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Experience, innovation and productivity : empirical evidence from Italy's slowdown

Daveri, Francesco; Parisi, Maria Laura - 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 …

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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. …

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Contractual and organizational structure with reciprocal agents

Englmaier, Florian (contributor); … - 2008

Empirically, compensation systems generate substantial effort despite weak monetary incentives. We consider reciprocal motivations as a source of incentives. We solve for the optimal contract in the basic principal-agent problem and show that reciprocal motivations and explicit performance-based...

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Hierarchical structure in Brazilian industrial firms : an econometric study

Façanha, Luis Otávio (contributor); … - 2007

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Bribery vs. extortion : allowing the lesser of two evils

Khalil, Fahad (contributor); Lawarrée, Jacques (contributor) - 2007

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Social exchange and common agency in organizations

Dur, Robert A. J. (contributor); Roelfsema, Hein (contributor) - 2007

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Federal monetary policy

Hefeker, Carsten - 2001

What is the optimal institutional structure for an independent central bank? The paper shows when it will be optimal for a country to have a central bank to be organized according to federal, purely national or a combination of both aspects. The analysis is then extended to a supranational...

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Profitable horizontal mergers without cost advantages : the role of internal organization, information, and market structure

Huck, Steffen; Konrad, Kai A.; Müller, Wieland - 2001

Merged firms are typically rather complex organizations. Accordingly, merger has a more profound effect on the structure of a market than simply reducing the number of competitors. We show that this may render horizontal mergers profitable and welfare-improving even if costs are linear. The...

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Integration vs. outsourcing in industry equilibrium

Grossman, Gene M.; Helpman, Elhanan - 2001

We develop an equilibrium model of industrial structure in which the organization of firms is endogenous. Differentiated consumer products can be produced either by vertically integrated firms or by pairs of specialized companies. Production of each variety of consumer good requires a unique,...

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