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The Productivity Effects of Privatization in Ukraine: Estimates from Comprehensive Manufacturing Firm Panel Data, 1989–2005

Brown, J. David; Earle, John S. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2007

the data is used to measure and control for pre-privatization selection bias and to estimate long-run impacts. The data …This paper estimates the effect of domestic and foreign privatization on multifactor productivity (MFP) using long … imply steadily increasing MFP as a result of domestic privatization, reaching about 25 percent relative to state-owned firms …

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PRODUCTIVITY AS REGISTERED TRANSFERS BETWEEN ECONOMIC ENTITIES. A THEORETICAL INTUITIVE APPROACH

Alexandru, Jivan - In: Annals of Faculty of Economics 1 (2013) 2, pp. 209-218

This paper aims at courageously building the design of a conceptual system of thinking economics, conceived as an alternative to the routine one. In this purpose, methodologically, the paper is, pointing out several of our main conceptions that are developed in our researches, also several...

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Community Perceptions of Unmeasured Quality Improvement in Goods and Services

Black, Ian - EconWPA - 2003

Because of the costs involved in such exercises, current productivity measures do not necessarily fully take into account changes in the quality of goods and services over time. This paper outlines the derivation of measures that lead to quantification of the “community preference for its...

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"De Mens is de Maat van Alle Dingen"; Over Mensgericht Ontwerpen van Producten en Processen

Dul, Jan - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2003

"Man is the measure of all things". On human-centered design of products and processes. The discipline of ergonomics studies the interaction between man and the designed technical and organizational environment. In product ergonomics, this knowledge is used to develop user-friendly products and...

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Do Institutions, Ownership, Exporting and Competition Explain Firm Performance? Evidence from 26 Transition Countries

Commander, Simon; Svejnar, Jan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

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...

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A strength of credit unions: employee productivity of credit unions versus banks in the U.S.?

Klinedinst, Mark - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

Credit Unions have a number of advantages to offer customers relative to many banks and one of the reasons may be due to the way that their employees work. This paper will investigate whether employees at credit unions are more productive than bank employees. Theoretical arguments as to why this...

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What is Firm Heterogeneity in Trade Models? The Role of Quality, Scope, Markups, and Cost

Hottman, Colin; Redding, Stephen J.; Weinstein, David E. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014

We estimate a structural model of heterogeneous multiproduct firms to examine the sources of firm heterogeneity emphasized in the recent trade and macro literatures. Using Nielsen barcode data on prices and sales, we estimate elasticities of substitution within and between firms, and use the...

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Van Leeuwen, George; Polder, Michael - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

E-business systems are increasingly considered as important examples of ICT related innovations embodied in software applications, the adoption of which is essential for capturing the potential fruits of several ICT externalities. For analysing the importance of this type of embodied...

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An Empirical Analysis of the Effects of the Threat of Takeover on UK Company Performance

Nuttall, Robin - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 1999

This paper undertakes an empirical analysis of the effects of the threat of takeover on company performance, based on a panel of 643 nonfinancial quoted UK companies over the period 1989-96. Our measure of the intensity of the threat of takeover is the predicted probability of takeover estimated...

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The Margins of Global Sourcing: Theory and Evidence from U.S. Firms

Antràs, Pol; Fort, Teresa C; Tintelnot, Felix - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014

This paper studies the extensive and intensive margins of firms' global sourcing decisions. We develop a quantifiable multi-country sourcing model in which heterogeneous firms self-select into importing based on their productivity and country-specific variables. The model delivers a simple...

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