, policies aimed at increasing labour flexibility by
weakening employment protection institutions should enable firms to efficiently allocate …

Purpose The study investigates the effect of political instability and employee tenure security
on the performance of firms in middle-income economies (MIEs) after controlling for the …

We find firm-level evidence that removing labor market rigidities can harm productivity
growth. This holds, in particular, in industries with a high 'cumulativeness' of knowledge, ie …

This paper provides an empirical analysis of the Italian total factor productivity (TFP) growth
for the 1995-2012 period that takes into account the factors explaining cross-regional …

The existence of a virtuous circle between industries' employment quality, their ability to
introduce new products, increase labour productivity and pay higher wages is explored in …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to evaluate how temporary labor moderates the
relation between two well-known lean initiatives (process flow and process quality) and line …

The hospitality sector is a fragile sector. This means that it is very fragile when a crises hits,
such as political, environmental, and financial crises. The operation of hotels relies a lot on …