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Innovation, exports and technical efficiency in Spain
Diaz-Mayans, M. Angeles; Sánchez, Rosario; R - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
’ technical efficiency and then over their productivity. The analysis takes, also, into account other variables that could affect … productivity as industrial sector, or firms’ financial conditions. We use a micro panel data set of Spanish manufacturing firms …
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Productivity dispersion and its determinants: the role of import penetration
Daniela, Maggioni - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
account of the regional heterogeneity computing the productivity dispersion indicator within each sector and regional macro … the productivity heterogeneity across firms, while an opposing impact is detected for the exposure to trade with high …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009652952
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Dynamics of export market entry and exit
Ilmakunnas, Pekka; Nurmi, Satu - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
We examine the process of internationalisation of firms, contributing to the knowledge on the factors behind a successful entry and operation in the export markets using duration analysis. Rich longitudinal microlevel data on Finnish manufacturing plants allow an indepth analysis of the life...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005617187
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Imported intermediates, innovation, and product scope: Firm-level evidence from developing countries
Shepherd, Ben; Stone, Susan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
This paper generalizes recent work for India which shows that the use of imported intermediates is associated with the creation of new product varieties by domestic firms. It uses firm-level data for 17 developing countries and 13 sectors to show that firms that source their inputs...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011114324
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From competitive advantage to dynamic capabilities: small and medium-sized multinationals in Asia
Tattara, Giuseppe - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
Italian firms have recently engaged in direct investment abroad through the establishment of production facilities in China and India. Using data gathered from interviews conducted in those countries in 2009 with 16 Italian predominantly small and medium-sized firms, this article explores: the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260166
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Offshoring to China and India: Case Studies of Italian Small-Medium-sized Firms
Tattara, Giuseppe - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
This article discusses the prospects and problems facing Italian small and medium sized enterprises that have recently engaged in direct investment through the establishment of production facilities in China and India. Using data gathered from 15 interviews conducted in those countries in 2009,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008855255
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Measuring dynamic market selection by persistent scale inefficiencies - new methodology applied to EU business services
Kox, Henk L.M.; Leeuwen, George van - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
economies. The new methodology is used to investigate the causes of stagnating productivity growth in EU business services. An … effectiveness of market selection. We use a DEA method to construct the productivity frontier by sub-sector and size class, for … falling rather than growing over time. In panel regressions we find the distance to the productivity frontier (within and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009372521
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A Note on the Link between Firm Size and Exports
Hernandez, Pedro J. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
This paper re-examines the link between firm size and exports in order to study the proposal that consists of increasing the firm size to raise exports as a way out of the current economic crisis. The elasticity of export propensity (percentage of exported sales) with respect to firm size...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011115508
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Case Studies on Impediments to Exports in Small Transition Economies
Gács, János; Dobrinsky, Rumen; Yaneva, Ira; Purju, .Alari - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1996
This series of enterprise case studies grew out from a 1995-1996 research project at IIASA. It acknowledged the importance of export development for the recovery of the economies of Central and Eastern Europe following their deep transformational recession in 1990-1994. The main goal was a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011107338
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How exporters respond to antidumping investigations?
Lu, Yi; Tao, Zhigang; Zhang, Yan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
Using China Customs data that cover monthly transactions of all Chinese exporters, we investigate how Chinese exporters respond to U.S. antidumping investigations during the 2000-2006 period. Our difference-in-differences analysis uncovers a number of findings: (1) the substantial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011107651