205 research outputs found
The link between product market reform, innovation and EU macroeconomic performance
No full textThis report analyses the impact of product market reforms, in the form of the EU Single Market Programme, on the extent of product market competition and the subsequent effects of competition on innovation activity and productivity growth.The report first summarises the main messages from the existing theoretical and empirical literature on the relationship between competition and innovation and uses this to inform the subsequent empirical analysis. The theoretical literature on competition and growth emphasises the importance of economic profits, or rents, in providing incentives for firms to innovate to compete for market position or in order to enter new markets. Increased competition may increase incentives for firms to increase efficiency or to innovate in order to protect or enhance their market position. However, competition may reduce the rewards to innovation or entry into a market and thus discourage these activities.product market reform, macroeconomic performance, Single Market Program, innovation activity, productivity growth, Griffith, Harrison, Simpson
The clergy of the deaneries of Rochester and mailing in the diocese of Rochester, c. 1770 – 1870
No full textThis is a study of the concerns and life - style of the clergy of the established Church in two Kent Deaneries throughout the hundred year period, 1770 -1870. How far, it is considered, were episcopal hopes, which were expressed in the Charges of Bishop and Archdeacon, fulfilled in the parishes, especially in the matters of residence and education. The extent of non-residence is deduced from. such evidence as is available for the earlier part of the period and after 1830 from Visitation and other returns. The provision of Sunday Schools is used as an example of clerical response to a diocesan policy in the field of education. The exercise of patronage, residence, plurality, the length ofincumbencies, the employment of curates and their prospects, are looked at throughout the period. The provision of new churches, agrarian unrest, tithe and clerical emoluments, church rate, relationship with dissent, worship provision , the visitation process, the clergyman's role in society, the differing demands of town ministry and rural ministry are examined as events bring them to the fore . The priorities of successive bishops are noted and the lives of sample clergymen are taken for each period, both to flesh-out the statistics and to illustrate the evolving pattern of ministry
The free churches and the Labour Party in England and Wales 1918-1939
No full textPhDThis thesis has two principal objectives. Firstly
it seeks to examine the response of the traditionally
Liberal Free Churches to the inter-war decline of that
party, the rise of Labour and the changing economic,
social and political developments and issues which
accompanied this process. This response is considered
both in terms of the Free Church leadership and, with
the aid of local case studies in Bolton, Bradford,
Liverpool and Norfolk, of chapel society. It is
therefore examined not only in terms of the changing
theological and political attitudes of the Free Church
leadership, that leadership's contribution to Christian
Socialism in the period and its enthusiasm for
particular issues like temperance. The financial
problems, political witness and changing nature of the
chapel community, its communication of ideals and
distinctive way of looking at the world, has also been
fully considered.
Secondly the thesis seeks to establish the extent
to which Free Churchmen were representative of a working
class party in a country where the working class was not
usually noted for its religiosity, how substantial the
Free Church presence in the party was and why, and what
contribution they made to it. This involves not only an
examination of the relationship between the Free
Churches and the working classes but also of the composition of the party, both at national level and in
the local areas researched. Consideration has also been
given to the extent to which Nonconformist Socialists
have proved willing to take over from their Liberal
counterparts as the bearers of the "Nonconformist
Conscience" (involving close scrutiny of the development
of and the labour party's response to typical Free
Church concerns like temperance, gambling,
Sabbatarianism, peace, education and disestablishment)
and to the contribution their Christianity made to the
objectives and ideals of the Labour party
Do Job Security Guarantees Work?
No full textWe investigate the effect of employer job security guarantees on employee perceptions of jobsecurity. Using linked employer-employee data from the 1998 British Workplace EmployeeRelations Survey, we find job security guarantees reduce employee perceptions of jobinsecurity. This finding is robust to endogenous selection of job security guarantees byemployers engaging in organisational change and workforce reductions. Furthermore, thereis no evidence that increased job security through job guarantees results in greater workintensification, stress, or lower job satisfaction.Job insecurity, job guarantees, linked employer-employee data
Product market reform and innovation in the EU
No full textEuropean Union countries have implemented widespread reforms to productmarkets in order to stimulate competition, innovation and economic growth. We provideempirical evidence that the reforms carried out under the EU Single Market Programme(SMP) were associated with increased product market competition, as measured by areduction in average profitability, and with a subsequent increase in innovation intensityand productivity growth for manufacturing sectors. In our analysis we exploit exogenousvariation in the expected impact of the SMP across countries and industries to identify theeffects of reforms on average profitability, and the effects of profitability on innovationand productivity growth. European Union countries have implemented widespread reforms to productmarkets in order to stimulate competition, innovation and economic growth. We provideempirical evidence that the reforms carried out under the EU Single Market Programme(SMP) were associated with increased product market competition, as measured by areduction in average profitability, and with a subsequent increase in innovation intensityand productivity growth for manufacturing sectors. In our analysis we exploit exogenousvariation in the expected impact of the SMP across countries and industries to identify theeffects of reforms on average profitability, and the effects of profitability on innovationand productivity growth
Intelligent Equalisation Principles and Techniques for Minimising Masking when Mixing the Extreme Modern Metal Genre.
No full textThe intensity, complexity and energy of performance, combined with the power and density of the tones involved are characteristics of the extreme metal genre. These characteristics present numerous problems when striving to achieve the clarity, definition and hyper-realism of performance required for this genres production. Avoiding masking in a mix is a fundamental
aspect of clarity, definition, intelligibility and perceived loudness and due to the fact that masking especially occurs in a dense mix, and is more pronounced in low frequencies, is particularly applicable to mixing the downtuned extreme metal genre. Masking in simple terms is the ability of frequencies of one sound to obscure or inhibit (i.e. mask) the frequencies of
another sound. This paper will draw upon the first author’s eight years of experience producing within the metal genre, including releases through Sony and Universal and working with the likes of Colin Richardson and Andy Sneap
Product market reform and innovation in the EU
No full textEuropean Union countries have implemented widespread reforms to product markets in order to stimulate competition, innovation and economic growth. We provide empirical evidence that the reforms carried out under the EU Single Market Programme (SMP) were associated with increased product market competition, as measured by a reduction in average profitability, and with a subsequent increase in innovation intensity and productivity growth for manufacturing sectors. In our analysis we exploit exogenous variation in the expected impact of the SMP across countries and industries to identify the effects of reforms on average profitability, and the effects of profitability on innovation and productivity growth.
Landscape-painter as landscape-gardener : the case of Alfred Parsons R.A.
No full textIn 2 vols.Available from British Library Document Supply Centre-DSC:DXN016830 / BLDSC - British Library Document Supply CentreSIGLEGBUnited Kingdo
Author Correction: Auto-aggressive CXCR6+ CD8 T cells cause liver immune pathology in NASH
No full textIn this Article, the surname of Tobias Boettler was incorrectly shown as ‘Böttler’, and the surname of author Jan-Philipp Mallm was incorrectly shown as ‘Malm’. The original Article has been corrected online
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