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Knowledge, location, and internationalization : empirical evidence for manufacturing SMEs
Lejpras, Anna - 2012
This paper investigates the links between locational conditions, innovative capabilities and internationalization of manufacturing SMEs. Two modes of foreign market servicing are explored: exporting activity and relocating of selected business activities abroad. The empirical analysis employs...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009579357
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Interlocked Executives and Insider Board Members : An Empirical Analysis
Gayle, George-Levi - 2019
This paper asked the question of whether the behavior and compensation of interlocked executives and non-independent board of directors are consistent with the hypothesis of governance problem or whether this problem is mitigated by implicit and market incentives. It then analyzes the role of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012903789
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Agglomeration effects and the location of foreign direct investment : evidence from French first-time movers
Procher, Vivien - 2009
absolute and relative agglomeration measures suggest that French investors are rather attracted by firm cluster in general, or … by the unobserved factors that led to the agglomeration in the first place, than by any nation-specific firm cluster …. -- Foreign direct investment ; location choices ; agglomeration ; small- and medium-sized enterprises …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003824854
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Intuit QuickBooks Small Business Index : a new employment series for the US, Canada, and the UK
Akcigit, Ufuk; Chhina, Raman; Cilasun, Seyit Mümin; … - 2023
Small and young businesses are essential for job creation, innovation, and economic growth. Even most of the superstar firms start their business life small and then grow over time. Small firms have less internal resources, which makes them more fragile and sensitive to macroeconomic conditions....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014316476
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Intuit QuickBooks Small Business Index : a new employment series for the US, Canada, and the UK
Akcigit, Ufuk; Chhina, Raman; Cilasun, Seyit Mümin; … - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle - 2023
Small and young businesses are essential for job creation, innovation, and economic growth. Even most of the superstar firms start their business life small and then grow over time. Small firms have less internal resources, which makes them more fragile and sensitive to macroeconomic conditions....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014281853
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Dismissal protection and long-term sickness absence : first evidence from Germany
Gürtzgen, Nicole; Hiesinger, Karolin - 2020
This paper analyses the causal effects of weaker dismissal protection on the incidence of long-term sickness ( six weeks). We exploit a German policy change, which shifted the threshold exempting small establishments from dismissal protection from five to ten workers. Using administrative data,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012267172
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Dismissal protection and long-term sickness absence - first evidence from Germany
Gürtzgen, Nicole; Hiesinger, Karolin - 2020
This paper analyses the causal effects of weaker dismissal protection on the incidence of long-term sickness ( six weeks). We exploit a German policy change, which shifted the threshold exempting small establishments from dismissal protection from five to ten workers. Using administrative data,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012253039
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Knowledge, Location, and Internationalization : Empirical Evidence for Manufacturing SMEs
Lejpras, Anna - 2012
This paper investigates the links between locational conditions, innovative capabilities and internationalization of manufacturing SMEs. Two modes of foreign market servicing are explored: exporting activity and relocating of selected business activities abroad. The empirical analysis employs...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014040337
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Do cash windfalls affect wages? : evidence from R&D grants to small firms
Howell, Sabrina T.; Brown, J. David - 2020
This paper examines how employee earnings at small firms respond to a cash flow shock in the form of a government R&D grant. We use ranking data on applicant firms, which we link to IRS W2 earnings and other U.S. Census Bureau datasets. In a regression discontinuity design, we find that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012164744
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Agglomeration economies in the neighbourhood? : evidence from German cities
Neumann, Uwe; Geißler, Helmut; Jakubowski, Peter - 2012
In urban renewal policy, it has become a widespread goal to revitalise neighbourhood economies. The rationale for these measures derives, to a great extent, from the concept of regional economic clusters, and, not surprisingly, one of their key objectives is to activate local inter-firm...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011401154