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Do Multinational Enterprises Substitute Parent Jobs for Foreign Ones? Evidence from Firm Level Panel Data

Konings, Jozef; Murphey, Alan - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2001

This paper analyzes the demand for labor by home multinational enterprises (MNEs) in Europe. To this end we use a unique firm level panel data set of more than 1,200 European multinational enterprises and their subsidiaries that are located in either the European Union, Central and Eastern...

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A Minimum of Rivalry: Evidence from Transition Economies on the Importance of Competition for Innovation and Growth

Carlin, Wendy; Schaffer, Mark; Seabright, Paul - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2004

that influence innovation by firms and their subsequent growth. Using a dataset from a survey of nearly 4,000 firms in 24 … transition countries, we find evidence of the importance of a minimum of rivalry in both innovation and growth: the presence of … market power in product markets are utilised to undertake innovation. …

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Objectives and Constraints of Entrepreneurs: Evidence from Small and Medium Size Enterprises in Russia and Bulgaria

Pissarides, Francesca; Singer, Miroslav; Svejnar, Jan - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2000

We analyze the principal objectives and constraints of small and medium enterprises (SMEs), using data from a survey of 437 owners and top managers (CEOs) of SMEs in Russia and Bulgaria. The CEOs display similar views and identify a small number of specific constraints as being the most...

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Learning By Exporting: Evidence Based on Data of Knowledge Flows from Innovation Surveys in Estonia

Vahter, Priit - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2011

use measures of learning about the new technologies from two pooled innovation surveys and firm level exporting data of …

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XTENDING LIKAGES BETWEEN ORGANIZATIONAL ANALYSIS AND SOCIAL STRUCTURE: A CASE STUDY OF THE CELEBRITY-CONSTRUCTION OF A CHINESE MARKETPLACE

Jacobs, Mark - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2009

This paper examines the emergence of firm-celebrity, both an intangible-asset, and a facilitator of competitive advantage. Institutional approaches have asserted that organizations from the same organizational field and characterized by comparable structural positions face similar structural...

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Bank Performance in Transition Economies

Fries, Steven; Neven, Damien; Seabright, Paul - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2002

This paper examines the performance of 515 banks in 16 transition economies for the years 1994 – 99 based on their public financial accounts. We first examine lending behaviour and probability distribution of bank profitability to determine whether these banks exhibit behaviour and performance...

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THE EFFECTS OF PRIVATIZATION AND INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVE PRESSURE ON FIRMS’ PRICE-COST MARGINS: MICRO EVIDENCE FROM EMERGING ECONOMIES1

Konings, Jozef; Cayseele, Patrick Van; Warzynski, Frederic - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2003

This paper uses representative firm level panel data of 1,701 Bulgarian and 2,047 Romanian manufacturing firms to estimate price-cost margins and to analyze how these are affected by privatization and increased competitive pressure. The estimation method used, which is based on Roeger (1995),...

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Competition and Enterprise Performance in Transition Economies: Evidence from a Cross-country Survey

Carlin, Wendy; Fries, Steven; Schaffer, Mark; … - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2001

This paper uses a survey of 3,300 firms in 25 transition countries to shed light on the factors that influence restructuring by firms and their subsequent performance as measured by growth in sales and in sales per employee over a three-year period. We begin by surveying what a decade of...

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The Politics of Institutional Renovation and Economic Upgrading: Lessons from the Argentine Wine Industry

Dermott, Gerald Mc - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2005

Through a comparative, longitudinal analysis of the wine industry in two Argentine provinces, this article examines how different political approaches to reform shape the ability of societies to build new institutions for economic upgrading. The article finds that inherited structural factors...

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Enterprise Restructuring in Belarus

Bakanova, Marina; Estrin, Saul; Pelipas, Igor; Pukovic, … - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2006

We explore the impact of privatization and the entry of new firms on enterprise performance in Belarus, a transition economy in which reform and market-orientated institutional development has been limited. We hypothesize that private ownership will enhance company performance, measured in a...

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