...Dr. Annie Tubadji, Professor Joachim Moeller and Professor Peter Nijkamp; Martin A. Leroch Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to give structure to the argument that “culture matters.” Further, the aim is to show how cultural differences shape the use of incentives within firms and point...

...Patricia Crifo‐Tillet; Marie‐Claire Villeval In relation to the analysis of inequality and skill‐bias innovation, this article develops a theoretical model for determining the influence of work organisation on incentives and earnings. In a linear agency model, which explains innovative work...

... of an incentive scheme increased productivity by 14 per cent. Second, differential teamwork performance is affected by tenure and education. Finds tenure, which represents “firm‐specific human capital” and years of schooling representing “general human capital”, are positive and significant in both a bivariate...

..., suggesting insufficient firm‐specific human capital accumulation by managers, weak incentive effects of promotion tournaments, and an inability to use promotions as a job assignment mechanism; the use of incentive pay schemes (as compared to traditional fixed wage payments) is limited and is declining...

... development Incentives Performance appraisal Teamwork DEVELOPING PEOPLE'S PERFORMANCE TOWARDS COMPETITIVE COMPANY OPERATION: AN OVERVIEW by Brian Wilson International Management Centres, Buckingham This article covers such issues as staff development, training and succession planning but puts them...