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Immigrants and Firms' Productivity : Evidence from France
Mitaritonna, Cristina - 2014
Immigrants may complement native workers, increase productivity, allow specialization by skill in the firm and lower costs. These effects could be beneficial for the firm and increase its productivity and profits. However not all firms use immigrants. Allowing firms to have differential fixed...
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Surviving the Crisis : Foreign Multinationals vs Domestic Firms in Ireland
Godart, Olivier - 2011
Starting from the observation that all firms in Ireland (foreign and domestic in manufacturing and services industries) were hit by the crisis, the paper asks whether there is a difference in the behaviour of foreign and domestic firms. One hypothesis is that foreign multinationals are less...
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Unions, Dynamism, and Economic Performance
Hirsch, Barry T. - 2010
This paper explores the relationship between economic performance and US unionism, focusing first on what we do and do …
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Institutions and Economic Performance : What Can Be Explained?
Commander, Simon John - 2010
Institutions are now widely believed to be important in explaining performance. In this paper, we analyze whether … commonly used measures of institutions have any significant, measurable impact on performance, whether of countries or firms … affects performance. The second concerns whether the business and investment environment affects the performance of countries …
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The Post-Entry Performance of Cohorts of Export Starters in German Manufacturing Industries
Wagner, Joachim - 2010
This paper investigates four cohorts of firms from German manufacturing industries that started to export in the years between 1998 and 2002 and follows them over the five years after the start. Export starters are a rare species and they are small on average compared to incumbent exporters....
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The Productivity Effects of Profit Sharing, Employee Ownership, Stock Option and Team Incentive Plans : Evidence from Korean Panel Data
Kato, Takao - 2010
We report the first results for Korean firms on the incidence, diffusion, scope and effects of diverse employee financial participation schemes, such as Profit Sharing Plans (PSPs), Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs), Stock Option Plans (SOPs) and Team Incentive Plans (TIPs). In do doing, we...
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Foreign Ownership and Firm Survival : First Evidence for Enterprises in Germany
Wagner, Joachim - 2011
This paper documents the relationship between foreign ownership and firm survival for enterprises in Germany using unique tailor-made new representative data that merge information from surveys performed by the Statistical Offices, from administrative data collected by the Tax Authorities and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013117183
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Exports, Foreign Direct Investments and Productivity : Are Services Firms Different?
Wagner, Joachim - 2011
This paper contributes to the literature on international firm activities and firm performance by providing the first …
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International Trade and Firm Performance : A Survey of Empirical Studies Since 2006
Wagner, Joachim - 2011
The literature on international trade and firm performance grows exponentially. This paper attempts to summarize what … (exports and imports) and dimensions of firm performance (productivity, wages, profitability and survival). It discusses recent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013121105
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HRM Practices and Performance of Family-Run Workplaces : Evidence from the 2004 WERS
Siebert, Stanley - 2011
. We also find that family-owned and managed workplaces have better financial and quality performance measures than non …
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