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Berg, Nathan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

Under the assumption of perfect competition, it is difficult to avoid the conclusion that abandoned properties and long undeveloped neighborhoods remain that way because they are unprofitable. In contrast, this paper introduces a model in which firms systematically overlook neighborhoods with...

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ELECTRONIC COMMERCE IN DER SCHWEIZ: Ergebnisse aus Einzelfallstudien und statistischen Erhebungen

Harabi, Najib; Schoch, Rolf; Hespeler, Frank - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2000

Ländern der Europäischen Union (Dänemark, Deutschland, Frankreich, Finnland, Irland, Italien, Niederlande, Spanien, Schweden … Schweiz liegt damit nach Finnland und Dänemark auf Platz 3. 2. Internet: Die Verbreitung des Internets ist in der Schweiz noch … Schweizer Betriebe ein hohes Ausstattungsniveau auf (Rang 2 nach Finnland). 3. Intranet: Mit einer Verbreitung des Intranets in …

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The Effect of External Incentives on Profits and Firm-Provided Incentives Strategy

Azar, Ofer H. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2003

The article examines the firm's choice of incentives when workers face additional incentives (“external incentives”) to those provided by the firm, such as building reputation that improves the workers' prospects with other employers, or satisfaction from working well. Surprisingly, the firm...

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The role of foreign firms in domestic exporting

Sun, Sizhong - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

This paper investigates the impact of foreign firms on exports of domestic exporting firms. We show that domestic firms respond to an increase in the presence of foreign firms by increasing their exports, despite the increase in foreign presence can drive up the production cost and make domestic...

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Determinants and impact of private sector investment in Malawi: evidence from the 2006 investment climate survey

Record, Richard; Davies, Simon - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007

Over much of the last two decades, the economy of Malawi has been characterized by economic turbulence and uncertainty that has done serious damage to the private sector. Rapid liberalization exposed an unprepared private sector to potentially damaging forces. This paper draws upon the most...

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Regional context of small and medium-sized enterprises' development. case study of southern Poland

Wach, Krzysztof - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

The paper verifies the existence of relations between development of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and the particular factors of regional environment as well as demographic parameters of entrepreneurs and their enterprises. SMEs localized in Southern Poland in accordance with NUTS -1...

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Firm age and performance

Loderer, Claudio; Waelchli, Urs - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

As firms grow older, their profitability seems to decline. We first document this phenomenon and show that it is very robust. Then we offer two non-exclusive explanations of why firms may age. First, corporate aging could reflect a cementation of organizational rigidities over time. Consistent...

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Say Pays! Shareholder Voice and Firm Performance

Cuñat, Vicente; Gine, Mireia; Guadalupe, Maria - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

This paper estimates the effects of Say-on-Pay (SoP); a policy that increases shareholder "voice" by providing shareholders with a regular vote on executive pay. We apply a regression discontinuity design to the votes on shareholder-sponsored SoP proposals. Adopting SoP leads to large increases...

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Financial Liberalization and Regional Impacts on Entrepreneurial Behavior in Turkey

Karahasan, Burhan Can - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

distinguishing economic growth and economic activity. Firm formation and thus entrepreneurship is one of the major tools to … entrepreneurship. Originating from this core debate the study aims to discuss the post 1980 liberalization in Turkey with special …

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Corporate Responses to Currency Depreciations: Evidence from Indonesia

Agustinus, Prasetyantoko - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007

This paper examines the impact of macro fluctuation on firm’s balance sheet to understand firm’s net worth as well as the corporate distress probability. We argue that debt policies could be pro-cyclical, since it enhances corporate distress risk when currency depreciation comes.

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