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Age and gender composition of the workforce, productivity and profits: Evidence from a new type of data for German enterprises
Pfeifer, Christian; Wagner, Joachim - 2012
manufacturing industries in Germany. We use unique newly available data that for the first time combine information from the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282402
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A primer on governance and performance in small and medium-sized enterprises
Yacuzzi, Enrique - 2005
This paper is a primer on corporate performance, corporate governance, and their interrelationships and measurement systems, with particular focus on Small and Medium- Sized Enterprises (SMEs). This is the first report of a larger on going research project. In the domain of performance...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010323354
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Regional patterns and determinants of new firm formation and survival in Western Germany
Brixy, Udo; Grotz, Reinhold - 2006
There is a large body of literature on the determinants of regional variation in new firm formation. In contrast there are few articles on the spatial differences in new firm survival. Using panel data we analyse both items for 74 western German regions over a ten-year period. The positive...
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The impact of innovation activities on firm performance using a multi-stage model: Evidence from the community innovation survey 4
Hashi, Iraj; Stojcic, Nebojsa - 2010
The impact of innovation on firm performance has been a matter of significant interest to economists and policy makers … for decades. Although innovation is generally regarded as a means of improving the competitiveness of firms and their … increased productivity. Therefore, in recent years, the relationship between innovation and firm performance has been modelled …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011430855
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Intangibles, can they explain the dispersion in return rates?
Görzig, Bernd; Gornig, Martin - 2010
unobserved intangible capital. Using EUKLEED, a comprehensive firm level data base for Germany, this theoretical preposition is … the cause for higher return rates in the sense of both the monopoly-based and the innovation-based explanations is not …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010292371
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Temporary agency work and the user firm's productivity: First evidence from German Panel Data
Hirsch, Boris; Mueller, Steffen - 2010
This paper investigates the relationship between the use of temporary agency work and the user firm's productivity. We hypothesise that modest use enhances numerical flexibility and thus productivity, while excessive use mirrors lowproductivity strategies utilising less social and human capital...
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Spillovers of Innovation Activities and Their Profitability
Czarnitzki, Dirk; Kraft, Kornelius - 2007
Knowledge spillovers to competitors are regarded as an important aspect of the innovation process. While a company …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297973
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Digitalisierungsschub in Firmen während der Corona-Pandemie
Bellmann, Lutz; Bourgeon, Pauline; Gathmann, Christina; … - In: Wirtschaftsdienst 101 (2021) 9, pp. 713-718
Durch die Corona-Pandemie haben digitale Technologien in Unternehmen an Bedeutung gewonnen. Auf Basis einer Betriebsbefragung des Instituts für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung untersuchen die Autor:innen, ob Unternehmen vermehrt in digitale Technologien investiert haben und welche Rolle dabei...
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Distance to frontier and appropriate business strategy
Coad, Alex - 2008
This paper is an empirical test of the hypothesis that the appropriateness of different business strategies is conditional on the firm's distance to the industry frontier. We use data on four 2-digit high-tech manufacturing industries in the US over the period 1972-1999, and apply...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010328409
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A matter of life and death: Innovation and firm survival
Cefis, Elena; Marsili, Orietta - 2004
population of all firms active in the Netherlands and the Community Innovation Survey. Through estimation of a parametric …This paper examines the effects of innovation on the survival of manufacturing firms in the Netherlands. The … demographics of firms according to their innovative performance and type of innovation are traced by using the Business Register …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010328425