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Stiebale, Joel; Vencappa, Dev - 2016

This paper uses a rich panel data set of Indian manufacturing firms to analyze the effects of domestic and international acquisitions on various outcomes at target firm and product level. We apply recent methodological advances in the estimation of production functions together with information...

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The rewards of self-discovery : learning and firm exporter dynamics

Cebreros Zurita, Carlos Alfonso - 2016

I develop and estimate a model of export dynamics featuring self-discovery that accounts well for new exporter dynamics: (a) continuation rates that are increasing with tenure, and (b) growth rates of export sales that are decreasing with tenure. The option value generated by the acquisition of...

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The impact of finance on the performance of Thai manufacturing small and medium-sized enterprises

Amornkitvikai, Yot; Harvie, Charles - 2016

This study sheds light on small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) financing and its performance in Thailand. It … elaborates on the key sources of finance existing for Thai manufacturing SMEs and their importance for SME performance as … measured by technical efficiency, export performance, and technological innovation. This study also examines the key factors …

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Does internal and external research and development affect innovation of small and medium-sized enterprises? : evidence from India and Pakistan

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performance of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in India and Pakistan. Micro-level data was obtained for 3,492 Indian and …

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Technology and innovation policies for small and medium-sized enterprises in East Asia

Patarapong Intarakumnerd; Gotō, Akira - 2016

Policies for stimulating technological development and innovation in small and medium-sized enterprises can be divided into three groups. Supply-side policies aim at increasing firms' incentives to invest in innovation by reducing costs. Demand-side policies are public actions to induce...

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Technology and costs in international competitiveness : from countries and sectors to firms

Dosi, Giovanni; Grazzi, Marco; Moschella, Daniele - 2014

This paper examines the determinants of international competitiveness at the level of sectors and firms. First, we address the relation between cost-related and technological competition in a sample of fifteen OECD countries. Results suggest that the countries' sectoral market shares are indeed...

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Age and gender effects of workforce composition on productivity and profits : evidence from a new type of data for German enterprises

Pfeifer, Christian; Wagner, Joachim - In: Contemporary economics 8 (2014) 1, pp. 25-46

age and gender) and its performance (productivity and profitability) for a large representative sample of enterprises from … correlation of age on firms' profitability. Moreover, our micro-econometric analysis reveals for the first time that the ceteris …

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Chancen und Risiken von CSR im Mittelstand

Icks, Annette; Levering, Britta; Maaß, Frank; Werner, Arndt - 2015

Responsibility) as a corporate strategy. The analysis identifies a number of risks such as greenwashing, systemizing its forms and …

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What do firms know? What do they produce? A new look at the relationship between patenting profiles and patterns of product diversification

Dosi, Giovanni; Grazzi, Marco; Moschella, Daniele - 2015

scope, their relationships, the size-scaling and coherence properties of diversification itself. Our analysis shows that …

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Is innovative firm behavior correlated with age and gender composition of the workforce? : evidence from a new type of data for German enterprises

Pfeifer, Christian; Wagner, Joachim - 2012

on age and gender) and its performance with respect to innovative activities (outlays and employment in research and … more active in R&D. -- ageing ; firm performance ; gender ; Germany ; innovation ; R&D …

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