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In this paper we analyze the evolution of firm financial efficiency in the Czech Republic. Using a large panel of more … than 400,000 Czech firm/years we study whether firms fully utilize their resources, how firm financial efficiency evolves … over time, and how firm financial efficiency is determined by ownership structure. We employ a panel ver-sion of a …
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In a competitive market the use and protection of the intellectual property (IP) assets could be one of the key determinants for success and development. An increasing share of the market value of innovative small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) appears to be derived from their intellectual...
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essence is the same; the financial structure represents the proportions in which a company resorts to the activity financing …
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Investment and financing decisions are especially important in a family firm context, as family and business dynamics … shapes their investment and financing preferences is still lacking. To help fill this gap, this study aims to provide a … practitioners seeking to understand the specific needs and challenges faced by family firms in their investment and financing …
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Dualities in an economy may emerge for various reasons, but the general stereotype of high-tech foreign firms at odds with underdeveloped local ones seems to be an oversimplification of the problem. Building on a sample of more than 4,600 Hungarian firms, this paper investigates the parallel...
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This paper develops the concept of CSR reputation (CSRR) both theoretically and empirically. The first part examines the literature on CSR reputation extensively in an attempt to develop both a qualitative and a quantitative interpretation to measure CSR reputation. A sample of 2447 firms...
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Dualities in an economy may emerge for various reasons, but the general stereotype of high-tech foreign firms at odds with underdeveloped local ones seems to be an oversimplification of the problem. Building on a sample of more than 4,600 Hungarian firms, this paper investigates the parallel...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011644010
exporting, while larger and more productive firms are less likely to exit the export market. With respect to ex-ante firm … countries. -- Exports ; Firm heterogeneity ; Access to finance …
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In the 1990s the banks established in the Italian South have reduced their cost-income ratios and improved their ability to screen customers, increasing profitability. The spread between the loan rates in the South and North has narrowed substantially. Taking into account differences in the size...
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crisis imposed the international factoring as an alternative for financing for corporations and small and medium enterprises …. International factoring eases much of the credit and collection burden created by international sales and financing is provided by … potential as methods of financing cross border transactions and the firms from all countries can beneficiate of this. …
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