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Firm Survival and Change in Ghana, 2003-2013
Davies, Elwyn; Kerr, Andrew - Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE), … - 2015
. Overall, the picture we paint of manufacturing in Ghana is not a positive one: total employment by firms operating before 2003 … survey of 1000 firms in Ghana, conducted in 2013, which were randomly selected from the 2003 Ghanaian National Industrial … decreased from 134 863 in 2003 to 74 319 in 2013. It remains a question to what extent this was compensated by new employment by …
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The Interplay of Regulation and Marketing Incentives in Providing Food Safety
Ollinger, Michael; Moore, Danna L. - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2009
This report examines the impact of process regulations mandated under the Pathogen Reduction/Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (PR/HACCP) rule by the Food Safety and Inspection Service of USDA on food safety process control. The current level of food safety found in U.S. meat and...
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Does trade foster employment growth in emerging markets? Evidence from Turkey
Lo Turco, Alessia; Maggioni, Daniela - Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Sociali, Facoltà … - 2012
positive internationalisation effects on the firm employment growth for an emergent country. Our evidence reveals the existence … disclosed employment effect reflects the large positive impact of firminternationalisation on its production scale. …
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Employment and SMEs during crises
Varum, Celeste; Rocha, Vera - In: Small Business Economics 40 (2013) 1, pp. 9-25
adjustment behavior in a crisis. We studied effects of firm size on employment growth during economic slowdowns using a rich …
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Convergence in institutions and market outcomes: cross-country and time-series evidence from the business environment and enterprise performance surveys in transition economies
Mitra, Pradeep; Muravyev, Alexander; Schaffer, Mark E. - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2009
This paper uses firm-level data from the Business Environment and Enterprise Performance Surveys to study the process of convergence of transition countries with developed market economies. The study focuses on competition and market structure, finance and the structure of lending to firms, and...
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Firm Growth in Conflict Countries: Some Evidence from South Asia
Friesenbichler, Klaus - In: Review of Economics & Finance 3 (2013) May, pp. 33-44
level data that contain rare employment information on countries that experience severe conflicts. We show that firm growth …
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Does Trade Foster Employment Growth in Emerging Markets? Evidence from Turkey
Lo Turco, Alessia; Maggioni, Daniela - In: World Development 52 (2013) C, pp. 1-18
positive internationalization impact on firm employment for an emergent country. Our evidence reveals the existence of … employment creation effect of firm internationalization reflects its large positive impact on firm production scale. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010703133
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Firm growth in the course of mergers and acquisitions
Burghardt, Dirk; Helm, Marco - In: Small Business Economics 44 (2015) 4, pp. 889-904
<Para ID="Par1">This paper examines the effect of mergers and acquisitions on employment growth in newly acquired firm … establishments in Switzerland. In fact, employment growth decreases with an establishment’s initial size and age—at the aggregate …
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The Benefits of Formalization: Evidence from Vietnamese Manufacturing SMEs
Rand, John; Torm, Nina - In: World Development 40 (2012) 5, pp. 983-998
Based on unique panel data consisting of both formal and informal firms, this paper uses a matched double difference approach to examine the relationship between legal status and firm level outcomes in micro, small and medium manufacturing enterprises (SMEs) in Vietnam. Controlling for...
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Bankruptcy Policy Reform and the Productivity Dynamics of Failing Firms: Micro-evidence on Korea
Lim, Youngjae - In: CESifo DICE Report 2 (2004) 2, pp. 34-39
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