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Calling Baumol: what telephones can tell us about the allocation of entrepreneurial talent in the face of radical institutional changes
Sorgner, Alina; Wyrwich, Michael - 2021
The aim of this paper is to test a key aspect of Baumol's theory that the allocation of entrepreneurial efforts toward its productive (e.g., start-up activity) or unproductive (e.g., rent-seeking) use depends on institutional conditions. In contrast to previous research, we study a context where...
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Commitment devices, opportunity windows, and institution building in Central Asia
Danne, Christian - 2012
This paper studies the institutional reform process in Central Asia from 1995 to 2006. I compare the institutional reform processes of Central Asian countries to those conducted in their neighbouring countries of Central and (South) Eastern Europe, and the Middle East. The paper identifies...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009530810
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Transition in Southeast Europe : understanding economic development and institutional change
Uvalić, Milica - 2010
The paper analyses the 20-year experience with transition in the SEE countries in a comparative framework, illustrating … 1989 to implement a swift transition to a market economy. The paper recalls the initial conditions in the SEE region in … 1989, macroeconomic performance and progress achieved in the various transition-related economic reforms. The international …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008661219
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Institutional differences across resource-based economies
Teksoz, Utku; Kalcheva, Katerina - 2016
To predict economic success and failure, academics and policymakers alike are interested in the differences in institutional structures across natural resource-based economies. This paper uses a political economy framework to examine the effect of institutional variables on per capita...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011472013
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The world our grandchildren will inherit : the rights revolution and beyond
Acemoglu, Daron - 2012
Following on Keynes's Economic Possibilities for Our Grandchildren, this paper develops conjectures about the world we will leave to our grandchildren. It starts by outlining the 10 most important trends that have defined our economic, social, and political lives over the last 100 years. It then...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009540751
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Development strategies : lessons from the experiences of South Korea, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam
Khan, Haider Ali - 2010
This piece synthesizes the development strategies of Korea, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam and draws some relevant lessons. Using a complex adaptive systems approach, strategic openness, a set of heterodox macroeconomic policies, creation of institutions for productive investment in both...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008660869
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Organisational development in the context of radical institutional change : the case study of Poland's Ursus
Wąsowska, Aleksandra - In: Business history 64 (2022) 4, pp. 755-780
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How the past of outsourcing and offshoring is the future of post-pandemic remote work : a typology, a model, and a review
Erickson, Christopher L.; Norlander, Peter - 2021
Information and communication technology (ICT) challenges traditional assumptions about the capacity to manage workers beyond organizational and physical boundaries. A typology connects a variety of non-traditional work organizations made possible by ICT, including offshoring, outsourcing,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012603416
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The role of institutions in job teleworkability before and after the Covid-19 pandemic
Norlander, Peter; Erickson, Christopher - 2022
The teleworkability of jobs - whether they can and will be performed remotely - has been increasingly contested in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. To explain which jobs are teleworkable and why, we emphasize the institutional context of a job, including differences among firms, union...
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Institutional convergence of CIS towards European Benchmarks
Melnykovska, Inna; Gawrich, Andrea; Drautzburg, Thorsten - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003778123