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This paper links the economist's analysis of free trade with the business strategist's analysis of the forces behind the globalization of competition. It argues that, although the drive to globalization may seem different from the seeking of superior outcomes in competitive markets, this may be...
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We analyze the extent of the integrated control of the state over privatized firms during the post-privatization decade … (1995–2005) in the Czech Republic. During this period the integrated control potential of the state resembled a corporate … pyramid. While pyramidal control was not fully utilized, the golden share in the hands of the state substantially enhanced its …
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A dynamic theory of the small firm is expounded, assuming entrepreneurs maximise business value over a finite time horizon. Its predicted trajectories for key financial variables depend on which of debt and equity are cheaper. The predictions are compared with empirical evidence constructed from...
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This paper argues that the informational requirements for good decision making in small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) are complex and adaptive. It identifies the basic information needs of the SME, and considers how information is used to guide decisions. It argues that accounting...
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This work concerns the development of new methods of accounting for risk in high-technology ventures. The paper enquires into attitudes to risk and skills at risk management, in the relationship between high-technology firms and their venture capital backers. The basic prescription behind the...
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The theme of this paper is developed in three parts. The first is concerned with methodology. The case is argued for a 'grounded' approach to the analysis of business economics. The second is concerned with intellectual history. It argues that the great economists, such as Smith, used this...
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This paper examines the financial structure and performance of a sample of 150 young micro-firms. Their average age is one and a half years; and their average size is three full-time employees. Short-run performance is measured over one year, in terms of continuing to trade, and the evidence is...
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This paper is designed to explore the nature of information system development in small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), by appeal to three theories: contingency, agency and markets vs hierarchies. To address these theories empirically, use is made of new data which have been gathered from a...
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We use new firm-level data to examine the effects of firm divestitures and privatization on corporate performance in a … rapidly emerging market economy. Unlike the existing literature, we control for accompanying ownership changes and the fact …'s profitability but do not alter its scale of operations, while the effect of privatization depends on the resulting ownership …
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