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Enablers and impediments to IT adoption in business relationships: Evidence from Australia and Finland
Cripps, Helen; Salo, Jari; Standing, Craig - 2009
solutions in the context of business relationships by drawing on case studies conducted in both Australia and Finland in the … manufacturing industry in Finland and in the marine defence (shipbuilding) industry in Australia. Findings – The findings indicate … the most significant impediments to IT adoption in heavy manufacturing in Australia and Finland. Research limitations …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009440777
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Agricultural policy analysis in Finland with the AGMEMOD model: Lessons to be learnt?
Niemi, Jyrki S.; Kettunen, Lauri - 2011
(CAP) on the agri-food sector in Finland. To meet the objective, aneconometric model for Finnish agriculture - built as a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009443749
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Ten Years After - Welfare Effects of the Application of the CAP in Austria, Finland and Sweden
Niemi, Jyrki S.; Fahlbeck, Erik; Hofreither, Markus F. - 2005
Ten years ago, Austria, Finland, and Sweden joined the EU. The application of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP … of accession to the EU on the agricultural markets in Austria, Finland and Sweden in a simple supply and demand framework … welfare effects are calculated for eight major cereal and livestock commodities produced in Austria, Finland, and Sweden by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009443858
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Modelling physical quantities of food and nutrients consumed from aggregate data – with an application to Finland
Irz, Xavier T. - 2009
Anticipating the impact of changes in economic incentives on dietary quality and nutritional health requires knowledge of how physical quantities of food consumed respond to price and income variations. A problem arises, however, because physical quantities are: 1- not consistent aggregates in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009444779
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Balancing Between Competitiveness and Cohesion in Innovation: The case of the regional innovation policy evolution in Finland
Kautonen, Mika - 2009
social consequences of innovation policy (Lundvall & Borras 1997; Sharp 1998; Howells 2005; Fritsch & Stephan 2005). Finland …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009475865
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Predictors of hysterectomy: an Australian study
Treloar, Susan A.; Do, Kim-Anh; O'Connor, Vivienne M.; … - 1999
OBJECTIVE: We evaluated the relative importance of predictors of hysterectomy. STUDY DESIGN: A questionnaire survey of an Australia-wide sample of adult female twins was conducted; self-report data were validated against reports from treating physicians. RESULTS: A total of 3096 women (94%) and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009448629
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Determinants of the prevalence of start-ups and high-growth firms
Davidsson, Per; Henrekson, Magnus - 2002
The purpose of this study is to identify key institutional determinants of firm emergence and growth. We do this using various types of data from Sweden. A characterization of a number of institutions and policy measures shows that they are likely to have contributed to an environment that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009437728
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Absorptive capacity, R&D spillovers and public policy
Leahy, Dermot; Neary, J. Peter - 2007
Empirical evidence strongly suggests that R&D increases a firm's “absorptive capacity” (its ability to absorb spillovers from other firms) as well as contributing directly to profitability. We explore the theoretical implications of this. We specify a general model of the absorptive capacity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441551
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R&D spillovers and the case for industrial policy in open economies
Leahy, Dermot; Neary, J. Peter - 1999
In this paper we consider the case for subsidies towards firms which generate R&D spillovers in open economies. We show that in the presence of strategic behaviour by firms many expected results are overturned. Local R&D spillovers to other domestic firms may justify an R&D tax rather than a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441564