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Impeded Industrial Restructuring: The Growth Penalty

Audretsch, David B.; Carree, M.A.; van Stel, A.J.; … - 2000

This paper documents that a process of industrial restructuring has been transforming the developed economies, where large corporations are accounting for less economic activity and small firms are accounting for a greater share of economic activity. Not all countries, however, are experiencing...

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Firm Size Distribution and Performance of Maize and Fertilizer Traders After Market Liberalisation: Evidence from Kenya

Mose, Lawrence Obae; Burger, Kees - 2006

Improvement in the performance of agricultural markets was the ultimate goal of market liberalisation. In this paper, firm (trader) size distribution as a factor influencing market performance is analyzed using maize and fertilizer traders from Kenya. Firm size distribution was assessed by...

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Firm Size Distribution and EPL in Italy

Schivardi, Fabiano; Torrini, Roberto - 2003

We study the role of employment protection legislation (EPL) in explaining the relative small average size of Italian firms. We construct a simple model that shows that the smooth relation between size and growth probability is disturbed in proximity of the thresholds at which EPL applies...

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Employment generation by small firms in Spain

López García, Paloma; Puente Díaz, Sergio; Gómez … - 2009

Despite the relevance in terms of policy, we still know little in Spain about where and by whom jobs are created, and how that is affecting the size distribution of firms. The main innovation of this paper is to use a rich database that overcomes the problems encountered by other firm-level...

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Contractor Financial Capability Assessments

Ng, Thomas S.; Skitmore, Martin - 1999

The insolvency rate of construction companies is much higher than that of other types of companies. In order to survive, many contractors may try to submit suicidally low bids and/or obtain work that is beyond their financial capability. The employment of financially incapable contractors not...

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Infusion of information systems in the stockbroking sector

Gharavi, Hosein - 2006

The Australian stockbroking sector has been at the forefront of integrating information systems (IS) in its daily operations. Trade and clearance account for a large percentage of processes undertaken in a brokerage house. Upon integration of IS, the trade and clearance processes of the sector...

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LOGÍSTICA INTERNA DE FRUTAS, LEGUMES E VERDURAS (FLV) EM SUPERMERCADOS: UM ESTUDO MULTICASOS EM CAMPO GRANDE/MS.

Campeao, Patricia; Oliveira, Leidy Diana Souza De; … - 2008

A presente pesquisa tem como objeto de investigação o sistema de logística interna de FLV em supermercados. Estabeleceu-se como objetivo geral caracterizar as operações logísticas internas de FLV utilizadas pelos supermercados. Especificamente: a) identificar as atividades e fluxos da...

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Estudo sobre os Processos de Recrutamento e Seleção em Agroindústrias: uma análise em dois estudos de casos

Araujo, Geraldino Carneiro; Dias, Edilaine Mendes - 2008

case study was done in two agricultural industries checking theprocess of recruitment and selection of staff. The type of … recruitment and selection. It is evident that the process of recruitment and selection should be made with great care, because the … specific. An ideal model forrecruitment and selection should be the one where the applicant's vague participateactively in …

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Economic competition and evolution: Are there lessons from ecology?

Tisdell, C. - 2004

After generally discussing models in ecology and economics that combine competition, optimization, and evolution, this article concentrates on models of intraspecific competition. It demonstrates the importance of diversity/inequalities within populations of species and other environments for...

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Returns from investing in Australian equity superannuation funds, 1991-1999

Drew, M. E.; Stanford, J. D. - 2003

savings into retirement income more efficiently through the use of passive alternatives to the stock selection problem. …

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