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Does tax haven FDI influence firm performance?
Dewit, Gerda; Jones, Chris; Leahy, Dermot; Temouri, Yama - 2017
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011751198
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Productivity of Czech small and medium entreprises: lagging behind their potential
Průša, Jan (contributor) - 2008
This paper analyzes microeconomic production functions of Czech small medium enterprises. We use the data from 2002 to 2005 of thirty manufacturing industries (agriculture and services are not included), each divided into five subgroups according to the number of employees. We employ stochastic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003790277
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Firm heterogeneity and choice of ownership structure : an empirical analysis of German FDI in India
Görg, Holger; Lauber, Verena; Meyer, Birgit; … - 2008
We contribute to the nascent literature on the heterogeneity of multinational enterprises (MNEs) and the relevance of … firm-level heterogeneity when MNEs decide on the share of ownership in foreign affiliates. We combine two firm …-specific datasets on German MNEs with varying equity stakes in Indian affiliates. The impact of firm characteristics on ownership shares …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003772206
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Age structure of the workforce and firm performance
Grund, Christian (contributor);  … - 2005
In this contribution, we examine the interrelation between corporate age structures and firm performance. In particular … dispersion of age in firms are inversely u-shaped related to firm performance. -- firm performance ; corporate age structures …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003158653
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Determinants of internationalization : differences between service and manufacturing SMEs
Lejpras, Anna - 2009
This paper empirically investigates the antecedents of internationalization of SMEs, focusing on differences between the manufacturing and service sectors. Specifically, employing a bivariate probit model based on survey data of approximately 3,900 East German firms, I analyze which firm-related...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003832831
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Does size matter? : economies of scale in the German mutual fund industry
Mauerer, Raimond; Schaefer, Alexander - 2009
In this paper, we analyze economies of scale for German mutual fund complexes. Using 2002-2005 data of 41 investment management companies, we specify a hedonic translog cost function. Applying a fixed effects regression on a one-way error component model there is clear evidence of significant...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003838450
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Pay more, earn less, work harder-new evidence on foreign subsidiary performance and market efficiency in emerging markets
Jensen, Camilla - 2009
-- multinational firms ; economic growth ; firm performance ; spillovers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003887932
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Like milk or wine : does firm performance improve with age?
Coad, Alexander; Segarra Blasco, Agustí; Teruel, Mercedes - 2010
Our empirical literature review shows that little is known about how firm performance changes with age, presumably … because of the paucity of data on firm age. For Spanish manufacturing firms, we analyse the firm performance related to firm … hand, we also found evidence that firm performance deteriorates with age. Older firms have lower expected growth rates of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008662921
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Are SMEs large firms en miniature? : Evidence from a growth analysis
Bannier, Christina E.; Metz, Sabrina - 2010
Based on German data between 1999 and 2007, we analyze the growth factors of SMEs and contrast them with those of large firms. Differences show up both in balance sheet and employment growth. While we confirm earlier results on inherent growth structures and the influence of firm age, we derive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003979895
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Productivity and heterogeneous knowledge : exploring the relationship in a sample of drug developers
Bottazzi, Giulio; Plotnikova, Tatiana - 2010
This paper aims to investigate the effect of knowledge characteristics on the total factor productivity of firms developing drugs in the pharmaceutical industry. We decompose knowledge into knowledge associated with the technological firm portfolio and knowledge related to R&D projects, which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003989032