Role of Human Resource Practices in Absorptive Capacity and R&D Cooperation
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Keywords
Absorptive capacity; strategic human resource; employment practices; compensation programs; R&D cooperation; innovation;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J21 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
- J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
- J33 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Compensation Packages; Payment Methods
- L20 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - General
- M12 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - Personnel Management; Executives; Executive Compensation
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CDM-2015-11-21 (Collective Decision-Making)
- NEP-CSE-2015-11-21 (Economics of Strategic Management)
- NEP-HRM-2015-11-21 (Human Capital and Human Resource Management)
- NEP-INO-2015-11-21 (Innovation)
- NEP-SBM-2015-11-21 (Small Business Management)
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