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Small, young, and exporters : new evidence on the determinants of firm growth
Grazzi, Marco; Moschella, Daniele - 2016
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/10011433470
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Small, Young, and Exporters : New Evidence on the Determinants of Firm Growth
Grazzi, Marco - 2016
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/10012989616
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Lending a Hand : How Small Black Businesses Supported the Civil Rights Movement
Ferleger, Louis; Lavallee, Matthew - 2018
A large literature has detailed the seminal roles played in the Civil Rights Movement by activists, new political organizations, churches, and philanthropies. But black-owned businesses also provided a behind-the-scenes foundation for the movement’s success. Many black-owned businesses...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014116144
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Small, young, and exporters : new evidence on the determinants of firm growth
Grazzi, Marco; Moschella, Daniele - 2016
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
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Replenishment Strategies for Micro-Retailers in Developing Countries
Zhang, Kairen - 2019
When formal distribution channels are absent in developing countries, micro-retailers travel a long distance to replenish their stocks directly from suppliers. This “informal” replenishment strategy is inefficient due to high imputed travel costs involved in the replenishment process. To...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012901736
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Distant lending, specialization, and access to credit
Di, Wenhua; Pattison, Nathaniel - 2019
Small business lending has historically been very local, but distances between small businesses and their lenders have steadily increased over the last forty years. This paper investigates a new lending strategy made possible by distant small business lending: industry specialization. Using data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012230524
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Auswirkungen der Wirtschaftskrise auf die Innovationstätigkeit der Unternehmen in Deutschland
Rammer, Christian - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 80 (2011) 3, pp. 13-34
The massive economic crisis 2008/09 had substantial impacts on the innovation activities of the German economy. The … loss in sales and profits resulted in a sharp decline of innovation expenditure. While capital expenditure for new products … and improved processes were cut substantially, R&D budgets basically remained unchanged. Firms with innovation and R …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010377980
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Ist der deutsche Mittelstand tatsächlich ein Innovationsmotor?
Berlemann, Michael; Jahn, Vera - In: ifo Schnelldienst 67 (2014) 17, pp. 22-28
Michael Berlemann und Vera Jahn, Helmut-Schmidt-Universität Hamburg, liefern in diesem Beitrag eine qualitative und quantitative Abgrenzung des Mittelstands und zeigen auf, dass sich mit Hilfe dieser Abgrenzung die Hypothese stützen lässt, dass mittelständische Unternehmen...
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Auswirkungen der Wirtschaftskrise auf die Innovationstätigkeit der Unternehmen in Deutschland
Rammer, Christian - 2011
The massive economic crisis 2008/09 had substantial impacts on the innovation activities of the German economy. The … loss in sales and profits resulted in a sharp decline of innovation expenditure. While capital expenditure for new products … and improved processes were cut substantially, R&D budgets basically remained unchanged. Firms with innovation and R …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009424135
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Service innovation and internationalization in SMEs : implications for growth and performance
Kunttu, Anna; Torkkeli, Lasse - In: Management revue : socio-economic studies 26 (2015) 2, pp. 83-100
-sized enterprises (SMEs). The literature has yielded mixed results on how innovation impacts internationalization and performance of … internationalization (DOI) among the companies. We then discuss the implications on innovation management and corporate strategy. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011298034