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The financial and operating performance of privatized firms in Sweden
Tatahi, Motasam; Heshmati, Almas - 2009
in the sample that were privatized have used an initial public offering (IPO). This approach allows comparison to the … are significantly different to private counterparts. Overall results, however, show that the privatization in Sweden was … not as successful as it might have been expected and in comparison with those in other countries. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269001
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Re-orient? MNC penetration and contemporary shifts in the global political economy
Tausch, Arno; Heshmati, Almas - 2009
This article analyses IMF estimates of economic growth in 180 countries (IMF, 2009), and inks the results to the Re-orient approach, put forward by Frank, 1998. With global economic gravitation shifting to the Indian Ocean/Pacific region, the article also analyses the role of MNC (foreign...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271250
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Development and sources of labor productivity in Chinese provinces
Su, Biwei; Heshmati, Almas - 2011
As China exhibited unprecedented rapid economic growth ever since its reform and openness, the development and sources …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282332
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The Financial and Operating Performance of Privatized Firms in Sweden
Tatahi, Motasam; Heshmati, Almas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
in the sample that were privatized have used an initial public offering (IPO). This approach allows comparison to the … are significantly different to private counterparts. Overall results, however, show that the privatization in Sweden was … not as successful as it might have been expected and in comparison with those in other countries. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762205
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Alternative composite Lisbon development strategy indices
Heshmati, Almas; Oh, Jong-Eun - 2005
This study addresses the measurement of two composite Lisbon strategy indices that quantifies the level and patterns of development for ranking countries. The first index is nonparametric labelled as Lisbon strategy index (LSI). It is composed of six components: general economics, employment,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267606
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Establishment of science parks in the federal region of Kurdistan
Heshmati, Almas - 2007
New growth models consider the role of technology in production. The link between product flows and information flows in international trade suggests investment in information technology as a leading sector in the developing countries growth. Several studies establish relationships between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268556
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Re-Orient? MNC Penetration and Contemporary Shifts in the Global Political Economy
Tausch, Arno; Heshmati, Almas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
This article analyses IMF estimates of economic growth in 180 countries (IMF, 2009), and inks the results to the "Re-orient" approach, put forward by Frank, 1998. With global economic gravitation shifting to the Indian Ocean/Pacific region, the article also analyses the role of MNC (foreign...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005015499
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Alternative Composite Lisbon Development Strategy Indices
Oh, Jong-Eun; Heshmati, Almas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
This study addresses the measurement of two composite Lisbon strategy indices that quantifies the level and patterns of development for ranking countries. The first index is nonparametric labelled as Lisbon strategy index (LSI). It is composed of six components: general economics, employment,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822326
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Establishment of Science Parks in the Federal Region of Kurdistan
Heshmati, Almas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
New growth models consider the role of technology in production. The link between product flows and information flows in international trade suggests investment in information technology as a leading sector in the developing countries growth. Several studies establish relationships between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763920
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Regional Income Inequality in Selected Large Countries
Heshmati, Almas - 2004
Income inequality can be measured at different levels of aggregation such as global, continental, international and national levels. Here we consider income inequality at the national level but the focus is on the within country regional inequality. Regional inequality in income distribution in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262053