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Initial capital constraints hinder entrepreneurial venture performance : an empirical analysis
Praag, Mirjam van - 2003
A novel method is applied to evaluate the effect of capital constraints on entrepreneurial performance on a panel of 1,000 Dutch entrepreneurs. We find that initial capital constraints hinder entrepreneurs in their performance, even when we control for various human capital and other factors...
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Do male managers increase risk-taking of female teams? : evidence from the NCAA
Böheim, René; Freudenthaler, Christoph; Lackner, Mario - 2019
significantly positive effect on game success suggests that female coaches should be more risk-taking. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011977094
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Social planning and economic coercion
Hintermann, Beat; Rutherford, Thomas F. - 2014
We develop a theory of social planning with a concern for economic coercion, which we define as the difference between …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010426057
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Agreeing on efficient emissions reduction
Bos, Olivier; Roussillon, Béatrice; Schweinzer, Paul - 2013
infracting upon productive efficiency. The mechanism employs a contest creating incentives among participating nations to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009772819
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Does competition justify inequality?
Bartling, Björn; Grieder, Manuel; Zehnder, Christian - 2015
Are competitive mechanisms perceived as just sources of economic inequality? Perceptions of fairness violations can have severe economic consequences, as they may cause counterproductive behavior such as rulebook slowdowns or quality shading. To analyze fairness perceptions associated with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011405188
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A look upstream : electricity market restructuring, risk, procurement contracts and efficiency
Di Maria, Corrado; Lange, Ian; Lazarova, Emiliya A. - 2014 - This version: November 25, 2014
investigate the impact this change in procurement contracts has on efficiency. Focusing on coal mines, we find that those selling …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010464693
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Drivers of Covid-19 vaccinations : vaccine administration and delivery efficiency in the United States
Goel, Rajeev K.; Nelson, Michael A. - 2021
This paper adds some formal research to the success of ongoing efforts to combat the COVID-19 pandemic by examining the … drivers of the administration and delivery efficiency of coronavirus vaccines. For this purpose, we use data from the 50 US … economic prosperity and rural population aid vaccine administration and delivery efficiency. Delivery efficiency improves in …
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How to measure research efficiency in higher education? : research grants vs. publication output
Gralka, Sabine; Wohlrabe, Klaus; Bornmann, Lutz - 2018
An ongoing debate in the literature on efficiency of higher education institutions concerns the indicator for research …. We show that there is a high correlation of efficiency values between the estimations using these indicators; however …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011853185
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Efficiency of universities and research-focused institutions worldwide : an empirical DEA investigation ased on institutional publication numbers and estimated academic staff numbe...
Bornmann, Lutz; Gralka, Sabine Marlene; Moya Anegón, … - 2020
the efficiency of institutions worldwide, the problem concerning the availability of internationally standardized data …. We calculate efficiency scores for more than 4,800 universities and other research-focused institutions worldwide … America or Europe. The results of the study show that institutions in the Pacific region have the highest average efficiency …
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Banking permits : economic efficiency and distributional effects
Bosetti, Valentina (contributor); Carraro, Carlo (contributor) - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003635240