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Trade and Location with Horizontal and Vertical Multi-Region Firms

Ekholm, Karolina; Forslid, Rikard - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1998

This paper analyses the effect on agglomeration tendencies of allowing firms to become multi-region firms in a standard …-periphery (CP) model developed by Krugman (1991). The introduction of horizontal multi-region firms dampens the strong agglomeration …, agglomeration tendencies are strengthened. Second, actual production tends to be more spread out, and, in this sense, they are …

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Multinational Corporations, Country Characteristics, and Clustering in Foreign Direct Investment

Braunerhjelm, Pontus; Svensson, Roger - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1994

No abstract.

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Globalization and the Inequality of Nations

Krugman, Paul; Venables, Anthony J. - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1995

No abstract.

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010611599

Strategic Investments in the Pulp and Paper Industry: A Count Data Regression Analysis

Bergman, Mats A.; Johansson, Per - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2000

This paper analyses the effects of price and market size variables on the investment propensities in the pulp and paper industry. A panel of 15 European countries in the time period 1984 - 1997 is used in the regression analysis. We find the wages, the US/ECU exchange rate, the price of paper...

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Comparisons of Competitiveness in U.S. and Swedish Manufacturing

Carlsson, Bo - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1989

Over the course of the last 10 or 15 years there appears to be taking place a fundamental shift in the "industrial paradigm" governing the nature of competition in advanced industrial markets. Among the characteristics of this shift are a transition from mass production to flexible manufacturing...

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Entrepreneurship and Public Policy

Henrekson, Magnus; Stenkula, Mikael - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2009

Public policy is currently shifting from SME policy towards entrepreneurship policy, which supports entrepreneurship without directing attention to quantitative goals and specific firms or employment groups. The institutional framework set by public policy affects the prevalence and performance...

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Analysis of Industrial Structure: A Production Function Approach

Førsund, Finn R.; Hjalmarsson, Lennart - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1984

No abstract.

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Sensitivity to Shocks and Implicit Employment Protection in Family Firms

Bjuggren, Carl Magnus - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2014

In this study I present empirical evidence that employment in family firms is less sensitive to performance and product market fluctuations, both at the industry and at the firm level. This supports the idea that family firms are able to offer their employees implicit employment protection....

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The Rise of Small Business: Causes and Consequences

Carlsson, Bo - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1992

No abstract.

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010818459

Deregulation, Innovative Entry and Structural Diversity as a Source of Stable and Rapid Economic Growth

Eliasson, Gunnar - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1990

The importance of free innovative entry (deregulation) for diversity of structure and competition is studied. I demonstrate quantitatively that even with a narrow definition of entry (firms), and given observed entry behavior, successful entrants completely dominate the long run performance...

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