Erschienen in:CESifo Working Paper Series ; No. 3123
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1 Online-Ressource (37 p)
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.2139/ssrn.1640439
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Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments July 15, 2010 erstellt
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We investigate the role of workers' and managerial experience as a determinant of firm innovation and productivity in a sample of Italian manufacturing firms. A high share of temporary - thus unexperienced - workers is associated to low innovation and productivity. The effect of managerial experience measured by age on firm performance depends instead on the type of firm: high age of managers and board members is bad for innovation and productivity growth, while costs and benefits of old managerial age cancel out for non-innovative firms