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Productivity Growth, Efficiency and Outsourcing in Manufacturing and Service Industries

Heshmati, Almas - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 2000

This paper is a survey of recent contributions to, and developments of, the relationship between outsourcing … relationship between outsourcing and productivity growth in manufacturing and services is discussed. The correspondence between a …. Finally, to promote useful research, a number of factors important to the analysis of outsourcing, efficiency and productivity …

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Service-sector competition, innovation and R&D

Gustavsson Tingvall, Patrik; Karpaty, Patrik - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 2008

The central prediction of the Aghion et al. (2005) model is an inverted U-shaped relation between innovation and competition. The model is built on the assumption of a product market and has not yet been empirically tested on service-sector firms. Using detailed firm-level data, we find the...

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Do Foreign Contacts Enable Firms to Become Exporters?

Sjöholm, Fredrik - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 1999

The pattern of trade between nations is well understood, but much less is known about firm level determinants to export: why do some firms start to export while others continue to produce for the domestic market? One reason for different firm strategies could be that the fixed costs for export...

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Small Scale Industries, Transactions Costs and Reform: The Case of Tanzania

Sjöquist, Pernilla - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 1996

There has been a revival of interest in small scale industries and their linkages with a nation's institutional arrangements, among both academicians and policy makers. Extending the definition of institutions to include formal and informal rules, this paper attempts to identify these lingages...

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Sequential Moves and Tacit Collusion: Reaction-Function Cycles in a Finite Pricing Duopoly

Wallner, Klaus - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 1997

This paper analyzes a finite horizon, sequential move pricing duopoly, restricting attention to Markov-strategies. The solution yields stationary patterns, independent of initial conditions, where the reaction-functions follow cycles of three periods. The market price never settles down, and is...

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The Impact of Physician Preferences and Patient Habits on the Diffusion of New Drugs

Johannesson, Magnus; Lundin, Douglas - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 2001

We study the choice of drug for the treatment of high blood pressure (hypertension) in Sweden between 1988-1994. During this time period calcium antagonists and ACE-inhibitors increased their market shares at the expense of the older drugs diuretics and beta-blockers. We use a prescription micro...

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Direktmarknadsföring i Sverige - en studie av vad som produceras, i vilken omfattning och av hur många

Hjalmarson, Hanna; Wahlund, Richard - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 1999

The paper reports a study in which the turnover and employment generated by the production of Direct Marketing in Sweden is measured. What is generated by the use of Direct Marketing is not reported. First, a basis for defining Direct Marketing is presented, based on purpose with the marketing...

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Alternative Approaches to Estimate Returns to Scale in DEA- Models

Löthgren, Mickael; Tambour, Magnus - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 1996

This paper presents a number of approaches to estimate returns to scale properties of general multiple-input muliple-output technologies. Both qualitative scale efficiency-properties and quantitative scale elasticity-properties are covered. The estimation approaches considered are based on data...

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A Multiple Output Stochastic Ray Frontier Production Model

Löthgren, Mickael - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 1997

This paper proposes an approach to specify and estimate multiple input, multiple output production frontiers and technical efficiency using a stochastic ray frontier production model A possible model extension is to incorporate a technical efficiency effects model to allow estimation of the...

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The Impact of Internal Markets on Health Care Efficiency: Evidence from Health Care Reforms in Sweden

Gerdtham, Ulf-G.; Rehnberg, Clas; Tambour, Magnus - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 1997

A purchaser/provider split together with output- based reimbursement were recently introduced by several Swedish county councils. These changes have been motivated by arguments of efficiency and consumer choice. This paper tests the null hypothesis that hospital services are provided as...

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