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Contract Enforcement and Vertical Integration : Evidence from China's Manufacturing Firms
Du, Julan; Lu, Yi; Tao, Zhigang - 2009
It has been taken for granted in the literature on the determinants of vertical integration that the effectiveness of contract enforcement is guaranteed, which is far from true even in some developed countries. In this paper, using a World Bank data set of manufacturing firms in China, we...
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Reforms, entry and productivity : some evidence from the Indian manufacturing sector
Bhaumik, Sumon Kumar (contributor);  … - 2006
factors governing entry rates, especially in the context of developing countries. Using 3-digit industry level data from India … during the 1980s industry level factors largely explained variations in entry rates, but that, following the economic …
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Learning, prices, and firm dynamics
Bastos, Paulo; Dias, Daniel; Timoshenko, Olga A. - 2017
We document new facts about the evolution of firm performance and prices in international markets, and propose a theory of firm dynamics emphasizing the interaction between learning about demand and quality choice to explain the observed patterns. Using data from the Portuguese manufacturing...
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Vulnerable to the virus : globally-oriented manufacturing firms at risk from the spread of COVID-19
Jandoc, Karl Robert L.; Mendoza, Adrian; Quimbo, Stella Luz - 2020
We use a unique Philippine firm-level database consisting of trade transactions data merged with firm surveys of manufacturing establishments covering the period from 2013 to 2019 to examine which exporting and importing firms are potentially vulnerable to the economic slowdown brought about by...
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The Unequal Effects of Liberalization : Evidence from Dismantling the License Raj in India
Aghion, Philippe; Burgess, Robin; Redding, Stephen J.; … - 2007
We study whether the effects on registered manufacturing output of dismantling the License Raj - a system of central controls regulating entry and production activity in this sector - vary across Indian states with different labor market regulations. The effects are found to be unequal across...
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Reforms, Entry and Productivity : Some Evidence from the Indian Manufacturing Sector
Bhaumik, Sumon K.; Gangopadhyay, Shubhashis; Krishnan, … - 2006
factors governing entry rates, especially in the context of developing countries. Using 3-digit industry level data from India … during the 1980s industry level factors largely explained variations in entry rates, but that, following the economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014056989
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Industrial Concentration in a Liberalising Economy : A Study of Indian Manufacturing
Athreye, Suma; Kapur, Sandeep - 2005
Indian industry was highly regulated till the mid-1980s, the market structure in most manufacturing sectors was largely … levels are now more likely to be determined by industry characteristics rather than government policy. We find that, on the … whole, concentration levels were indeed more significantly related to industry characteristics after deregulation. However …
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Renewal of companies through product switching
Kuosmanen, Natalia; Valmari, Nelli - 2023
The past few decades have witnessed a slowdown in productivity growth in many advanced economies, including Finland. Against this backdrop, this study investigates product switching in Finnish manufacturing firms during the period of 2009-2019. The findings indicate a growing trend towards...
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Impact of additive manufacturing on the strategic alignment of business processes in the logistics industry in Europe
Dalaqmeh, Nadia; Irsa, Wolfram - In: Proceedings of the ENTRENOVA - ENTerprise REsearch … 8 (2022) 1, pp. 188-199
The logistics industry in Europe is under constant scrutiny due to the impact of digitalizing business processes and … technologies. These suggestions serve as a point of reference for various organizations in the logistics industry. In addition …, additive manufacturing coincides with the advances in Industry 4.0 to achieve optimal results. As the industry continues to …
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Manufacturers Mergers and Product Variety in Vertically Related Markets
Milliou, Chrysovalantou - 2014
We study final product manufacturers' incentives to introduce new products into the market and how they are affected by a merger among them. We show that when manufacturers distribute their products through multi-product retailers, a manufacturers merger, although it leads to an increase in the...
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