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The value of business networks in emerging economies: An analysis of firms' external financing opportunities
Owolabi, Oluwarotimi; Pal, Sarmistha - 2011
The paper argues that networked firms are likely to have an advantage in securing external finance in countries with weak legal and judicial institutions since it helps financial institutions to minimize the underlying agency costs of lending. An analysis of recent BEEPS data from fifteen...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278718
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The Value of Business Networks in Emerging Economies: An Analysis of Firms' External Financing Opportunities
Owolabi, Oluwarotimi; Pal, Sarmistha - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
The paper argues that networked firms are likely to have an advantage in securing external finance in countries with weak legal and judicial institutions since it helps financial institutions to minimize the underlying agency costs of lending. An analysis of recent BEEPS data from fifteen...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009024602
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Does the Legal Form Matter for Firm Performance in the MENA Region?
Ahmad, Issam Abdo; Fakih, Ali - 2021
This paper attempts to study the relationship between firm legal form and firm performance in the Middle East and North Africa Region (MENA) using the World Bank Enterprise Survey (WBES) database. Our analysis shows that open shareholding, closed shareholding, partnership, and limited...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012597353
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Mapping 'Information Economy' Businesses with Big Data: Findings for the UK
Nathan, Max; Rosso, Anna; Bouet, Francois - 2014
Governments around the world want to develop their ICT and digital industries. Policymakers thus need a clear sense of the size and characteristics of digital businesses, but this is hard to do with conventional datasets and industry codes. This paper uses innovative 'big data' resources to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010468187
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Mapping 'Information Economy' Businesses with Big Data: Findings for the UK
Nathan, Max; Rosso, Anna; Bouet, Francois - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Governments around the world want to develop their ICT and digital industries. Policymakers thus need a clear sense of the size and characteristics of digital businesses, but this is hard to do with conventional datasets and industry codes. This paper uses innovative 'big data' resources to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011094080
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Trust and Control at the Workplace:Evidence from Representative Samples ofEmployees in Europe
Grund, Christian; Harbring, Christine - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2009
performance appraisalsystems, monitoring by supervisors, autonomy to organize the work) and individuals’inclination to trust …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005868021
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The Consequences of a Piece Rate on Quantity and Quality: Evidence from a Field Experiment
Heywood, John S.; Siebert, W. Stanley; Wei, Xiangdong - 2013
workers that differ in monitoring intensity as they move from time to piece rates. The application of piece rates increases … quantity, and we find that the resultant quality can be improved with sufficient monitoring. Committed workers also produce … results thus show how a firm can refine its worker selection and monitoring options together with the payment system to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010329072
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Sanctions for Young Welfare Recipients
van den Berg, Gerard J.; Uhlendorff, Arne; Wolff, Joachim - 2013
Social welfare systems usually imply specific obligations for benefit recipients. If a recipient does not comply with these obligations, a sanction involving a punitive benefits reduction may be imposed. In this paper we give an overview of the literature on the effects of sanctions in social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010329136
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Imperfect Monitoring of Job Search: Structural Estimation and Policy Design
Cockx, Bart; Dejemeppe, Muriel; Launov, Andrey; Van der … - 2017
typical job search monitoring scheme in unemployment insurance (UI) and acknowledges that search effort and requirements are … measured imperfectly. Based on Belgian data, monitoring is found to affect search behavior only weakly, because (i) assessments … were scheduled late and infrequently; (ii) the monitoring technology was not sufficiently precise, (iii) lenient Belgian UI …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011653215
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Talking about Performance or Paying for it? Evidence from a Field Experiment
Manthei, Kathrin; Sliwka, Dirk; Vogelsang, Timo - 2019
We investigate the causal effect of conversations about performance and performance pay implementing a 2x2 field experiment in a retail chain. In the performance pay treatments, managers receive a bonus for profit increases. In the performance review treatments, managers have regular meetings...
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