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Do Entrepreneurs Matter?
Becker, Sascha O. - 2013
In the large literature on firm performance, economists have given little attention to entrepreneurs. We use deaths of more than 500 entrepreneurs as a source of exogenous variation, and ask whether this variation can explain shifts in firm performance. Using longitudinal data, we find large and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013087281
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Do Entrepreneurs Matter?
Becker, Sascha O.; Hvide, Hans K. - CESifo - 2013
In the large literature on firm performance, economists have given little attention to entrepreneurs. We use deaths of more than 500 entrepreneurs as a source of exogenous variation, and ask whether this variation can explain shifts in firm performance. Using longitudinal data, we find large and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010607007
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Unraveling Firms : Demand, Productivity and Markups Heterogeneity
Forlani, Emanuele - 2016
that are implicit in previous firm-level productivity estimation approaches. We use Belgian firms production data to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012997337
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Explaining the Size Differences of Exporter Productivity Premia: Theory and Evidence
Geishecker, Ingo; Schröder, Philipp J.H.; Sörensen, Allan - CESifo - 2014
Why is it that exporter productivity premia (EPP) differ so widely in size? We take this question to the theory and to … EPPs across sectors, and hence across countries, can be explained by the variation in productivity dispersion, trade costs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010741313
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Global Sourcing Decisions and Firm Productivity: Evidence from Spain
Kohler, Wilhelm; Smolka, Marcel - CESifo - 2009
We investigate the link between productivity of firms and their sourcing behavior. Following Antràs & Helpman (2004) we … productivity premia associated with the different sourcing strategies. We find strong empirical support for the predictions of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008572568
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Business Strategy and Firm Reorganization under Changing Market Conditions
Ghosal, Vivek - 2021
modernization investments, including ICT. The second part of the paper presents evidence on firms’ productivity paths, and the … heterogeneity in productivity among relatively similar firms. I also present selected evidence of these firms’ investments in … specific areas and how they affected their productivity. The observation of important intra-industry differences across …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316362
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Business Strategy and Firm Reorganization under Changing Market Conditions
Ghosal, Vivek - CESifo - 2009
modernization investments, including ICT. The second part of the paper presents evidence on firms’ productivity paths, and the … heterogeneity in productivity among relatively similar firms. I also present selected evidence of these firms’ investments in … specific areas and how they affected their productivity. The observation of important intra-industry differences across …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004979391
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Heterogeneous Firms in a Product Fragmentation World
Gao, Yue - 2013
elsewhere) can be used by multinational firms which have different productivity to serve the market abroad when product chains … abroad by either horizontal or vertical FDI. Upon opening a market to trade, firms with the lowest productivity will exit …, those with intermediate productivity will export, and those with higher productivity will choose fragmentation. Among the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013082006
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Experience, Innovation and Productivity - Empirical Evidence from Italy's Slowdown
Daveri, Francesco - 2010
We investigate the role of workers' and managerial experience as a determinant of firm innovation and productivity in a … innovation and productivity. The effect of managerial experience measured by age on firm performance depends instead on the type … of firm: high age of managers and board members is bad for innovation and productivity growth, while costs and benefits …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013141023
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Lifting the Veil : The Face of TFP in an Indian Rail Mill
Das, Sanghamitra - 2011
We use a proprietary data set on the floor-level operations at the Bhilai Rail and Structural Mill (RSM) in India to understand how output rose sharply in response to competitive pressures. Output increases came predominantly from reductions in production delays of various kinds. We model...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013122384