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New products and corruption: evidence from Indian firms
Waldemar, Felipe Starosta De - HAL - 2011
innovation ? We find that corruption, functioning as a bribe tax, diminishes the probability of new product introduction. We use … firm and on the average quantity of bribe paid by firms. Controlling for innovation determinants, firm characteristics … and significant impact on product innovation. …
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The world upside down
Fabre, Guilhem; Grumbach, Stephane - HAL - 2012
R&D and innovation have become much more strategic than ever before for the growth of China as well as for its global … societal upgrade. The Chinese authorities have designed an innovation strategy to face new economic and social challenges. The … perspective explaining the legacy of the past in today's choices. In the second part, we illustrate China's catching up strategy …
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Innovation and Leapfrogging in the Chinese Automobile Industry: Examples from Geely, BYD and Shifeng
Wang, Hua; Kimble, Chris - HAL - 2013
History provides numerous examples of incumbent market leaders being leapfrogged by newcomers that have exploited the opportunities offered by new technologies. In light of the growing number of ecological threats linked to the use of the internal combustion engine, can Chinese auto...
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China's new energy vehicles: value and innovation
Kimble, Chris; Wang, Hua - HAL - 2013
, new energy vehicles (NEVs) within China. Design/methodology/approach The broad strategic approach of two sectors within … the NEV sector in China, the pure electric vehicle (EV) and the low-speed electric vehicle (LSEV) sectors, are compared … China's future industrial growth and is heavily supported. In contrast, the LSEV sector receives no support from central …
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The bases of a new organisation of the russian oil sector : between private and state ownership
Boussena, Sadek; Locatelli, Catherine - HAL - 2010
Asia (China, Japan, South Korea, and India). The future of the Russian oil industry has some importance for the stability …
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Doing well and doing good: a multi-dimensional puzzle
Forget, Vanina - HAL - 2012
Socially responsible firms are expected by European regulators to create shared value for their shareholders, their stakeholders and society. Yet how to generate profits while providing public good is still academically debated. This paper argues that corporate social responsibility encompasses...
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Corporate governance, value and performance of firms: New empirical results on convergence from a large international database
Krafft, Jackie; Qu, Yiping; Quatraro, Francesco; Ravix, … - HAL - 2013
This paper aims to revisit the link between corporate governance, value, and firm performance by focusing on convergence, understood as the way that non-US firms are adopting US best practice in terms of corporate governance, and the implications of this adoption. We examine theoretical...
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How firm characteristics affect the level of constrain to growth : An empirical analysis of micro and small firms in Vietnam
Do, Thi Quynh Trang - HAL - 2009
, then contribute to the innovation process and economic growth. Consequently, promoting the growth of micro and small firms …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010738588
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Do Public Subsidies Have an Impact on New Firm Survival? An Empirical Study with French Data
Desiage, Lionel; Duhautois, Richard; Redor, Dominique - HAL - 2010
This paper deals with the impact of social contributions and tax cuts (which are considered as operating subsidies) on new firms' probability of survival and economic performance. We use a rich matched database of French firms that were newly created in 1998 and that include entrepreneurs'...
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Toward managing threats to SME growth via networks: an empirical study based on network and resource based view
Postariu, A. E.; Parmentier, A. - HAL - 2009
This paper highlights elements like competitors, clients, personal contacts, and institutions that compose networks for different types of firms, and attempts to show how these elements combine to create networks. The objective of the paper is to see how different dedicated network...
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