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Horizontal and Vertical Firm Networks, Corporate Performance and Product Market Competition
Bischoff, Oliver - 2015
This paper sheds new light on the assessment of firm networks via multiple directorships in terms of corporate firm performance. Using a large sample of European listed firms in the period from 2003 to 2011 and system GMM we find a significant compensation effect on corporate firm performance...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013024843
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Deforestation and welfare : evidence from Africa
Simplice A, Asongu - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
This paper examines the effects of deforestation on the welfare of rural communities in the Congo Basin. Using moment conditions of agricultural and forest exploitations, findings indicate deforestation significantly improves welfare both at overall-rural and agricultural household per capita...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009372511
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Population growth and forest sustainability in Africa
Simplice A, Asongu; Brian A, Jingwa - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
Recent distressing trends in climate change, population explosion and deforestation inspired this paper, which completes existing literature by providing empirical justification to hypothetical initiatives on the impact of population growth on forest sustainability in Africa. Using three moment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009372554
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Macroeconomic Effects of a Low-Carbon Electricity Transition in Kenya and Ghana : An Exploratory Dynamic General Equilibrium Analysis
Willenbockel, Dirk - 2019
The present study applies purpose-built dynamic computable general equilibrium models for Ghana and Kenya with a disaggregated country-specific representation of the power sector to simulate the prospective medium-run growth and distributional implications associated with a shift towards a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012894601
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Expert assessment on agri-food implications of March 2011 earthquake, tsunami and Fukushima nuclear accident in Japan
Bachev, Hrabrin - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015
agriculture, food industries and consumers as well as factors for persistence of negative impacts, and longer-term impacts on … Fukushima nuclear disaster on the Japanese agriculture and food sector. Nearly four years after the triple disaster, it gives … earthquake, tsunami and nuclear accident on agriculture, food industries, and food consumption in different regions of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011144090
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March 2011 earthquake, tsunami and Fukushima nuclear accident impacts on Japanese agri-food sector
Bachev, Hrabrin - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015
Fukushima nuclear disaster on the Japanese agriculture and food sector. It contains fourteen parts: introduction with the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011124294
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Impact of Economic Crisis on Innovation Behaviour of Industrial Firms In Russia
Kuznetsov, Boris - 2013
The paper focuses on empirical analysis of major factors that determine innovation activities of Russian manufacturing firms during the crisis. We presume that the crisis has ambiguous effects on firms' behaviour, on one hand limiting their financial capabilities to invest into new products...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013082604
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Fostering Innovation in Russian Companies in the Post-Crisis Period : Opportunities and Constraints
Simachev, Yuri - 2013
In recent years the Russian innovation policy has made a significant progress that manifests in developing its ‘tool kit', increasing resource base, etc. However it has not yet succeeded in improving business innovation activities that remain local thus not giving prerequisites to transform...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013083716
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Cooperation between Russian Research Organizations and Industrial Companies : Factors and Problems
Simachev, Yuri - 2014
The study is focused on the cooperation of Russian companies with research organizations in implementing R&D projects during technological innovation. Taking into account behavioral changes, authors carry out a micro-level analysis based on empirical data of executive survey of over 600 Russian...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013050230
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Russian Policies in Support of Innovation : Elusive Quest for Efficiency
Simachev, Yuri - 2014
Focused on the efficiency of the Russian innovation-fostering policy, the research is based on an empirical analysis of how policy instruments impact firms' behavior. The data is obtained from two surveys of more than 600 Russian industrial companies in 2011-2012. The analysis shows that tax...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013051919