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Challenges and Resilience: Managers’ perceptions of firm performance following M&As

Croucher, Richard; Glaister, Keith W.; Rizov, Marian; … - In: Applied Psychology: An International Review 69 (2020) 4, pp. 1470-1505

We study M&As, resilience and performance, identifying links between managers’ perceptions of performance and … with managers involved in M&As and demerger. Drawing on the resilience and M&A literature, we identify reasons why … performance within firms that acquire others, and in those that have been demerged. As anticipated, we find that although managers …

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Internal digitalization and tax-efficient decision making

Klein, Daniel; Ludwig, Christopher A.; Nicolay, Katharina - 2020

Our study investigates firms' internal digitalizationas a crucial foundation for timely, data-driven decision making. We evaluate the association between digital infrastructure and improved decision making intax planning decisions to analyze if the benefits of digitalization expand beyond firms'...

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The relationship between corporate governance mechanisms and the performance of Saudi listed firms

Al-Faryan, Mamdouh Abdulaziz Saleh - In: Corporate Ownership & Control 14 (2017) 2-2, pp. 338-349

This paper gauges, both qualitatively and quantitatively, the pertinent variables to corporate governance practices and their relationship to business productivity in the context of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This study was conducted in response to the limited literature in this context. A new...

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The impact of customs procedures on business performance: evidence from Kosovo

Holzner, Mario; Peci, Florin - 2012

This paper aims to identify formal and informal institutional factors in customs procedures and their impact on the performance of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) involved in international trade in Kosovo based on a questionnaire conducted in 2009. The econometric findings show that...

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Behrens, Vanessa; Trunschke, Markus - 2020

In this paper we explore the relationship between innovative firms that patent technology related to Industry 4.0 and their economic performance. By applying the new patent cartography developed by the EPO that identifies firm's 4.0 patents, this is one of the first large-scale, systematic...

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What Do Employers' Associations Do?

Martins, Pedro S. - 2020

While trade unions have been studied in detail, there is virtually no economics research on employer associations (EAs), their counterparts in many countries. Here we argue that EAs are important economic agents as they provide sectoral public goods such as collective bargaining, training, and...

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Financial Distress and the Role of Management in Micro and Small-Sized Firms

Alexandre, Fernando; Cruz, Sara; Portela, Miguel - 2020

In this paper, we focus on managerial characteristics of micro and small-sized firms. Using linked employer-employee data on the Portuguese economy for the 2010-2018 period, we estimate the impact of management teams' human capital on the probability of firms becoming financially distressed and...

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R&D grant and tax credit support for foreign-owned subsidiaries: Does it pay off?

Lenihan, Helena; Mulligan, Kevin; Doran, Justin; … - 2022

Foreign-owned subsidiaries make significant contributions to national Research and Development (R&D) in many host countries. Policymakers often support subsidiaries through R&D grants and R&D tax credits. A key objective of this funding is to leverage R&D-driven firm performance benefits for the...

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Place-based policies and agglomeration economies: Firm-level evidence from special economic zones in India

Görg, Holger; Mulyukova, Alina - 2022

This paper exploits time and geographic variation in the adoption of Special Economic Zones in India to assess the direct and spillover effects of the program. We combine geocoded firm-level data and geocoded SEZs using a concentric ring approach, thus creating a novel dataset of firms with...

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How Digital Are Albanian Enterprises: A Microeconomic Analyses

Kalaj, Ermira; Merko, Flora - 2021

This paper focuses on the analyses of the digitalization of enterprises and its performance impact in Albania. Using data from 2019 Enterprise Surveys (ES) we try to give answer questions related to digitalization that characterize Albanian enterprises. The survey was a shared project of the...

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