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Trade, FDI, and the Organization of Firms
Helpman, Elhanan - 2006
alternative forms of involvement of business firms in foreign activities, because organizational change has been central in the … transformation of the world economy. This paper reviews the literature that has emerged from these efforts. The theoretical …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012466577
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Organizational Flexibility and Employment Dynamics at Young and Old Plants
Campbell, Jeffrey R. - 1998
There are significant differences in the dynamics of employment over the business cycle between young and old manufacturing plants. Young plants are more sensitive to aggregate disturbances, and they respond to them along different margins. We interpret these differences as reflecting greater...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012472004
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Hall of Mirrors : Corporate Philanthropy and Strategic Advocacy
Bertrand, Marianne - 2018
Politicians and regulators rely on feedback from the public when setting policies. For-profit corporations and non-pro t entities are active in this process and are arguably expected to provide independent viewpoints. Policymakers (and the public at large), however, may be unaware of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012480980
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The Diffusion of Science-Driven Drug Discovery : Organizational Change in Pharmaceutical Research
Cockburn, Iain - 1999
Recent work linking the adoption of key organizational practices to productivity raises an important question: if adoption increases productivity so dramatically, why does adoption across an industry take so long? This paper explores this question in the context of one particularly interesting...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012471425
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Organizational Change in French Manufacturing : What Do We Learn From Firm Representatives and From Their Employees?
Greenan, Nathalie - 1999
general features of organizational change in manufacturing firms with more than 50 employees. In a first section, we explore … the methodological issues associated with the building up of a statistical measure of organizational change, we describe … organizational change. In a second section, we present the results of two correspondence analysis, one conducted on a sample of 1462 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012471498
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Local Academic Science Driving Organizational Change : The Adoption of Biotechnology by Japanese Firms
Darby, Michael R. - 1999
almost exclusively been introduced through organizational change in existing firms. We show that for the U.S. and global … organizational change is necessary for incumbent firms to remain competitive and, ultimately, to survive. Japan's sharply higher … organizational change/new entry ratio compared to the U.S. during the biotech revolution is related to Japan's relatively compact …
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Reorganization
Hall, Robert E. - 1999
One of the productive activities engaging the work force is reorganizing. When factors of production are better matched, productivity is higher. The probabilistic matching model of Diamond, Mortensen, and others provides a way to make the idea of reorganization precise. Because the flow of...
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The Role of Bank Restructuring in Recovering from Crises : Mexico 1995-98
Krueger, Anne - 1999
In this paper we analyze the evolution of the Mexican economy between 1995 and 1998. The remarkable quick recovery seen in aggregate activity has not been uniform across the economy. The tradable sector has grown strongly, while the non-tradable sector has recuperated only sluggishly. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012471758
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Firm-Level Upgrading in Developing Countries
Verhoogen, Eric - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
In principle, firms in developing countries benefit from the fact that advanced technologies and products have already been developed in industrialized countries and can simply be adopted, a process often referred to as industrial upgrading. But for many firms this advantage remains elusive....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012696370
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On the Predictability of Tax-Rate Changes
Barro, Robert J. - 1981
Some previous analyses have suggested that the smoothing of tax rates over time would be a desirable guide for public debt management. One implication of this viewpoint is that future changes in tax rates would be unpredictable based on current information. This proposition is tested by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012478487