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Product innovation by incumbent firms in developing economies : the roles of research and development expenditures, trade policy, and the investment climate

Lederman, Daniel - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2007

A model of firm innovation illustrates the effects of the threat of imitation and product varieties on a representative firm ' s decision to invest in research and development to produce new product varieties. The model motivates two empirical questions: (1) Is research and developm ent...

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The behavior of Russian firms in 1992 : evidence from a survey

Commander, Simon; Liberman, Leonid; Ugaz, Cecilia; … - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 1993

The authors surveyed 41 firms in and around Moscow in the last two weeks of November 1992 to get an empirical handle on how firms are responding to the changing economic environment. They found the following conclusions. There were large negative (supply and demand) shocks to output for a...

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The consulting profession in developing countries : a strategy for development

Kirmani, Syed S.; Baum, Warren C. - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 1991

The authors concluded that during the past two decades, the number of domestic consulting firms in developing countries has increased phenomenally. However, the quality of their performance has not kept pace with the growth in numbers. The policies and practices of government, internal...

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Private ownership and corporate performance : some lessons from transition economies

Frydman, Roman; Gray, Cheryl W.; Hessel, Marek; … - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 1997

Using a large sample of data on mid-sized firms in the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland, the authors compare the performance of privatized and state firms in the environment of the postcommunist transition. They find strong evidence that private ownership--except for worker ownership--...

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Restructuring of insider-dominated firms

Djankov, Simeon - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 1999

Using enterprise survey data for 1995-97, the author studies and compares how different modes of privatizing to insiders affect enterprise restructuring in two former Soviet republics, Georgia and Moldova. Restructuring in companies in which incumbent managers received significant ownership...

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Comparative review of microfinance regulatory framework issues in Benin, Ghana, and Tanzania

Gallardo, Joselito; Ouattara, Korotoumou; Randhawa, Bikki; … - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2005

The authors investigate the microfinance regulatory regimes in Benin, Ghana, and Tanzania, with a view to identifying … key issues and lessons on how the overall regulatory framework affects integration of microfinance institutions into the … environment promotes sustainable microfinance under shared performance standards and encourages regulatory authorities to develop …

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Who benefits from promoting small and medium scale enterprises ? some empirical evidence from Ethiopia

Rijkers, Bob; Laderchi, Caterina Ruggeri; Teal, Francis - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2008

The Addis Ababa Integrated Housing Development Program aims to tackle the housing shortage and unemployment that prevail in Addis Ababa by deploying and supporting small and medium scale enterprises to construct low-cost housing using technologies novel for Ethiopia. The motivation for such...

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Does it matter where you come from? vertical spillovers from foreign direct investment and the nationality of investors

Javorcik, Beata S.; Saggi, Kamal; Spatareanu, Mariana - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2004

The authors use a firm-level panel data set from Romania to examine whether the nationality of foreign investors affects the degree of vertical spillovers from foreign direct investment. Investors'country of origin may matter for spillovers to domestic producers in upstream sectors (supplying...

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International cartel enforcement : lessons from the 1990s

Evenett, Simon J.; Levenstein, Margaret C.; Suslow, … - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2001

The enforcement record of the 1990s shows that private international cartels are not defunct--nor do they always fall quickly under the weight of their own incentive problems. Of a sample of 40 such cartels prosecuted by the United States and the European Union in the 1990s, 24 lasted at least...

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Assessing job flows across countries : the role of industry, firm size, and regulations

Haltiwanger, John; Scarpetta, Stefano; Schweiger, Helena - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2006

This paper reviews the process of job creation and destruction across a sample of 16 industrial and emerging economies over the past decade. It exploits a harmonized firm-level data set drawn from business registers and enterprise census data. The paper assesses the importance of technological...

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