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Regional context of small and medium-sized enterprises' development. case study of southern Poland

Wach, Krzysztof - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

The paper verifies the existence of relations between development of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and the particular factors of regional environment as well as demographic parameters of entrepreneurs and their enterprises. SMEs localized in Southern Poland in accordance with NUTS -1...

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Imitation in location choice

Berg, Nathan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

Under the assumption of perfect competition, it is difficult to avoid the conclusion that abandoned properties and long undeveloped neighborhoods remain that way because they are unprofitable. In contrast, this paper introduces a model in which firms systematically overlook neighborhoods with...

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What Drives Fixed Asset Holding and Risk-Adjusted Performance of Corporate in China? An Empirical Analysis

Dong, Yan; Leung, Charles Ka Yui; Cai, Dongliang - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011

This paper attempts to shed light on the over-investment debate by investigating listed firms in China. Firms with higher level of fixed asset holding, higher level of overhead expenses, and being covered by the tax-favor policy in China are found to be associated with a lower risk-adjusted...

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Relational contract theory and management contracts: A paradigm for the application of the Theory of the Norms

Diathesopoulos, Michael - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

This paper examines management contracts as a paradigm for the application of relational contracts theory and especially of the theory of contractual and relational norms. This theory, deriving from Macauley's implications, but structured and analysed by I.R. MacNeil gives us a framework for the...

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The Firms Speak: What the World Business Environment Survey Tells Us about Constraints on Private Sector Development

Kaufmann, Daniel; Batra, Geeta; Stone, Andrew H. W. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2003

This chapter summarizes the salient results of the World Business Environment Survey (WBES). It shows that important dimensions of the climate for business operation and investment can be measured, analyzed, and compared across countries, and that governance is key to the business environment...

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Succession scenarios in Polish family firms. Empirical Study (Chapter 8)

Surdej, Aleksander; Wach, Krzysztof - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

The paper elaborates on succession planning among Polish family businesses. Research survey was conducted on a random sample of 496 family enterprises in first quarter of 2009 (first phase, survey) and 61 family enterprises in third quarter of 2009 (second phase, in-depth-interview). The main...

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Succession planning in Polish family business. An exploratory investigation (chapter 4)

Surdej, Aleksander; Wach, Krzysztof - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

The main aim of the paper is to identify the succession strategies (especially the ways in which they attempt to balance the strive to maintain family’s control over the company with the goal of firm’s growth) of the first generation of Polish entrepreneurs. Research survey was conducted on...

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Unraveling the effects of environmental outcomes and processes on financial performance: A non-linear approach

Misani, Nicola; Pogutz, Stefano - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014

We examine the roles of the outcome and process dimensions of environmental performance in determining financial performance as measured by Tobin’s q. Outcomes refer to the impacts of the firm on the natural environment, while processes are the firm’s actions to reduce these outcomes. We...

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Considerations about the Influence Factors on the Competitiveness of SME’s from Western Region of Romania

Bibu, Nicolae Aurelian; Sala, Diana; Pantea, Marius; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

There are many ways in which the firm competitiveness can be understood in the related literature. The purpose of this research is to undertake a better understanding of expectations and concerns of small and medium sized enterprises from Romanian Western region, in term of competitiveness. This...

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The way things are done here – Polish entrepreneurship - having endowned heritage or burden?

Starnawska, Marzena - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

Using case study analysis based on in-depth interviews we aim to extend the entrepreneurship research in transition … context in Poland. Entrepreneurship models build in America and Western Europe do not picture the specifics of … entrepreneurship in transition economies. The author reviews concepts and theses on entrepreneurship in this context and argues that …

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