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Trust-based Work-time and Product Improvements: Evidence from Firm Level Data

Godart, Olivier N.; Görg, Holger; Hanley, Aoife - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2014

We explore whether the introduction of trust based working hours is related to the subsequent innovation performance of … adoption of trust based working hours and innovation seems to be driven by the degree of control and self-management over …

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Technological change: An analysis of the diffusion and implications of e-business technologies

Koellinger, Philipp - EconWPA - 2005

2002. In addition, the adoption of new e-business technologies by firms creates opportunities to conduct innovation, either …

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Science parks, knowledge spillovers, and firms' innovative performance: evidence from Finland

Squicciarini, Mariagrazia - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2009

The paper focuses on the role of Science Parks (SPs) as seedbeds of innovation. It investigates whether and to what … proposed relies on count data models, uses patents as innovation performance indicators, and exploits original data regarding … controlling for the existence of innovation lags. Parks' first mover disadvantages also emerge, as well as non-negligible matching …

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Do Ukrainian Firms Benefit from FDI?

Talavera, Oleksandr; Lutz, Stefan H. - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2003

All countries are eager to attract as much foreign investments as possible. At the same time FDI may have not only positive, but also negative economic effects for receiving countries. Positive effects are associated with technology transfer, efficient allocation of resources, and training of...

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Corporate Governance and Management Succession in Family Businesses

Phan, Phillip; Butler, John E.; Lee, Soo Hoon - EconWPA - 2005

Family businesses carry the weight of economic wealth creation in most economies. In the U.S. alone, family businesses account for 80 to 90 percent of the 18-million business enterprises in the United States, and 50 percent of the employment and GNP. In many ways, the family business is...

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Use of ICTs and the Economic Performance of SMEs in East Africa

Chowdhury, Shyamal; Wolf, Susanna - EconWPA - 2004

This paper assesses the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) and their impact on the economic performance of small- and medium-scale enterprises (SMEs) of three East African countries: Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. Findings of the paper suggest that the diffusion of ICT among...

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The antecedents and innovation consequences of organizational search: empirical evidence for Spain

Lucena, Abel - Xarxa de Referència en Economia Aplicada (XREAP) - 2009

This paper examines the antecedents and innovation consequences of the methods firms adopt in organizing their search …

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