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Age, diversification and survival in the German machine tool industry, 1953-2002
Coad, Alex; Guenther, Christina - 2011
We focus on the relationship of age and diversification patterns of German machine tool manufacturers in the post war …'s lifetime. We distinguish between minor diversification and major diversification, where these two concepts refer to adding a … reveals four main insights. First, we observe that firms have lower diversification rates as they grow older, and that …
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Technology and the nature of the firm
Bienaymé, Alain - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 1988
The purpose of this paper is to show how a better understanding of the role played by technology in the decision–making process of a business changes our conception of the nature of the firm. According to the role played by technology in decision–making, the author distinguishes five grades...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011265541
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Firm growth : a survey.
Coad, Alex - Centre d'Économie de la Sorbonne, Université Paris 1 … - 2007
We survey the phenomenon of the growth of firms drawing on literature from economics, management and sociology. We begin with a review of empirical "stylised facts" before discussing theoretical contributions. Firm growth is characterized by a predominant stochastic element, making it difficult...
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Hospital procurement with concentrated sellers : a case study of hip prostheses
Davies, Charlotte; Lorgelly, Paula K. - 2013
Procurement within the NHS is attracting increasing research and policy interest. However, most of the emphasis has been on the buyer (the NHS), with less attention paid to the behaviour of suppliers (often pharmaceutical companies). For medical devices very little is publicly documented about...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010221884
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Build or buy? : human capital and corporate diversification
Beaumont, Paul H.; Hébert, Camille; Lyonnet, Victor - 2019
Why do some firms enter a new sector by acquiring an existing company ("buy"), while others do so using their existing resources ("build")? Using a novel dataset constructed by merging French employer payrolls with commercial M&A datasets, we show that firms are more likely to buy when their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012120292
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What motivates Ugandan NGOs to diversify : risk reduction or private gain?
Dang, Canh Thien; Owens, Trudy - 2017
to affected areas to examine how Ugandan NGOs change their diversification behaviour following the change in incentives … from contractual funding. We find diversification is negatively related to financial incentives from stakeholders …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011757546
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Marshallian vs Jacobs effects : which one is stronger? : evidence for Russia unemployment dynamics
Demidova, Olʹga Anatolʹevna; Kolyagina, Alena; … - 2018
This paper is devoted to the study of diversification and specialization influence on one of the main indicators of … were empirically tested: 1) the dependence of the unemployment rate on the degree of concentration or diversification is … concentration or diversification on the level of unemployment depends on the time period. To test these hypotheses nonparametric …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011958935
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Transformation of corporate scope in U.S. banks : patterns and performance implications
Cetorelli, Nicola; Jacobides, Michael G.; Stern, Samuel - 2017
prevailing "modal bank" are better off compared with those pursuing generic diversification. Moreover, we find that early …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011657521
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The causal effect of agritourism on farm survival
Firgo, Matthias; Pennerstorfer, Dieter - 2023
We use two waves of census data with detailed farm characteristics for the total population of Austrian farms to examine the causal effect of agritourism on farm survival. To account for self-selection into agritourism, we use regional variation in tourism intensity that is exogenous to...
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Small and internationalised firms competing with Chinese exporters
Friesenbichler, Klaus S.; Reinstaller, Andreas - 2022
competition has been on average relatively low, its impact on diversification choices has been significant. Companies exposed to …
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