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What Role Did Management Practices Play in SME Growth Post-Recession?
Bryson, Alex - 2016
, little is known about the role played by management practices in SME growth since recession. We contribute to the literature … on SME growth by analysing longitudinal administrative data on firms' employment and turnover, taken from the UK … turnover, and a decline in closure probabilities, over the period 2011-2014. The findings suggest SME investment in off …
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The Link between R&D, Innovation and Productivity : Are Micro Firms Different?
Baumann, Julian - 2016
than 10 employees; usually constituting the majority of firms in industrialized economies. Using the German KfW SME panel …
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Funding Self-Employment : The Role of Consumer Credit
Kneiding, Christoph - 2011
This paper investigates whether self-employed households use consumer loans – in particular instalment loans and overdrafts – to finance business activities. Controlling for financial and non-financial household variables we show that self-employed households particularly use personal...
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Dismissal Protection and Worker Flows in Small Establishments
Bauer, Thomas K.; Bonin, Holger; Bender, Stefan - 2021
Based on a large employer-employee matched data set, the paper investigates the effects of variable enforcement of German dismissal protection legislation on the employment dynamics in small establishments. Specifically, using a difference-in-differences approach, we study the effect of changes...
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Threshold Values in German Labor Law and Job Dynamics in Small Firms : The Case of the Disability Law
Wagner, Joachim; Schnabel, Claus; Kölling, Arnd - 2021
According to the German disability law, or Schwerbehindertengesetz, either six percent of all jobs in an establishment must be occupied by disabled employees or the firm has to pay a penalty of DM 200 per month for every job under consideration. This note reports results from the first...
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Minimum Global Tax : Winners and Losers in the Race for Mergers and Acquisitions
Amendolagine, Vito; Bruno, Randolph Luca; Cipollina, Maria - 2023
This study aims to quantify the impact of the global minimum corporate tax rate a pillar of the OECD's reform of international taxation on cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&A) involving large multinational enterprises (MNEs). First, the influence of differences in capital taxation on...
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Mergers and Birth Outcomes : Evidence from Maternity Ward Closures
Avdic, Daniel - 2018
Evidence suggests that hospital mergers can reduce costs but less is known about their effects on patient outcomes. We study how a wave of mergers that led to the shutdown of one third of all Swedish maternity wards affected the health of mothers who gave birth and their newborns. Applying a...
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Is There a Preferential Treatment for Locals in the Labor Market? Evidence from Takeovers
Colussi, Tommaso - 2016
of local employees retained after the takeover is negatively associated with the probability of closure of the acquiring …
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Work Experience from Paid Employment and the Path to Entrepreneurship : Business Takeover Versus New Venture Start-Up
Xi, Guoqian - 2016
entrepreneurship. We distinguish between two distinct entrepreneurship entry modes: business takeover and new venture start-up. Using a … large and rich French data set, we find that small firm experience increases the likelihood for business takeover, whereas …
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Succeeding in Innovation : Key Insights on the Role of R&D and Technological Acquisition Drawn from Company Data
Conte, Andrea - 2015
This paper discusses the relationship between a company's investment in innovation and its success in introducing new product and/or process innovations. In doing so, this analysis departs from the standard approach which puts forward a homogenous R&D-based knowledge production function by...
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