Employee education, information and communication technology, workplace organization and trade: A comparative analysis of Greek and Swiss enterprises

The effect of information and communication technologies, workplace re-organization and trade on the demand for employees' skills: A comparative analysis of Greek and Swiss enterprises

This paper aims at investigating empirically at the firm level the effect of the use of modern information and communication technologies (ICT), and also of two other factors, the adoption of new forms of workplace organization (which is regarded as a ‘complement’ of ICT), and trade (export) activities (a major characteristic of modern economy), on the demand for employees’ (vocational) educati...

Information and communication technologies, human capital, workplace organization and labour productivity: A comparative study based on firm-level data for Greece and Switzerland

This paper describes a comparative empirical study of the effect of information and communication technology (ICT) capital, human capital and new organizational practices on labour productivity in Greek and Swiss firms. We use firm-level data collected in 2005 through a common questionnaire administered to samples of similar composition (e.g. similar firm sizes, similar sectors), from which we ...

Identifying the challenges and opportunities of organizational development in the oil industry through technology

The purpose of this study was to identifying the challenges and opportunities of organizational development in the oil industry through technology. This research was from a type qualitative research. The statistical population of the study included managers and employees in the oil industry. Semi-structured interviews were conducted using targeted snowball sampling method, 13 managers and emplo...

Are ICT, Workplace Organization and Human Capital Relevant for Innovation? A Comparative Study Based on Swiss and Greek Micro Data

Information Technology, Workplace Organization and the Demand for Employees of Different Education Levels: Firm-Level Evidence for the Swiss Economy