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Adoption of Information and Communications Technology in Rural Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) : Case of MSEs in South Indian State of Kerala, India
Koshy, Perumal - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
ICT plays a significant role in the life of enterprises. Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) have to be familiar and in tune with ICT applications, within the context of fast evolving global market dynamics. However, how far MSEs of rural India could address this challenge of adoption of ICT...
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Agglomeration and Markup
Lu, Yi; Tao, Zhigang; Yu, Linhui - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
Agglomeration brings costs (e.g., intensified local competition) as well as benefits (e.g., knowledge spillover). It is important to examine the net impact of agglomeration to understand the geographic distribution of economic activities. In this study, we use firm markup (defined as the ratio...
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Institutions-growth spatial dependence: An empirical test
Ahmad, Mahyudin; Hall, Stephen G. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
Do institutions spatially affect growth? By employing a neoclassical growth model with institutional controls and augmenting the model with a formal spatial framework, this study finds evidence that institutions has spatial spillover effect on economic growth based on a panel observation from 58...
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Spillover Effect in the MENA Area: Case of Four Financial Markets
El Alaoui, Marwane; Benbachir, Saâd - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
In this paper, we studied the spillover effect among four financial markets from MENA area during a period that was characterized by political instability. The countries chosen are also signatories of an agreement of free trade in order to liberalize the movement flowing of their capitals. As...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011110477
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Essential themes in Personnel economics
Josheski, Dushko - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
In this paper are presented essential themes in the subject of personnel economics. In the first part analysis has been conducted on the impact of peer pressure on workplace behaviour. Then again models for compensation structures within firms, and their influence on the utility of work by...
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On Volatility Spillovers and Dominant Effects in East Asian: Before and After the 911
Chan, Tze-Haw; Hooy, Chee Wooi - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2003
The present paper examines the dynamic effects of volatility spillovers and dominant role (the second-moment) of the US, Japan and Hong Kong in the East Asian equity markets. To evaluate the recent September 11 (911) impact, two sub periods – before and after the tragedy, are being considered...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005787035
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A Microstructure Model for Spillover Effects in Price Discovery: A Study for the European Bond Market
Perlin, Marcelo; Dufour, Alfonso; Brooks, Chris - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
This paper is set to investigate the existence of spillover effects for the trading process of correlated financial instruments. While the main literature in price impact models has focused mainly on multivariate processes for a unique asset, we argue that transitory spillover effects in such...
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Jacobian Spillovers in Environmental Technological Proximity : The Role of Mahalanobis Index on European Patents within the Triad
Aldieri, Luigi - 2017
The aim of this paper is to investigate the role of Jacobian externalities stemmed from different technological sectors for international firms engaged both in environmental and in dirty activities. Firms' innovation, measured, as the development of new patents, is a key factor behind the...
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Is the Internet Bad News? The Online News Era and the Market for High-Quality News
Frijters, Paul; Velamuri, Malathi - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
We review and model the impact of the internet on the production and uptake of high- quality news. Our review of trends … decoupled from quality news, and iii) the dominant business model of internet news mirrors that of radio, television, and … particular markets, (2) easy access to information on the internet makes it cheaper to provide high-quality news and to …
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What shapes eHealth literacy of an individual?
Xesfingi, Sofia; Vozikis, Athanasios - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
This paper studies the ability of an individual in searching, analyzing and processing information from the Internet in … computer skills and information obtained from the Internet further enhance the eHealth performance of an individual and have …
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