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This work investigates how the export status of the firm influences the patterns of growth at different age classes. We address this research question resorting to a novel set of data that links together the universe of Italian firms and detailed data on export transactions. We find that the...
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We examine whether the effects of firm age and size on survival and growth found in studies of manufacturing firms 1- hold also in retailing, 2- are a reflection of underlying firm-specific efficiency, per models such as Jovanovic's (1982), or play a separate role from other firm characteristics...
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Firm growth is an essential feature of market economies, shaping together macroeconomic performance and the evolution of industry structures. As a potential indicator of organizational "fitness" within a competitive environment, firm growth is also a central concern to both the practice and...
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Using data on franchised chains, which are the type of single-product entities emphasized in industry dynamics models, we show that age and size affect growth and survival even after controlling for chain characteristics and unobserved chain-specific efficiency. This implies that age and size...
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This work investigates how the export status of the firm influences the patterns of growth at different age classes. We address this research question resorting to a novel set of data that links together the universe of Italian firms and detailed data on export transactions. We find that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011705467
corporate reports. As an original contribution, we incorporate the intensity of corporate discourse on technology …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014540563
This paper analyses endogenous formation of technology sharing coalitions with asymmetric firms. Coalition partners … produce complementary technology advancements, although firms do not co-operate on R&D investment level or in the product …. The two-firm coalition is the preferred outcome of a welfare maximising authority if ex ante marginal cost is sufficiently …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010299830
This paper analyses endogenous formation of technology sharing coalitions with asymmetric firms. Coalition partners … produce complementary technology advancements, although firms do not co-operate on R&D investment level or in the product …. The two-firm coalition is the preferred outcome of a welfare maximising authority if ex ante marginal cost is sufficiently …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003918993
Do firms in developing countries shift trade towards developed economies as a result of high economic growth? The matched customs-manufacturing firm data used in this study confront this hypothesized link with empirical evidence. Our analysis reveals a rising low-income country trade share...
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This paper analyses the endogenous formation of technology sharing coalitions with asymmetric firms. Coalition partners … produce complementary technology advancements, although each firm determines its R&D investment level non-cooperatively and … most efficient firms, or a coalition with all three firms. The two-firm coalition is the preferred outcome of a welfare …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003844221