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The relationship between strategic management practices and the growth of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Ghana

Addae-Korankye, Alex; Aryee, Bernard Agyei - In: Verslas : teorija ir praktika : Vilniaus Gedimino … 22 (2021) 1, pp. 222-230

SMEs in Ghana. Purposive sampling technique was employed to sample 190 SMEs in Accra, though 150 SMEs responded to the … management practices on the performance and hence growth of SMEs in Ghana. The study revealed a significant positive relationship … between strategy formulation and growth of SMEs in Ghana. The study also found a significant positive relationship between …

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The emergence of a new economy : an O-Ring approach

Fabel, Oliver - 2001

The O-Ring theory provides a framework for analyzing the effects of team production on the emergence of firms in the New Economy. Given risk-aversion of the potential team members, the productive advantage of perfect ability matching in teams suffices to establish an equilibrium which separates...

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Firm size, economic situation and influence activities

Kräkel, Matthias - 2006

This paper discusses the optimal firm size in the presence of influence activities, and the level of individual rent-seeking dependent on the economic situation of the firm. Since firm size has a discouraging effect on the level of individual rent-seeking but also a quantity effect as the number...

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On the adverse selection of organizations

Kräkel, Matthias - 2006

According to New Institutional Economics, two or more individuals will found an organization, if it leads to a benefit compared to market allocation. A natural consequence will then be internal rent seeking. We discuss the interrelation between profits, rent seeking and the foundation of...

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Benchmark Selection : An Axiomatic Approach

Hougaard, Jens Leth - 2011

Within a production theoretic framework, this paper considers an axiomatic approach to benchmark selection. It is shown that two simple and weak axioms: efficiency and comprehensive monotonicity characterize a natural family of benchmarks which typically becomes unique. Further axioms are added...

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Economic Consequences of Equity Compensation Disclosure

Bertomeu, Jeremy - 2011

The primary role of equity compensation is to provide incentives to an effort-averse agent. Here, we show that the chosen level of equity incentives, when publicly disclosed, will also convey information about future earnings, causing two-way linkages between incentive compensation and financial...

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Synergy, Coordination Costs and Diversification Choices

Zhou, Yue Maggie - 2012

Sharing common inputs across business lines can potentially generate synergy that justifies related diversification. The pursuit of such synergy through diversification is, however, fundamentally driven by the indivisibility of inputs between firms. Following Penrose's insight, I argue that to...

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Credit Card Reform and Bankruptcy Reform

Simkovic, Michael - 2012

Consumer advocates won a victory with the passage of the Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009. (Credit Card Act). The Credit Card Act bans certain pricing practices that were confusing to credit card users. Ironically, the seeds of this legislative victory may...

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Herbicide-Tolerant Transgenic Soybean Over 15 Years of Cultivation : Pesticide Use, Weed Resistance, and Some Economic Issues: The Case of the USA

Bonny, Sylvie - 2013

Genetically modified (GM) herbicide-tolerant (HT) crops have been largely adopted where they have been authorized. Nevertheless, they are fiercely criticized by some, notably because of the herbicide use associated with them. However, how much herbicide is applied to GMHT crops compared to...

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Is the Most Unproductive Firm the Foundation of the Most Efficient Economy? Penrosian Learning Confronts the Neoclassical Fallacy

Lazonick, William - 2020

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