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The U.S. International Construction Industry

Moody, Gerald R. - EconWPA - 1996

. U.S. construction contractors perform very well in international competition for large, technologically sophisticated … projects such as petroleum and chemical plants and power generation plants. They fare less well in international competition … competition, the contractors’ ability to offer financing at competitive rates, and technological capabilities. The competitive …

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Measuring Customer Value Gaps: An Empirical Study in Mexican Retail Market

Rajagopal - EconWPA - 2005

The role of customer value has been largely recognized over time by the firms as an instrument towards stimulating market share and profit optimization. The customer values for a new product of firm in competitive markets are shaped more by habits, reinforcement effects, and situational...

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SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT : MATHEMATICAL MODELS BY DR.VSRS

DR.VSR.SUBRAMANIAM - EconWPA - 2005

The current population in the World has grown beyond the Break-even level of the food supplies, water, clothing and shelter. Techno- commercial systems are also within the utility of developed nations, but beyond the infrastructure and mental orientation of the Developing and Under Developed...

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INTERNATIONAL EXPANSION THROUGH SEQUENTIAL INVESTMENT: THE EFFECTS OF NATIONAL CULTURE ON BUYOUTS AND DISSOLUTIONS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY PARTNERSHIPS

FOLTA, TIMOTHY B.; FERRIER, WALTER J. - EconWPA - 1997

This study examines the role of national culture on an issue which is central to competitive strategy: whether to maintain flexibility or commit to a strategic direction. We consider that equity investments in foreign partners may be initiated as the first step in a sequential acquisition...

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Governance and the City: An Empirical Exploration into Global Determinants of Urban Performance

Kaufmann, Daniel; Leautier, Frannie; Mastruzzi, Massimo - EconWPA - 2004

We contribute to the field of urban governance and globalization through an empirically-based exploration of determinants of performance of cities. We construct a preliminary worldwide database for cities, containing variables and indicators of globalization (at the country and city level), city...

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Managerial and Customer Costs of Price Adjustment: Direct Evidence from Industrial Markets

Zbaracki, Mark; Ritson, Mark; Levy, Daniel; Dutta, Shantanu - EconWPA - 2004

We study the price adjustment practices and provide quantitative measurement of the managerial and customer costs of price adjustment using data from a large U.S. industrial manufacturer and its customers. We find that price adjustment costs are a much more complex construct than the existing...

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The Value of Online Information Privacy: An Empirical Investigation

Hann, Il-Horn; Hui, Kai-Lung; Lee, Tom S.; Png, I.P.L. - EconWPA - 2003

Concern over online information privacy is widespread and rising. However, prior research is silent about the value of information privacy in the presence of potential benefits from sharing personally identifiable information. We analyzed individuals' trade-offs between the benefits and costs of...

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Royalty rates, sub licensing considerations and joint ventures.

Malki, Elli - EconWPA - 1997

Technology transfer agreements between universities and industrial companies usually involve royalties, sublicensing considerations and allocation of equity. This article extends the analysis of my previous one ("The Economic Sense of Royalty Rates", ewp-fin/970903)to deal with sublicensing...

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The Firms Speak: What the World Business Environment Survey Tells Us about Constraints on Private Sector Development

Batra, Geeta; Kaufmann, Daniel; Stone, Andrew H. W. - EconWPA - 2004

This paper, a synthesis of salient findings of the authors’ book entitled “Investment Climate Around the World: Voices of the Firms from the World Business Environment Survey”, and based on a chapter in “Pathways Out of Poverty: Private Firms and Economic Mobility in Developing...

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Spinoffs, Privatization and Corporate Performance in Emerging Markets

Hanousek, Jan; Kocenda, Evzen; Svejnar, Jan - EconWPA - 2004

We use new firm-level data to examine the effects of spinoffs and privatization on corporate performance in a rapidly emerging market economy. Unlike the existing literature, which analyzes spinoffs almost exclusively in advanced economies, we control for accompanying ownership changes and the...

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