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Actions undertaken to further small and medium enterprises development in the Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
Okrzesik, Olga - In: Economic and Environmental Studies (E&ES) 17 (2017) 4, pp. 1175-1185
from the SME sector, inter alia, through increasing innovation. An analysis of desk research strategies and regulations in …
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Innovation types at SMEs and external influencing factors
Walicka, Monika - In: e-Finanse: Financial Internet Quarterly 10 (2014) 3, pp. 73-81
Stimulating innovation is one of the pressing policy challenges facing many countries in the world today. The paper … small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) in Poland were subjected to a survey. The data collected revealed the innovation … types of SMEs in Poland and external financial factors influencing innovation the most. The results show external factors …
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The impact of cross-border mergers and acquisitions on the acquirers' R & D Firm-level evidence
Stiebale, Joel - In: International Journal of Industrial Organization 31 (2013) 4, pp. 307-321
This paper provides empirical evidence on the relationship between cross-border acquisitions and innovation activities …
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Impact of social responsibility on the quality of company governance
Jurić, Ana; Zupanc, Aleksandra; Štrukelj, Tjaša - In: Naše gospodarstvo / Our Economy 65 (2019) 2, pp. 21-29
The central aim of the article is company governance, i.e., researching governance of a company that does not want to be only financially successful but also direct its governance toward socially responsible governance. The article begins with the definition of "theoretical backgrounds," in...
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Fusiones horizontales de empresas y estrategias de diferenciación de producto
Méndez Naya, José Antonio - In: Estudios de Economía 44 (2017) 2, pp. 173-184
Taking as a reference a simple oligopoly model with differentiated products, in which there are three firms, the purpose of this paper is to complement the existing literature on mergers by proving that the traditional merger paradox can be avoided by assuming that, after the merger, the merging...
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Impact of the Expansion of Private Brands on Korean Retail and Manufacturing
Lee, Jin Kook - In: KDI Journal of Economic Policy 40 (2018) 2, pp. 1-21
The private brands (PB) of corporate retailers are booming in Korea. This paper examines the effect of the rise of PB on Korean retail and manufacturing. By utilizing both store-level data and firm-level data, I find that the expansion of PB elevates the profits of corporate retailers but does...
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Franchise Market, Contract Conditions, and Welfare Implications: Evidence from Korea
Lee, Jinkook; Seo, Myoungshik - In: KDI Journal of Economic Policy 44 (2022) 1, pp. 49-75
This paper analyzes how franchise cont ract conditions are influenced by business structures as well as how contract conditions affect producer surplus by utilizing Korean franchise Information Disclosure Documents for the years 2014-2016. We find that franchise fees tend to increase in line...
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Strategic CSR in Asymmetric Cournot Duopoly
Planer-Friedrich, Lisa; Sahm, Marco - In: Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade 21 (2020) 1, pp. 33-42
We examine the strategic use of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in Cournot competition between two firms that differ in their marginal costs of production. The level of CSR determines the weight a firm puts on consumer surplus in its objective function before it decides upon supply. We...
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Measuring market concentration in the Aegean ferry system
Goulielmos, Alexander M.; Sitzimis, Giannis - In: SPOUDAI - Journal of Economics and Business 62 (2012) 1/2, pp. 7-27
The paper calculates the concentration in 6 major routes of the Greek ferry system (2001-2010), important not only for international tourism, including Cruises, but also for the cohesion of the Greek space with EU. Worth noting is the consolidation of companies that took place, where from 25...
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Comparing persistence of product and process innovation: A discrete-time duration analysis of innovation spells
Córcoles, David; Triguero, Ángela; Cuerva, María Carmen - In: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 10 (2016) 2016-32, pp. 1-35
in product and process innovation for Spanish manufacturing firms in the period 1990-2010. The authors find past and path … dependence and confirm the important effect of R&D effort in both types of innovation. Nevertheless, for product innovation, the … process innovation. …
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