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Impact of counterfeiting on the performance of digital technology companies
Butticè, Vincenzo; Caviggioli, Federico; Franzoni, Chiara - 2018
Counterfeiting activities target companies in various sectors, including digital technology companies, defined as … merchandising related to the company brands. Counterfeiting is a fraudulent activity that potentially damages the economic and … impact of counterfeiting on the performance of companies has not been tested empirically, due to methodological problems …
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Intangible resources : the relevance of training for European firms' innovative performance
Ciriaci, Daria - 2011
This paper assesses whether European firms' innovative performance is impacted by investments in training directly aimed at developing and/or introducing innovation, in addition to the scale of a firm's investments in innovation proxied by the number of R&D personnels. In particular, it explores...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011982105
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Inefficient fire-sales in decentralized asset markets
Ebrahimy, Ehsan - 2019
It is challenging to explain the collapse in the price of subprime mortgage-backed securities (MBS) during the Financial Crisis of 2008, using the existing models of fire-sale. I present amodel to demonstrate that fire-sales may happen evenwhen there is a relatively sizable pool of natural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012098197
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Are environmental tax policies beneficial? : learning from programme evaluation studies
Teusch, Jonas; Braathen, Nils Axel - 2019
This paper provides a concrete example of how policy analysts can use empirical programme evaluation studies to perform ex-post assessments of environmentally related tax policies. A number of studies credibly identify causal effects of environmentally related tax policies, but do not...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012103049
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Options for benchmarking infrastructure performance
Pisu, Mauro; Höller, Peter; Joumard, Isabelle - 2012
Three main approaches can be used to assess infrastructure performance. The first employs macro-econometric techniques to estimate the impact of the existing infrastructure capital stock on growth and to infer its growth-maximising level. This approach neglects the impact of infrastructure on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009690144
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The performance of road transport infrastructure and its links to policies
Braconier, Henrik; Pisu, Mauro; Bloch, Debra - 2013
Despite the economic importance of the road transport sector, there is no systematic cross-country evidence on the sector’s efficiency. This paper develops a conceptual framework for analysing the social efficiency of the road transport sector, including non-market inputs – such as travel...
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Illicit financial flows : illicit trade in counterfeit, pirated and substandard goods in Ghana
Lallerstedt, Karl - 2019
Illicit trade in goods that displace normally legal goods is an extensive global problem, which carries considerable development risks and losses for developing countries. Focusing on pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals and consumer goods (which in itself consists of a broad range of goods), this...
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Counterfeiting and piracy and the Swedish economy : making sure "Made in Sweden" always is
OECD - 2019
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Misuse of small parcels for trade in counterfeit goods : facts and trends
OECD; Europäische Union / Amt für Geistiges Eigentum - 2018
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