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Foreign Expansion by Italian Manufacturing Firms in the Nineties: an Ordered Probit Analysis

Basile, Roberto; Giunta, Anna; Nugent, Jeffrey B. - EconWPA - 2003

This paper develops a foreign expansion index (FEI) of the firm which integrates various dimensions of commitment to internationalization, i.e. exports, foreign penetration operations and FDI. This study focuses on Italy, constructing FEIs for each of some 4,000 firms for three periods...

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Global Gains from Liberalising Trade in Telecommunications and Financial Services

Verikios, George; Zhang, Xiao-guang - EconWPA - 2001

This paper uses a general equilibrium model to assess the effects of liberalising trade in telecommunications and financial services for 19 regions of the world. Results suggest that economies gain from removing barriers to the establishment of new operations (domestic or foreign), and by...

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Evaluation of the Impact of Family Planning Programs on

Eini-Zinab, Hassan - EconWPA - 2005

This article evaluates the fertility impact of family planning program by using prevalence model in Iran. Prevalence … Center of Iran (SCI) and UNFPA-Iran in selected districts of Bushehr (Bushehr and Kangan Districts), Golestan (Gonbadkavoos …

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A model to distribute mark-up amongst quotation component item

Cattell, David; Bowen, Paul; Kaka, Ammar - EconWPA - 2004

The outline of a proposed new unbalanced bidding model is discussed. Background is provided as regards the role of item price loading, otherwise known as unbalanced bidding. Three types of loading are described, namely those of ‘front-end loading’, ‘back-end loading’ and ‘quantity...

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First Home Ownership

Commission, Productivity - EconWPA - 2004

The terms of reference for the inquiry on First Home Ownership asked the Commission to evaluate the affordability and availability of housing for first home buyers. The Commission’s preliminary findings were released for public comment in December. In its final assessment, the Commission...

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Evaluating the Malaysian Export Processing Zones With special focus on the electronic industry

Furby, Mats - EconWPA - 2005

Export Processing Zones are geographical enclaves that have legally been excepted from the country´s normal customs …

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MRS. GANDHI GAVE NEW ECONOMIC APPROACHES

SUBRAMANIAM, DR. VSR. - EconWPA - 2004

Productivity were the Essence of the Administrative strategy of Mrs. Indira Gandhi (Late Prime Minister of India). These approaches … Agriculture, leaving a surplus for export and strides in Industry, Atomic Research, and Space Exploration in India. The author …

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ICT productivity and firm propensity to innovative investment: learning effect evidence from italina micro data

Atzeni, Gianfranco Enrico; Carboni, Oliviero Antonio - EconWPA - 2005

This work attempts to shed light on the “information technology productivity paradox”. Employing a large data set of … Italian manufacturing firms we compute ICT marginal productivity across different cluster of firms and the impact of …/introduction behaviour and firm’s technological investment aptitude have any role in explaining ICT productivity. We find that low capital …

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Biased Technical Change and the Malmquist Productivity Index

Fare, R.; Grifell-Tatje, E.; Grosskopf, S.; Lovell, C.A.K. - EconWPA - 1995

The Malmquist productivity index has many attractive features. One is that it decomposes into a technical efficiency … bias index makes no contribution to productivity change. …

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REDEFINED PRODUCTIVITY & SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ORIENTED MANAGEMENT DECISIONS.

DR.VSR.SUBRAMANIAM - EconWPA - 2004

In the Domain of Development Economics, Productivity is represented by Output to Input Ratio & Management Decisions … InputQuantum ratio also for a favourable condition. This is presented in 2.Part1:Expanded Productivity Algebraic Model Part2 …:Integrated Management Decision Algebraic Model. CONCEPTS DERIVED :- (SED=SOCIO- ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT UNITS)01.PRODUCTIVITY …

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