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Competition, Efficiency and Competition Policy in Tunisia
Ben Jelili, Riadh - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
environment and competition policy in Tunisia during the period 1972 to 2002. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011108814
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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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The Nature of Innovation Channels at the Micro-Level : Evidence from Russian Manufacturing Firms
Simachev, Yuri; Kuzyk, Mikhail; Feygina, Vera - 2013
The main purpose of the paper is to analyze different channels for innovations. We consider the influence of various incentives for innovation in Russian companies taking into account the organization of industries — vertical or horizontal orientation, peculiarities of corporate demography,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014153492
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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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Regulatory emission limits for mobile sources and the Porter hypothesis: a survey of the literature
Franckx, Laurent - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
This paper reviews the available evidence on the relevance of the Porter hypothesis for automotive emission standards. It focuses on two channels through which the Porter effect may operate. First, there is evidence that emission standards for cars have had important effects on innovation at...
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The Porter Hypothesis and Hyperbolic Discounting
Roy Chowdhury, Prabal - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
We examine pollution-reducing R&D by a monopoly firm producing a dirty product. In a dynamic framework with hyperbolic discounting, we establish conditions under which the Porter hypothesis goes through, i.e. environmental regulation increases R&D, thus reducing pollution, as well as increasing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008568617
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Re-visiting the Porter Hypothesis
Indrani, Roy Chowdhury - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
We provide a new formulation of the Porter hypothesis that we feel is in the spirit of the hypothesis. Under this formulation we find that the Porter hypothesis need not hold universally, and identify conditions under which it may or may not hold. We first consider the case where the abatement...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005621555
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How enterprise strategies are related to innovation and productivity change: An empirical study of Japanese manufacturing firms
Fujii, Hidemichi; Kazuma, Edamura; Sumikura, Koichi; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
This study analyzes the total factor productivity of 1,067 Japanese manufacturing firms. In production estimation, we employ the directional distance function and Luenberger productivity indicator. Research and development strategy survey data are used to analyze the determinant factors related...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011112811
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Micro and macro indicators of competition: comparison and relation with productivity change
Polder, Michael; Veldhuizen, Erik; Bergen, Dirk van den; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
This paper investigates competition in the Dutch manufacturing sector. We look at various indicators that have been used throughout the literature and relate these to productivity growth. Moreover, where possible, the indicators and productivity growth are calculated at both the firm and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008536831
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Are Technoparks High Tech Fantasies? Lessons from the Tunisian Experience
Mhenni, Hatem; Ben Youssef, Adel; Elaheebocus, N; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
emerging economies using the example of Tunisia. This article is based on a thorough desk review and informal interviews with … TP entrepreneurs and managers in Tunisia. Setting up “ex-nihilo” ten TPs in Tunisia in the mid-1990s was a political … Mediterranean country to enter in a free trade area with the EU in 1995, Tunisia needed to boost its productivity and …
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