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Ownership Structure, Investment Behavior and Firm Performance in Japanese Manufacturing Industries
Gedajlovic, E.R.; Yoshikawa, T.; Hashimoto, M. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM … - 2001
Using data spanning the 1996-1998 fiscal years of 247 of Japan's largest manufacturers, we empirically evaluate the extent to which a firm's investment behavior and financial performance is influenced by its ownership structure. To do so, we examine six distinct categories of Japanese...
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Capital Flight and Investment Dynamics in Nigeria: A Time Series Analysis (1970-2006)
Adesoye, A. Bolaji; Maku, Olukayode E.; Atanda, Akinwande A. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
This study critically examines the implications of capital flight on investment growth in Nigeria between 1970 and 2006, because of the consequential effect it has on economic growth. The time series data properties incorporated were examined using the Augmented Dickey-Fuller (ADF) unit root...
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Home Bias at the Fund Level
Hau, Harald; Rey, Hélène - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008
This paper presents new stylized facts on the distribution of the home bias at the fund level. We find (i) a large heterogeneity in the degree of home bias across mutual funds; (ii) a positive correlation between the size of funds and home bias; and (iii) a positive correlation between the size...
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Energy Saving by Firms: Decision-Making, Barriers and Policies
Groot, Henri L.F.M. de; Verhoef, Erik T.; Nijkamp, Peter - Tinbergen Institute - 1999
Promoting investments in energy saving technologies is an important means for achieving environmental goals. Unfortunately, the empirical evidence on success conditions of policies is scarce. Based on a survey among Dutch firms, this paper sets out to identify the factors that determine the...
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Determinants of Individual Investor Behaviour: An Orthogonal Linear Transformation Approach
Chandra, Abhijeet; Kumar, Ravinder - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
Expected utility theory views the individual investment decision as a tradeoff between immediate consumption and deferred consumption. But individuals do not always prefer according to the classical theory of economics. Recent studies on individual investor behavior have shown that they do not...
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Equity-based Financial Slack and New Venture Performance: Evidence from matched single-founder ventures
Morgan, Horatio M. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
This paper examines whether equity-based financial slack in the form of relatively high levels of founding equity will systematically hurt new venture performance. Drawing on data on 445 single-founder new ventures over the period 2004-2007, it uses the propensity score matching method to...
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Equity-based Financial Slack and New Venture Performance: Evidence from matched single-founder ventures
Morgan, Horatio M. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
This paper examines whether equity-based financial slack in the form of relatively high levels of founding equity will systematically hurt new venture performance. Drawing on data on 445 single-founder new ventures over the period 2004-2007, it uses the propensity score matching method to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011110946
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The theory of entrepreneurship and evolutionary economics
Кантарбаева, Алия; Мустафин, … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1997
The paper presents the analysis of recent developments of Schumpeterian theory of entrepreneurship and innovation in …
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A Matching Model of Endogenous Growth and Underground Firms
Lisi, Gaetano; Pugno, Maurizio - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015
Economic growth and unemployment exhibit an ambiguous relationship – according to empirical studies. This ambiguity can be investigated by observing the role of the underground economy in shaping the productivity of firms. Indeed, unemployment may be absorbed by underground firms, which adopt...
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The way things are done here – Polish entrepreneurship - having endowned heritage or burden?
Starnawska, Marzena - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
Using case study analysis based on in-depth interviews we aim to extend the entrepreneurship research in transition … context in Poland. Entrepreneurship models build in America and Western Europe do not picture the specifics of … entrepreneurship in transition economies. The author reviews concepts and theses on entrepreneurship in this context and argues that …
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