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A general framework for analysing endogenous trade divergences
Walsh, Patrick - London School of Economics (LSE) - 1991
determined by the maximum potential profitability of the home industry. It is argued that interpretations based on ?profit …
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The interrelationship between HR, strategy and profitability in service SMEs: empirical evidence from the UK tourism hospitality and leisure sector
Georgiadis, Andreas; Pitelis, Christos N. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2010
We investigate the strategies, HR attributes and their synergies that are associated with superior performance in service SMEs using data from the UK Tourism Hospitality and Leisure (THL) sector. A major advantage of our analysis is that our sample includes information also on very small firms...
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The impact of the diffusion of a financial innovation on company performance: an analysis of SWIFT adoption
Scott, Susan V.; Zachariadis, Markos - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2010
1,689 SWIFT adopters) between 1998 and2005. We find that adoption appears to have large effects on profitability, but it … between new technologies and firm organization. The profitability effectoperates by both raising sales and decreasing …
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Minimum wages and firm profitability
Draca, Mirko; Machin, Stephen; Van Reenen, John - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2006
other aspects of firm behaviour. In this paper we consider the impact of minimum wages on firm profitability by exploiting … firm profitability was significantly reduced (and wages significantly raised) by the minimum wage introduction. This … residential care homes, and a second on firms across all sectors). Interestingly, we find no evidence that the profitability …
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Cooperative environmental governance and waste-to-energy technologies in Asia
Forsyth, Tim - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2006
the Philippines and India, and especially the choice between the technologies of incineration, pyrolysis and …
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Tenancy in Palanpur
Tyagi, Ashish; Himanshu, Himanshu - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2011
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Credit in rural India: a case study
Dreze, Jean; Lanjouw, Peter; Sharma, Naresh - London School of Economics (LSE) - 1997
studies of credit in rural India. …
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Investigating rationality in wage-setting
Bhalotra, Sonia - London School of Economics (LSE) - 1998
This paper investigates the efficiency wage hypothesis and derives a tractable expression for the profit loss incurred by deviations from the efficiency wage. The extent of the wage deviation can be inferred from production function parameters. The resulting profit loss shown to depend upon the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010928709
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Minority representation and policy choices: the significance of legislator identity
Pande, Rohini - London School of Economics (LSE) - 1999
law in India to test this prediction empirically. The principal finding is that minority representation has increased …
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Building deliberative public–private partnerships for waste management in Asia
Forsyth, Tim - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2005
–private partnerships in waste-to-energy projects in the Philippines and India to identify how principles of institutional design may …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010928805