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The organisation of work and systems of labour market regulation and social protection: a comparison of the EU-15

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  • Edward Lorenz

    (GREDEG - Groupe de Recherche en Droit, Economie et Gestion - UNS - Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • B.-A. Lundvall

    (AAU - Aalborg University [Denmark])

Abstract

The paper argues that there are a set of interrelations between systems of social protection, labour market structure and work organisation that impact on firms' innovative performance and style (i.e. the relative importance of 'new-to-the market' vs. 'new to firm' innovation). Systems of protection combining high levels of unemployment protection with relatively low levels of employment protection may have an advantage in terms of the adoption of the forms of work organisation and knowledge exploration at the firm level that can lead to 'new to the market' and possibly radical innovation. This is related to the fact that organisations which compete on the basis of strategies of continuous knowledge exploration tend to have relatively porous organisational boundaries so as to permit the insertion of new knowledge and ideas from the outside. Job tenures tend to be short as careers are often structured around a series of discrete projects rather than advancing within an intra-firm hierarchy.

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  • Edward Lorenz & B.-A. Lundvall, 2011. "The organisation of work and systems of labour market regulation and social protection: a comparison of the EU-15," Post-Print halshs-00726839, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:halshs-00726839
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    1. Bengt-Åke Lundvall, 2016. "From manufacturing nostalgia to a strategy for economic transformation," Economia e Politica Industriale: Journal of Industrial and Business Economics, Springer;Associazione Amici di Economia e Politica Industriale, vol. 43(3), pages 265-271, September.

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