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Galor, Oded; Moav, Omer - 2004

process of development, shedding new light on the origin of the remarkable rise in life expectancy since the Agricultural …

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Evolution and the growth process: Natural selection of entrepreneurial traits

Galor, Oded; Michalopoulos, Stelios - 2012

This research suggests that a Darwinian evolution of entrepreneurial spirit played a significant role in the process of … economic development and the dynamics of inequality within and across societies. The study argues that entrepreneurial spirit … evolved non-monotonically in the course of human history. In early stages of development, risk-tolerant, growth promoting …

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Evolution and the growth process: Natural selection of entrepreneurial traits

Galor, Oded - 2011

This research suggests that the evolution of entrepreneurial spirit played a significant role in the process of … economic development and the dynamics of inequality within and across societies. The study argues that entrepreneurial spirit … evolved non-monotonically in the course of human history. In early stages of development, risk-tolerant, growth promoting …

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Does function follow organizational form? Evidence from the lending practices of large and small banks

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The quality factor in patent systems

van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie, Bruno - 2010

This paper develops a methodology to compare the quality of examination services in different patent offices. Quality is defined as the extent to which patent offices comply with their patentability conditions in a transparent way. The methodology consists of a two-layer analytical framework...

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What can we learn from privately held firms about executive compensation?

Cole, Rebel A.; Mehran, Hamid - 2008

This study examines the determinants of CEO compensation using data from a nationally representative sample of privately held U.S. corporations. We find that (i) the pay-size elasticity is much larger for privately held firms than for the publicly traded firms on which previous research has...

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Who lives in the c-suite? Organizational structure and the division of labor in top management

Guadalupe, Maria; Li, Hongyi; Wulf, Julie M. - 2012

This paper shows that top management structures in large US firms radically changed since the mid-1980s. While the number of managers reporting directly to the CEO doubled, the growth was driven primarily by functional managers rather than general managers. Using panel data on senior management...

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Organizational complexity and balance sheet management in global banks

Cetorelli, Nicola; Goldberg, Linda S. - 2016

Banks have progressively evolved from being standalone institutions to being subsidiaries of increasingly complex financial conglomerates. We conjecture and provide evidence that the organizational complexity of the family of a bank is a fundamental driver of the business model of the bank...

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Asia's Underachiever: Deep Constraints in Philippine Economic Growth

Briones, Roehlano M. - 2009

corruption; and above all, focused and sustained development of functional capitalistic institutions. …

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ICTs and rural development in India

Singh, Nirvikar - 2006

communication technology (ICT) use for broad-based development and economic growth in India. It will examine the role of …

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