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How Transition Paths Differ : Enterprise Performance in Russia and China
Bhaumik, Sumon K.; Estrin, Saul - 2021
We use enterprise data to analyse and contrast the determinants of enterprise performance in China and Russia. We find … that in China, enterprise growth and efficiency is associated with rapid increases in factor inputs, but not correlated …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013318734
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Firm Survival and Industry Evolution in Vertically Related Populations
de Figueiredo, John M.; Silverman, Brian S. - 2014
This paper examines how the density and governance of vertically related populations affect the life chances of organizations. We integrate the literatures on organizational ecology and vertical integration to develop a theory of how 1) specialized upstream industries affect downstream survival...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014042127
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Corporate social responsibility in a competitive business environment
Newman, Carol; Rand, John; Tarp, Finn; Trifkovic, Neda - 2016
Using a specially designed survey instrument in combination with a representative sample of Vietnamese enterprises, we explore firm-level efficiency effects of corporate social responsibility. We find a positive relationship between adoption of corporate social responsibility initiatives and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011440958
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Corruption as a barrier to entry : theory and evidence
Campos, Nauro; Estrin, Saul; Proto, Eugenio - 2010
Conventional wisdom depicts corruption as a tax on incumbent firms. This paper challenges this view in two ways. First, by arguing that corruption matters not so much because of the value of the bribe ("tax"), but because of another less studied feature of corruption, namely bribe...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009153607
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Legal Institutions and Firm Performance in Brazil
Mueller, Bernardo - 2017
This paper analyses the specific mechanisms through which legal institutions and the Rule of Law affect firm performance using survey evidence from a sample of about 100 Brazilian firms in the textile and electronics industries. The data provide firms' perceptions of whether judicial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012940968
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Chinese firm dynamics and the role of ownership type : a conditional estimation approach of the Asymmetric Exponential Power (AEP) density
Duschl, Matthias; Peng, Shi-Shu - 2014
This paper investigates the impact of ownership type on the entire growth rate distributional mass of Chinese firms, using a conditional estimation approach of the Asymmetric Exponential Power (AEP) density that goes beyond simple location-shift analysis. We first find a Chinese growth puzzle,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010436766
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Executive compensation, firm performance, and corporate governance in China : evidence from firms listed in the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges
Kato, Takao (contributor); Long, Cheryl (contributor) - 2005
This paper provides evidence on how executive compensation relates to firm performance in listed firms in China. Using … comprehensive financial and accounting data on China's listed firms from 1998 to 2002, augmented by unique data on executive … cash compensation (salary and bonus) for top executives with respect to shareholder value in China. In addition, sales …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003225948
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Cultural Values, HRM and Performance of Italian Companies in China
Pauluzzo, Rubens - 2012
particular, on the strategies and practises followed by Italian companies to manage human resources in China, by estimating the … determinants that lead Italian companies to a better human resource management and performance in China …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013116995
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Firm Performance and Knowledge Spillovers from Academic, Industrial and Foreign Linkages : The Case of China
Yasar, Mahmut - 2011
expected in China, where policy measures have explicitly supported and facilitated connections between URIs and firms to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013118077
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Corporate Governance, IPO Underpricing and Long-Term Performance of Listed Firms in China
Li, Lary - 2009
This is an empirical study that examines the underpricing and aftermarket long-term performance of IPOs in China and … China. The findings demonstrate that initial IPO returns influence the market value long-term and that the ownership …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013156611