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tougher competition does indeed raise productivity and one of the main mechanisms is through improving management practices …. To establish this, I report on new research seeking to quantify management. I relate this to theoretical perspectives on … the economics of competition and management, arguing that management should be seen at least in part as a transferable …
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Gegenstand dieses Aufsatzes ist es, Forschungshypothesen zur Firmenselektion und zur industriellen Entwicklung aus der industrieökonomischen Theorie, sowie den theoretischen Ansatz der Organisationsökologie zu testen. Der empirischen Untersuchung liegt eine Stichprobe aus der Gewerbemeldedatei...
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This study investigates the development of income-decreasing discretionary expenses surrounding CEO turnovers at banks. We expect incoming CEOs to take an earnings bath during the initial stage of their tenure. For a sample of German banks over the period 1993-2012, we document that (1) incoming...
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During the last years more and more discussions came up about the contribution of technology-oriented and technology-intensive industries for the economic development and employment. This paper examines the foundation dynamic and the regional clustering of various technology-oriented sectors in...
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New firm set ups, especially in High Tech industries, can give important impulses for the technological development and the catch up process in the Neuen Bundes1aender. The paper at hand gives an overview about the formation behaviour considering the preconditions of the former German Democratic...
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Knowledge-based capital is a key factor for productivity growth. Over the past 15 years, it has been increasingly recognised that knowledge-based capital comprises much more than technological knowledge and that these other components are essential for understanding productivity developments and...
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