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In the process of transition of Central and East European countries (CEEC) to a market economy the critical importance …
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The paper focuses on the role of wholesaling in the establishment of international distribution channels with respect to the transaction costs associated with the sale of goods on the international market. The first part of the paper is devoted to the peculiarities and conditions of the domestic...
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The paper discusses the role of communication technologies in reducing the costs of using market exchange. It analyzes the comparative effect of new technologies on transactions which take place within and outside the firm using Coase’s postulate of the size of the firm. Technologically...
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indicators, such as: gross product, profitability, labor productivity, which show the overall efficiency of the factors, specific …
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The paper estimates and compares cost efficiency of domestic and foreign banks in Thailand by using bank-panel data between 1995 and 2003. It also examines the effect of foreign bank entry on banking efficiency in Thailand since the significant acquisitions by foreign banks after the 1997...
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Using the Malmquist productivity index and panel data methods, we study the role of total human capital and its … composition in the technological "catch-up" process and productivity growth via the channels of innovation and adoption of … productivity growth. Primary and secondary school attainment (unskilled labour) contribute significantly to the adoption of …
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This paper examines dynamic as well as static effects of imported intermediary inputs and inhouse R&D on productivity … productivity of firms, but the overall findings are rather mixed. Specifically, the results from the production function framework … firms across the industries. However, labor productivity is found to be insulated from these activities. …
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We study the relation between workers’ age and their productivity in work teams, based on a new and unique data set … potential endogeneity of the age-composition in work teams. Our results suggest that productivity does not decline at least up …
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