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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
incentives for innovation in Russian companies taking into account the organization of industries — vertical or horizontal … vertically organized sectors that define innovation activeness in the economy (for example, mechanical engineering), the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014153492
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Technology Convergence and Digital Divides. A Country-Level Evidence for the Period 2000-2010
Lechman, Ewa - 2015
The paper, mostly empirical in nature, investigates issues on cross-national new information and communication technologies (ICTs) adoption patterns and growth directions. In the period of 2000-2010, a great number of countries underwent substantial changes on the field of ICTs implementation....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014147305
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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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An endogenous growth model with quality ladders and consumers’ heterogeneity
Marasco, Antonio - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2002
This paper develops an endogenous growth model with quality ladders where consumers heterogeneity is assumed and is modelled through non homothetic preferences. We show that in such a model, unlike mainstream quality ladders models, the steady state equilibrium is characterised by a duopoly were...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005837179
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Learning and Corporate Strategy: The Dynamic Evolution of the North American Pulp and Paper Industry, 1860-1960
Toivanen, Hannes - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2004
forces of change, such as innovation, corporate strategies, industrial relocation, and policy. As distinct branches of the … pulp and paper industry passed from the early nascent phase to full maturity, the sources of innovation, nature of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005061692
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Einflussfaktoren von Forschung und Entwicklung in der Schweizer Industrie: Ergebnisse einer schriftlichen Expertenbefragung
Harabi, Najib - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1991
Das vorliegende Arbeitspapler fasst die Ergebnisse einer im Sommer 1988 durchgeführten schriftlichen Expertenbefragung zu den Bestimmunsfaktoren von Forschung und Entwicklung in der Schweizer Industrie zusammen. Von den 940 beragten Untemehmungen haben 358 Oder ca. 40% geantwortet; sie waren in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008685027
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Innovation activity and nancing constraints: evidence from Italy during the crises.
Brancati, Emanuele - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
quantifies the effect of binding financial constraints on the innovation propensity of Italian companies. Once provided a rich … baseline specification for innovation, I analyze the impact of financial constraints by exploiting a survey-based direct … features. My results show firms that are more likely to suffer from financial problems to have a probability of innovation that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011109985
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Corporate Social Responsibility and Corporate Financial Performance: Evidence from Korea
Choi, Jong-Seo; Kwak, Young-Min; Choe, Chongwoo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
This paper studies the empirical relation between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and corporate financial performance in Korea using a sample of 1122 firm-years during 2002-2008. We measure corporate social responsibility by both an equal-weighted CSR index and a stakeholder-weighted CSR...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008470466
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An Integrated Corporate Governance Framework and Financial Performance in South African Listed Corporations
Ntim, Collins G. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
This paper investigates the relationship between an integrated corporate governance (CG) index and financial performance using a sample of 169 South African (SA) listed corporations between 2002 and 2007. We find a statistically significant and positive association between a broad set of good CG...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011111062
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Spatial Dynamic Panel Model and System GMM: A Monte Carlo Investigation
Kukenova, Madina; Monteiro, Jose-Antonio - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
This paper investigates the �finite sample properties of estimators for spatial dynamic panel models in the presence of several endogenous variables. So far, none of the available estimators in spatial econometrics allows considering spatial dynamic models with one or more endogenous...
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