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The effects of outward FDI on home-country productivity: Do location of investment and market orientation matter?
Hsu, Wen-Chung; Gao, Xingbo; Zhang, Jianhua; Lin, Hsin Mei - In: Journal of Chinese Economic and Foreign Trade Studies 4 (2011) 2, pp. 99-116
Purpose – The paper aims to examine the effects of outward foreign direct investment (O-FDI) on home-country productivity. Design/methodology/approach – A panel data set for 15 Taiwanese manufacturing industries over the period between 1991 and 2007 is employed for a model in which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009319783
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The predictive ability of “conservatism” and “governance” variables in corporate financial disclosures
Smith, Malcolm; Ren, Yun; Dong, Yinan - In: Asian Review of Accounting 19 (2011) September, pp. 171-185
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the extent to which “corporate governance” and “conservatism” variables can contribute to the predictive ability of corporate financial disclosures. Design/methodology/approach – Multiple discriminant analysis is used to differentiate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009350709
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The predictive ability of corporate narrative disclosures: Australian evidence
Smith, Malcolm; Dong, Yinan; Ren, Yun - In: Asian Review of Accounting 19 (2011) September, pp. 157-170
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between narrative disclosures and corporate performance based on Australian evidence. In particular it builds a model which discriminates between good and poor performing companies based on their corporate narratives....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009350710
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Competitive forces and the levers of control framework in a manufacturing setting: A tale of a multinational subsidiary
Hoque, Zahirul; Chia, Maybelle - In: Qualitative Research in Accounting & Management 9 (2012) June, pp. 123-145
Purpose – The purpose of this article is to explore how the strategic change following a corporate takeover impacted the nature and extent of use of the firm's management control systems (MCS), in particular its performance measurement system (PMS). Design/methodology/approach – This paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010595591
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Innovation over the industry life-cycle: Evidence from EU manufacturing
Bos, Jaap W.B.; Economidou, Claire; Sanders, Mark W.J.L. - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 86 (2013) C, pp. 78-91
Empirical research has revealed some regularities regarding the innovation that takes place over the industry life …-cycle. First, innovation is high when an industry is young and low when the industry matures, and second, product innovation … decreases with industry maturity, while process innovation increases. The implications of these regularities are profound, but …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010688122
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Productivity growth and competition in spanish manufacturing firms: What has happened in recent years?
Segarra-Blasco, Agustí; Teruel-Carrizosa, Mercedes - Xarxa de Referència en Economia Aplicada (XREAP) - 2006
domestic markets is positive but when the level of competition is high incentives to invest in innovation and productivity … in internal markets in order to increase the incentives for manufacturing firms to invest in innovation and productivity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005558083
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Firm size, sectors and countries as sources of variety in innovation
Evangelista, Rinaldo; Mastrostefano, Valeria - In: Economics of Innovation and New Technology 15 (2006) 3, pp. 247-270
innovation in industry across Europe. The results presented in the empirical section of this paper are based on a unique database … (SIEPI) containing data drawn by the second Community Innovation Survey (CIS2) for 10 countries, 22 manufacturing sectors and … and explore in detail the differences in innovation processes both within and across European countries and manufacturing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005446451
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The Role of Regional Knowledge Sources for Innovation: An Empirical Assessment
Slavtchev, Viktor; Fritsch, Michael - Fakultät Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Technische … - 2005
innovation while the mere size of the universities is unimportant. Differences in the effect on innovative output can be found …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009207049
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Conditional technology spillovers from foreign direct investment: evidence from Indian manufacturing industries
Malik, Sanjaya - In: Journal of Productivity Analysis 43 (2015) 2, pp. 183-198
This paper examines the productivity effect of technology spillovers via vertical linkages through foreign direct investment (FDI) in India. An analysis of firm-level panel data from the Indian manufacturing sector from 2000–2001 to 2007–2008 employing the semi-parametric method of...
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Furniture firms eke out gains
Nash, Betty Joyce - In: Econ Focus (2010) 3Q, pp. 21-21
Related links: http://www.richmondfed.org/publications/research/region_focus/2010/q3/feature2_weblinks.cfm
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