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Effects of privatization and ownership in transition economies
Estrin, Saul (contributor) - 2009
"The paper evaluates the effects of privatization in the post-communist economies and China. In post … institutional development. In China relatively more estimates suggest that privatization to domestic owners improves the level of …-communist economies, but foreign joint ventures rather than wholly owned foreign firms have a positive effect in China. Worker or …
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Resources and Resourcefulness
World Bank - 2015
Recent studies in the DRC tend to focus on human rights abuses or on the status of women, however few investigations examine the link between mining and sexual violence. There is a dearth of research specifically into the gender dimensions of artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) as a means to...
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Realizing the Blue Economy Potential in Albania
World Bank - 2020
The objective of this study is to fill the knowledge gaps to help advance Albania's vision of the Blue Economy, in the context of the country's aim of joining the EU. The two most important sectors with this regard are fisheries and tourism. Both industries are well established and offer the...
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Globalization and innovation in emerging markets
Gorodnichenko, Yuriy - 2009
"Globalization brings opportunities and pressures for domestic firms in emerging markets to innovate and improve their competitive position. Using data on firms in 27 transition economies, the authors test for the effects of globalization through the impact of increased competition and foreign...
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Convergence in institutions and market outcomes : cross-country and time-series evidence from the business environment and enterprise performance surveys in transition economies
Mitra, Pradeep - 2009
"This paper uses firm-level data from the Business Environment and Enterprise Performance Surveys to study the process of convergence of transition countries with developed market economies. The study focuses on competition and market structure, finance and the structure of lending to firms, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394113
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Firms' productive performance and the investment climate in developing economies : an application to MENA manufacturing
Kinda, Tidiane - 2009
handicapped by high unit labor cost, compared with main competitors like China and India. The empirical results show then? that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394163
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Innovative firms or innovative owners? : determinants of innovation in micro, small, and medium enterprises
De Mel, Suresh J. - 2009
"Innovation is key to technology adoption and creation, and to explaining the vast differences in productivity across and within countries. Despite the central role of the entrepreneur in the innovation process, data limitations have restricted standard analysis of the determinants of innovation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394228
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Explaining enterprise performance in developing countries with business climate survey data
Dethier, Jean-Jacques - 2008
"This paper surveys the recent literature which examines the impact of business climate variables on productivity and growth in developing countries using enterprise surveys. Comparable enterprise surveys today cover some 70,000 firms in over 100 countries around the world. The literature that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010520967
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Does gender matter for firm performance? : evidence from Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Sabarwal, Shwetlena - 2008
"Using 2005 firm level data for 26 countries in Eastern and Central Europe, this paper estimates performance gaps between male and female-owned businesses, while controlling for location by industry and country. The findings show that female entrepreneurs have a significantly smaller scale of...
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Releasing constraints to growth or pushing on a string? : the impact of credit, training, business associations, and taxes on the performance of Mexican micro-firms
Fajnzylber, Pablo - 2006
"The authors employ propensity score matching and a traditional control function approach to examine the impact of participation in various societal institutions on microfirm performance in Mexico. They find that firms that participate in credit markets, receive training, pay taxes, and belong...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522253