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output calculated at un-changed prices increased by more than 13%. Due to these two factors the productivity of live … workforce improved by more than 40%. The productivity of live workforce in enterprises run by home capital alone is considerably …
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workers with the same (observed) human capital but different appearance (race): unobserved productivity (skill), search … school graduates implies: a) blacks have a 9% lower productivity level than whites; b) the disutility factor in employer …’s preferences is one-third of the white's productivity level; and c) 50% of firms have a disutility factor in their utility toward …
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Rationale The last year has seen growing demand for healthcare services, but the causes of this increase, and how persistent it will be, are as yet uncertain. Should these dynamics prove to be long-lasting and associated with a prolonged deterioration in the general health of the Spanish...
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of international expansion of Chinese and Japanese multinational enterprises (MNEs). In particular, this paper maps the … growth of Chinese MNEs since economic reforms in 1978 and that of Japanese MNEs after World War II. We illustrate the … similarities and differences between Chinese and Japanese MNEs with two case studies: foreign direct investment (FDI) of Haier and …
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The attraction of foreign MNEs have been seen mainly from the point of view of the effects related directly to … productivity of local firms. Instead a new strand of literature has deepened the issue focusing on the export behaviour of local … firms, claiming that FDI may have an impact on exports, even though the link with productivity is left aside. Following this …
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The integral use of codes of conduct in supply chain contracts has been neglected in the HR literature. However, the business ethics and labor relations literature indicates that codes have not protected the rights of employees in developing economies despite considerable effort and millions of...
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In the 21st century, the number one international tax issue of interest to multinational enterprises (MNEs) is … of international trade is carried out within MNEs, the paper also refers to the impact which intangible property has had … accepted arm's length principle demands that MNEs charge transfer prices in their controlled transactions that are consistent …
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local firms' than to MNEs' productivity. In this case, experienced MNE workers are hired by local firms and the host country … obtains a welfare gain. We investigate empirically wages, productivity, and worker turnover during the course of foreign …
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The increasing use of agricultural contracts and processor concentration raises concerns that processors may offer lower contract prices in absence of local competition. This study examines the price competitiveness of marketing and production contracts depending on the availability of...
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This study uses cross-sectional data of 342 small-scale lowland rice farmers in Northern Region of Ghana to analyze the impact of the adoption decision of bund construction and seed dibbling on net returns, input demand and output supply. Matching was conducted based on Mahalanobis distance...
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