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A conditional full frontier modelling for analyzing environmental efficiency and economic growth
Halkos, George; Tzeremes, Nickolaos - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
using bootstrap techniques; this paper investigates the link between China’s carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) environmental … China’s changing consumption patterns has caused emissions levels to increase dramatically the last two decades providing … clear evidence of a negative effect of China’s GNI per capita increase on its environmental efficiency. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009246900
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Production Efficiency versus Ownership: The Case of China
Shiu, Alice; Zelenyuk, Valentin - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
In this study, we explore the pattern of efficiency among enterprises in China’s 29 provinces across different …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008534292
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Pure Profit for Russia: Benefits of Responsible Finance
Gerasimchuk, Ivetta; Ilyumzhinova, Kamila; Schorn, Alistair - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
process is underway in other emerging markets such as China, Brazil and South Africa. The report provides an overview of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008593004
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Market Structure and Competition: Assessment of Malaysian Pharmaceutical Industry based on the Modified Structure-Conduct-Performance Paradigm
Chong, Hooi Ying; Chan, Tze-Haw - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
This study assesses the market structure and competitiveness of Malaysian pharmaceutical industry. A panel analysis of 41 pharmaceutical manufacturing firms over 2004-2012 is conducted founded on the modified Structure-Conduct-Performance (SCP) framework. Our study reveals that the Malaysian...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011107532
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Gifts and sponsored trips for doctors matter more for sales of MNCs?(an application of censored regression)
Hasan, Syed Akif; Subhani, Muhammad Imtiaz; Osman, Ms. Amber - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
This study investigates and interrogates the impact of various marketing strategies on the sales of major multinational pharmaceutical companies in Pakistan; include Abbott, GSK and Aventis, while applying the censored regression. Besides interrogating the possible impacts of various marketing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011108704
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The Impact of Patenting on New Product Introductions in the Pharmaceutical Industry
Stuart, Graham; Higgins, Matthew - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
Since Comanor and Scherer (1969), researchers have been using patents as a proxy for new product development. In this paper, we reevaluate this relationship by using novel new data. We demonstrate that the relationship between patenting and new FDA-approved product introductions has diminished...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005790197
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28th out of 30: Poor medicine and unhealthy Americans
Fullbrook, Edward - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
In 1970 the USA spent 7% of its GNP on healthcare, in 200716%. Whereas the OECD average per capita expenditure on healthcare in 2007 was $2,964, the USA spent $7,290. Yet in that same period, the health of America’s citizens relative to those of other developed countries declined dramatically,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008544705
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Preferential attachment and growth dynamics in complex systems
Yamasaki, Kazuko; Matia, Kaushik; Buldyrev, Sergey V.; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2004
Complex systems can be characterized by classes of equivalency of their elements defined according to system specific rules. We propose a generalized preferential attachment model to describe the class size distribution. The model postulates preferential growth of the existing classes and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005031401
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Betweenness Centrality of Fractal and Non-Fractal Scale-Free Model Networks and Tests on Real Networks
Kitsak, Maksim; Havlin, Shlomo; Paul, Gerald; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
We study the betweenness centrality of fractal and non-fractal scale-free network models as well as real networks. We show that the correlation between degree and betweenness centrality C of nodes is much weaker in fractal network models compared to non-fractal models. We also show that nodes of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005031411
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Global Competitiveness in Pharmaceuticals: A European Perspective
Gambardella, Alfonso; Orsenigo, Luigi; Pammolli, Fabio - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2000
The report examines the competitive position of the European pharmaceutical companies and industries, and compares them with the pharmaceutical companies and industries in other parts of the world, particularly the US. Over the last two decades, the industry has experienced some important...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005034968