The feature of contemporary enterprises is an aspiration of achieving the competitive edge thanks to investments in the knowledge and innovation. Apart from investment in tangible capital, more and more enterprises undertake many initiatives directed at the development of the intellectual...

The feature of contemporary enterprises is an aspiration of achieving the competitive edge thanks to investments in the knowledge and innovation. Apart from investment in tangible capital, more and more enterprises undertake many initiatives directed at the development of the intellectual...

Managing through projects has become important for generating new knowledge to cope with technological and market discontinuities. This paper examines how the fit between the creation of technological and market knowledge and important project management characteristics, i.e. project autonomy...

Plant shutdowns shape industry and aggregate productivity paths and play a major role in the dynamics of employment and industrial restructuring. Plant closures in the U.S. manufacturing sector account for more than half of gross job destruction. While multi-plant firms and multinationals...

Plant shutdowns shape industry productivity, the dynamics of employment, and industrial restructuring. Plant closures account for more than half of gross job destruction in US manufacturing. This paper examines the effects of firm structure on US manufacturing plant closures. Plants belonging to...

‘Being international’ has nearly become an undisputed aim for firms in a globalized world. Several papers find a positive relationship between foreign direct investment (FDI) and the home performance of firms. In this paper we address the “FDI – export” relationship to better...

Over the past century, the institution of capital and the process of its accumulation have been fundamentally transformed. By contrast, the theories that explain this institution and process have remained largely unchanged. The purpose of this paper is to address this mismatch. Using a broad...

This paper evaluates the link between foreign ownership and firm exit during crises, using a longitudinal micro dataset over an 18-year period. We address two main questions: first, if foreign affiliates have different failure rates than domestic firms during economic downturns, and second if...

Az Európai Unió lisszaboni céljainak teljesítése akadozik. A tíz kevésbé fejlett ország belépése - a hosszú távú kölcsönös előnyök mellett - az EU átlagos növekedési ütemét emelni fogja, de színvonalmutatóit erősen lehúzza. A csatlakozó országokban alacsonyabb...