Unfilled Training Positions in Germany – Regional and Establishment-Specific Determinants

2019 ◽  
Vol 239 (4) ◽  
pp. 661-701 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra Dummert ◽  
Ute Leber ◽  
Barbara Schwengler
Keyword(s):  
Related Factors ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
External Conditions ◽  
Western Germany ◽  
Enterprise Level ◽  
Specific Factors ◽  
Regional Factors ◽  
The One ◽  
Training Position ◽  
Quantitative Importance

AbstractThe current situation in the German apprenticeship market is characterized by two contradictory developments. On the one hand, establishments are experiencing increasing problems filling the training positions they offer, and the number of vacant training positions is climbing. On the other hand, the transition into training is still difficult for many young people, and the number of unsuccessful vocational training applicants is rising. Hence, matching supply with demand is becoming increasingly difficult in the German job market for training positions. Using the Linked Employer-Employee dataset (LIAB) from the Institute for Employment Research (IAB), our paper provides a closer examination of the phenomenon of unfilled training positions. It presents an overview of the evolution of vacant training positions in eastern and western Germany and attempts to explain the number of vacancies by investigating the factors responsible for the establishments’ inability to fill their training positions. We assume that training position vacancies are due not only to internal company reasons such as firm size or the wage offer for apprentices but also to external conditions such as general regional factors. Therefore, our analysis also considers the situation on the demand side of the labor market within a region. The results of our multilevel mixed-effects estimations show that in addition to characteristics on the enterprise level, regional determinants also affect the share of vacant apprenticeships. With respect to establishment-related factors, mainly characteristics that describe the attractiveness of the firm prove to be important. With regard to regional-specific factors, we find that the availability of school leavers in a region in addition to the level of regional-sectoral competition impacts the recruiting success of establishments. Our analysis also shows that there are remarkable differences between eastern and western Germany concerning both the quantitative importance of unfilled training positions and the factors affecting them.

scholarly journals The impact of digitalization of the economy on the development of enterprises in the Arctic

2020 ◽  
Vol 220 ◽  
pp. 01041
Author(s):  
Maria Plakhotnikova ◽  
Alexander Anisimov ◽  
Anastasia Kulachinskaya ◽  
Liliya Mukhametova
Keyword(s):  
Development Strategy ◽  
Development Strategies ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Russian Arctic ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
External Conditions ◽  
Enterprise Level ◽  
National Economies ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Negative Factors

The peculiarities of the development of the regions belonging to the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation (AZRF) are determined by geopolitical, climatic and other factors. Currently, the issues of digital transformation of national economies are paramount for all countries. However, the existing crisis phenomena caused by the economic crisis of 2008 and the COVID-19 pandemic have made their own adjustments to this process. The current conditions require both the creation of an appropriate digital infrastructure at the federal and regional levels, and the adjustment of existing development strategies at the enterprise level. However, the benefits of the digital economy will only benefit those enterprises that can adapt their development strategy in accordance with external conditions. The purpose of the study is to assess the impact of digitalization of the economy on the development of enterprises in the Arctic, as well as to form a list of the main problems in this area and search for possible ways to solve them. As a result of the study, the authors obtained the following results: (1) identified both positive and negative factors affecting the digitalization of the Russian Arctic; (2) a profile of the directions of digitalization of the Russian Arctic was created and the priority areas of digitalization were determined; (3) it was concluded that the digitalization of national economies opens up great opportunities for the further development of enterprises. However, to achieve this goal, it is necessary to timely adjust the development strategies of enterprises, taking into account the national and regional characteristics of digitalization.

scholarly journals Validating the Adoption of Heterogeneous Internet of Things with Blockchain

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lulwah AlSuwaidan ◽  
Nuha Almegren
Keyword(s):  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Security And Privacy ◽  
Smart Devices ◽  
Privacy And Security ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
Financial Trading ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The One

Emerging technologies such as Internet of Things (IoT) and blockchain have affected the digital transformation. Blockchain, on the one hand, was initially developed for the purpose of financial trading due to its robustness especially for fault tolerance and cryptographic security in addition to its decentralized architecture. IoT, on the other hand, is an open interconnected network of smart devices able to communicate simultaneously. This arises a challenge in privacy and security, specifically for the data being exchanged. To overcome this, studies have focused on the blockchain to resolve the security and privacy issues of IoT. Indeed, limited studies have proposed to assess blockchain’s viability for IoT and the associated challenges. In this paper, a conceptual model has proposed to identify the crucial factors affecting the adoption of blockchain in IoT. The model consists of four dimensions of factors that we assume will affect the adoption of the two technologies. The dimensions are: attitude-related factors, social influence related factors, data-related factors, and security-related factors. This model is validated through a survey that was distributed between professionals in blockchain and IoT. The findings show a significant impact of data-related factors on the adoption of blockchain in IoT and the intention to use them. The model can play an important role in the development of strategies, standards, and performance assessment.

scholarly journals Effect of Customer Satisfaction on Company Performance

2015 ◽  
Vol 63 (3) ◽  
pp. 1013-1021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Petr Suchánek ◽  
Maria Králová
Keyword(s):  
Customer Satisfaction ◽  
Business Performance ◽  
Company Performance ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Product Comparison ◽  
Specific Factors ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The One ◽  
Competitive Products ◽  
A Company

The subject of this article is customer satisfaction and its impact on company performance through satisfaction with its products, including a comparison with the competition. Research was conducted in search of factors which affect customer satisfaction on the one hand and the performance of the company on the other hand. We constructed a model explaining what specific factors (affecting customer satisfaction) have an impact on the performance of a company. This model can help management to better run the business and achieve higher performance. The article is based on research that focused on companies in the food industry in Czech Republic and on their customers. First, we found the financial performance of surveyed companies (based on indicators ROA, ROE and assets turnover) and on this basis they have been divided on companies efficient and inefficient. Furthermore factors were identified (based on previous research of authors) that have an impact on customer satisfaction (among these factors include product quality, customer requirements for product, comparison with competitive products, etc.). With the use of non-parametric statistical methods, logistic regression and discriminant analysis was analyzed, what factors affecting customer satisfaction also affect business performance.

scholarly journals The Relationship between Spiritual Well-Being and Resilience in Patients with Psoriasis

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Mohammadhossein RahimZahedi ◽  
Camellia Torabizadeh ◽  
Majid Najafi Kalyani ◽  
Seyed Alireza Moayedi
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
Spiritual Health ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Significance Level ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Care Plans ◽  
Analytical Work ◽  
Spiritual Well Being ◽  
The One ◽  
The Relationship

Psoriasis skin disease affects the patients’ health and quality of life to a great extent. Given the chronic nature of the disease, identifying the factors affecting adaptation to the disease can provide guidelines required for helping these patients deal with their problems. This study was conducted with the purpose of investigating the relationship between spiritual well-being and resilience in patients suffering from psoriasis. The present study is a descriptive-analytical work conducted in the largest city in the south of Iran in 2019. 150 patients diagnosed with psoriasis completed Ellison and Paloutzian’s Spiritual Well-Being Scale and Connor and Davidson’s Resiliency Scale. Data were analyzed using SPSS v. 20, descriptive (frequency distribution, mean, and standard deviation) and inferential statistics (Pearson, regression, and t-test). The significance level was set at 0.05. The obtained mean scores were 54.84 ± 13.25 for resilience and 73.22 ± 11.13 for spiritual health. Spiritual health predicted 43% of the variance of resilience, and all resilience-related factors had a significant positive relationship with spiritual well-being-related factors ( P > 0.05 ). An analysis of the relationship between demographic variables on the one hand and resilience and spiritual well-being on the other indicated that an increase in the patients’ academic status, duration of the disease, and age correlated with an increase in their resilience and spiritual well-being. Also, male patients and married patients were found to possess higher levels of resilience and spiritual well-being. According to the findings of the present study, spiritual well-being correlates with resilience in patients with psoriasis. Considering the chronic nature of the disease, it is recommended that more attention be paid to promoting spiritual health in the care plans of these patients.

scholarly journals A Research on Investment Behavior of Corporate and Individual Investors from Southern India

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (6S4) ◽  
pp. 1493-1501
Keyword(s):  
Southern India ◽  
Individual Investors ◽  
Investment Behavior ◽  
Related Factor ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Specific Factors ◽  
Corporate Investors ◽  
Questionnaire Method

Current study aims to identify the factors affecting investment behavior of the corporate and individual investors, and also to make a comparative study of the investment behavior of both the corporate and individual investors from Southern India. The study was primarily based on the perception of the investors and the data was collected from 576 investors (304 individual investors and 272 corporate investors) from four major cities of South India namely; Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai and Visakhapatnam using questionnaire method. Researcher has identified total four factors which successfully represent the investment behavior of the corporate and individual investors. These factors are mainly; Investors related factors, Market or environment related factor, Investment related factors and Company specific factors. Further, it was found from the comparative analysis of the corporate and individual investors, that there is a significant difference in the investment behavior of the corporate and individual investors from Southern India.

scholarly journals Factors affecting on bank’s profitability: the case of 19 Euro-Area countries

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Nexhat Kryeziu ◽  
Egzon Hoxha
Keyword(s):  
Euro Area ◽  
Dynamic Models ◽  
Fixed Effect Model ◽  
Financial Policy ◽  
Financial Industry ◽  
Macroeconomic Factors ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Effect Model ◽  
Specific Factors ◽  
The One

The paper has addressed as the main objective the assessment of productivity performance in euro-area nations, observing a combination of factors both in terms of the internal environment and external factors, or known as macroeconomic factors. The analysis includes 19 euro-area countries with 323 observations, including the period 2003-2019. The dynamic approach, the fixed-effect model, and the Arellano / Bond estimator were applied using the panel data to evaluate the study's factors. The analysis shows that the factors under the competence of their internal supervision impact the degree of profitability on the one hand. Macroeconomic factors also show an impact on the degree of profitability for euro-area countries. Five of the seven factors applied in the analysis turned out to significantly impact, while two turned out to be non-significant. For further studies, it would be beneficial to apply other dynamic models by using other specific factors, which will be considered a useful input to the financial industry and financial policy-making.

Obstacles to Claiming Permanence and Injury-Relatedness for “Posttraumatic” Headache

2009 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 3-6
Author(s):  
Robert J. Barth
Keyword(s):  
Complete Recovery ◽  
World Health ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Posttraumatic Headache ◽  
Sixth Edition ◽  
Causative Relationship ◽  
Short Period ◽  
The One ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Subjective Reports

Abstract “Posttraumatic” headaches claims are controversial because they are subjective reports often provided in the complex of litigation, and the underlying pathogenesis is not defined. This article reviews principles and scientific considerations in the AMAGuides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment (AMA Guides) that should be noted by evaluators who examine such cases. Some examples in the AMA Guides, Sixth Edition, may seem to imply that mild head trauma can cause permanent impairment due to headache. The author examines scientific findings that present obstacles to claiming that concussion or mild traumatic brain injury is a cause of permanent headache. The World Health Organization, for example, found a favorable prognosis for posttraumatic headache, and complete recovery over a short period of time was the norm. Other studies have highlighted the lack of a dose-response correlation between trauma and prolonged headache complaints, both in terms of the frequency and the severity of trauma. On the one hand, scientific studies have failed to support the hypothesis of a causative relationship between trauma and permanent or prolonged headaches; on the other hand, non–trauma-related factors are strongly associated with complaints of prolonged headache.

Consumer Online Buying Decisions: A Critical Appraisal of Literature

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Amit Kishore Sinha ◽  
Gyanendra B. S. Johri ◽  
Shanti Rai
Keyword(s):  
Research Paper ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Buying Behavior ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Online Stores ◽  
Online Buying ◽  
Indian Cities ◽  
Buying Decisions

Since last two decades buying of goods and services from online stores using Internet started off. But players of this industry could reach to the general public residing in second and third category Indian cities in recent past only. Now companies are eagerly interested in understanding the factors affecting Indian consumers so that their needs and wants can be understood and served profitably. This research paper is an attempt to critically evaluate those factors which affect consumer buying behavior in Indian Internet based business environment. For the purpose of coverage of topic researcher has classified the literature under three categories which are Literature related to vendor related factors, Literature related to consumer related factors and Literature related to other factors. Vendor related factors include those factors which are primarily controlled by the companies that are engaged in selling their goods and services on internet along with their intermediaries through which such sales take place. Consumer related factors have been bifurcated under two heading that are consumer demographic factors and consumer psychographic factors. Besides this there are several other factors which may affect consumer’s buying decisions and they are classified as other factors. This research paper also tries to identify the gaps (if any) in the available literature of the factors affecting consumer online buying decisions.

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