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Firm and industry effects on small, medium-sized and large firms' performance
Fernández Sánchez, Esteban; Iglesias-Antelo, Susana; … - In: BRQ Business Research Quarterly 22 (2019) 1, pp. 25-35
This paper examines whether or not the relative importance of the firm and industry effects in explaining performance variations is the same regardless of the firm size. In relation to size, we think that there has been particular neglect of studying medium-sized firms separately from SMEs in...
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Growing by learning: Firm-level evidence on the size-productivity nexus
Moral-Benito, Enrique - In: SERIEs - Journal of the Spanish Economic Association 9 (2018) 1, pp. 65-90
productivity or vice versa? Using firm-level administrative data for Spain, I find that productivity shocks are followed by … significant increases in size defined by employment. In contrast, size shocks are not followed by productivity gains at the firm …
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Firm productivity, heterogeneity and macroeconomic dynamics: A data-driven investigation
Constantinescu, Mihnea; Proškutė, Aurelija - In: Baltic Journal of Economics 19 (2019) 2, pp. 216-247
financial variables of Lithuanian firms. We focus in particular on the issues related to productivity, firm birth and death and … literature: trade participation and firm productivity are strongly positively linked, the 2008 recession has had a cleansing …
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Does firm size affect learning-by-exporting? Empirical evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa
Esaku, Stephen - In: Cogent Economics & Finance 8 (2020) 1, pp. 1-15
This study examines whether the relationship between exports and productivity growth differs across firm size. Using …. This study finds evidence of productivity differences between new exporters and non-exporters confirming the empirical … vary across firm size, with both small and large firms experiencing immediate and significant productivity gains upon entry …
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Institutional barriers and job creation in Central and Eastern Europe
Cuaresma, Jesús; Oberhofer, Harald; Vincelette, Gallina A. - In: IZA Journal of European Labor Studies 3 (2014) 3, pp. 1-29
Using information from the Amadeus dataset and the Business Environment and Enterprise Performance Survey, we provide an empirical investigation of the industry and firm-specific determinants of the intensive margin (i.e., within existing firms) job creation process in eleven Central and Eastern...
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Study of the firms size effect on their efficiency based on DEA approach
Razmi, Mohammad Javad; Hosseini, Sayyed Mohammad Sayyed; … - In: Atlantic Review of Economics 1 (2014)
Investors and creditors expect that the performance of the firms, which they invested in them, proceed according to their expected conditions and their performance evaluation of the firms based on their type and size. Because of owners and shareholders multiplicity, direct monitoring on firm...
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Small is beautiful: deutsche Chemieunternehmen schrumpfen sich produktiv
Badunenko, Oleg - In: DIW Wochenbericht 76 (2009) 32, pp. 542-545
In der deutschen Chemieindustrie ging die Zahl der Beschäftigten von 1992 bis 2004 deutlich zurück, und die durchschnittliche Unternehmensgröße sank von 824 auf 433 Beschäftigte. Die Triebfeder dieser Entwicklung war weniger die Beseitigung technischer oder organisatorischer Ineffizienzen....
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Firm Size and the Information Content of Over-the-Counter Common Stock Offerings
Hull, Robert M.; Pinches, George E. - In: Journal of Small Business Finance 4 (1995) 1, pp. 31-55
We examine the announcement period of stock returns for 179 over-the-counter (OTC) firms that issue common stock to reduce nonconvertible debt. We find that small OTC firms experience returns that are significantly more negative than large OTC firms. Regression tests reveal that firm size is a...
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Die ostdeutsche Wirtschaft ist zu kleinteilig strukturiert
Arnold, Michael; Eickelpasch, Alexander; Fritsch, Michael; … - In: DIW Wochenbericht 82 (2015) 35, pp. 764-772
Die ostdeutsche Wirtschaft hat fast 25 Jahre nach der Wiedervereinigung noch nicht zur westdeutschen Wirtschaft aufgeschlossen. Im Vergleich zu Westdeutschland erreichte die Wirtschaftsleistung der ostdeutschen Bundesländer pro Kopf im Jahr 2013 nur etwas mehr als 70 Prozent. Auch kurz- oder...
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Firm age and job creation in the US
Hyatt, Henry R. - In: IZA World of Labor (2022)
Entrepreneurship is essential for a healthy labor market. Recent evidence shows that young businesses (at most ten years old) have, on average, accounted for all of US employment growth over the past few decades. New businesses are especially important for youth employment. However, these...
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