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Competitive Strategy, Performance Appraisal and Firm Results
Bayo-Moriones, Alberto; Galdon-Sanchez, Jose Enrique; … - 2016
In this study, we address the relationship between performance appraisal and competitive strategy, as well as the … impact of this relationship on firm performance. The results indicate that the adoption of developmental performance … appraisal and the use of administrative performance appraisal are higher among firms that pursue differentiation strategies …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011524972
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Necessity Entrepreneurship and Competitive Strategy
Block, Jörn Hendrich; Kohn, Karsten; Miller, Danny; … - 2014
Many start-ups chose to compete with incumbent firms using one of two generic strategies: cost leadership or differentiation. Our study demonstrates how this choice depends on whether the startup was founded out of necessity. Our results, based on a representative data set of 4,568 German...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010377341
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Necessity Entrepreneurship and Competitive Strategy
Block, Jörn; Kohn, Karsten; Miller, Danny; Ullrich, Katrin - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Many start-ups chose to compete with incumbent firms using one of two generic strategies: cost leadership or differentiation. Our study demonstrates how this choice depends on whether the startup was founded out of necessity. Our results, based on a representative data set of 4,568 German...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010779437
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Age and gender composition of the workforce, productivity and profits: Evidence from a new type of data for German enterprises
Pfeifer, Christian; Wagner, Joachim - 2012
and gender) and its performance (productivity and profitability) for a large representative sample of enterprises from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282402
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Does corporate governance reform necessarily boost firm performance? Recent evidence from Russia
Kuznecovs, Mihails; Pal, Sarmistha - 2012
and disclosure (T&D) rules in particular can necessarily boost firm performance. Existing literature suggests that CG … reforms can boost performance because it can resolve the conflict of interest between the controlling and the minority owners … limited success to improve indices of firm performance in our sample. We argue that this arises from the predatory behavior of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282468
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Remittances and Migration Intentions of the Left-Behind
Piracha, Matloob; Saraogi, Amrita - 2013
Migration and the consequent flow of remittances are like a double-edged sword; while keeping many out of poverty, they can also result in further brain drain and demographic imbalance for the country. Using a large household survey data from Moldova and employing simultaneous equations model we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010329058
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The Dynamics and Determinants of Bullying Victimisation
Chrysanthou, Georgios Marios; Vasilakis, Chrysovalantis - 2018
We study the determinants and longitudinal evolution of nine types of adolescent (verbal, physical, indirect) bullying at school and domestically using the Understanding Society dataset during 2009-13. Family support is the most prominent protective factor against bullying. Applying joint...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011984462
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Reforms and Productivity Dynamics in Chinese State-Owned Enterprises
McGoldrick, Peter; Walsh, Patrick Paul - 2004
and Pakes (1996), which corrects for simultaneity bias. Furthermore, we allow selection to reform to be endogenous, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261956
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Neighborhood dynamics and the housing price effects of spatially targeted economic development policy
Krupka, Douglas J.; Noonan, Douglas S. - 2009
in the housing stock or neighborhood demographics. In the process, we are able to shed light on the rich simultaneity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269581
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Neighborhood Dynamics and the Housing Price Effects of Spatially Targeted Economic Development Policy
Krupka, Douglas J.; Noonan, Douglas S. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
in the housing stock or neighborhood demographics. In the process, we are able to shed light on the rich simultaneity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005014663