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This study compares the effects of economic internationalisation on the functional distribution of labour income in the U.S.and Germany. The benchmark for assessing the empirical analyses theoretically is the general equilibrium framework ofinternational trade theory. Focusing on general...
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How can flexible logistics improve performance in a turbulent world when volatile customer demand and rising oil prices require responsive operations? This paper seeks an answer for this question in the field of control management in J.W. Ostendorf, a European paint company. Until recently...
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We analyse a large stratified random sample of firms that provide measures of each firm’s top manager’s perception of the severity of business environment constraints. Specifically, we use the 2005 and 2002 Business Environment and Enterprise Performance Survey (BEEPS) to assess the effect...
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Abstract: We analyze a large stratified random sample of firms that provide us with measures of performance and each firm’s top manager’s perception of the severity of business environment constraints faced by his/her firm. Unlike most existing studies that rely on external and aggregated...
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We analyze a large stratified random sample of firms that provide us with measures of performance and each firm’s top manager’s perception of the severity of business environment constraints faced by his/her firm. Unlike most existing studies that rely on external and aggregated proxy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009476939
The potential accession of Turkey to the EU, and the related adoption of the CAP by Turkey,is expected to influence … agricultural markets in both the EU and Turkey. The extent of theaccession impacts depends on the one hand on the way the CAP will …-membership simulation show that the impacts on agriculturalmarkets in Turkey are significant, while effects on EU markets are rather limited …
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in the context of Risk Management, the conclusion becomes apparent: The environmental uncertainty that surrounds … entrepreneurial actions includes both opportunities and threats. As commonly practiced though, Risk Management tools only address … Risk Management approach. Nevertheless, in terms of Erasmus, this approach represents the one-eyed man when compared with …
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. It suggest a microeconometric method for measuring flooding related risk preferences of affectedindividuals. The method …-experimental approach to measure differences in the risk attitudes of farmers located in highflooding risk areas versus farmers located in … low flooding risk areas is followed. Changes in flooding risk relatedbehaviour over time is analysed and marginal effects …
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Corporate diversification continues to be an important phenomenon in the modern business world. More than thirty years of research on diversification suggests that the degree of relatedness among a firm's business units is a factor that can affect firm performance, but the true effect of...
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Technological advancements, especially in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) have enhanced greatly the competition spurred by the globalization of the world economies. Even small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are no more immune to the challenges that the globalization brings...
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