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The growth and human capital atructure of new firms over the business cycle

Brixy, Udo; Murmann, Martin - 2016

Recent research suggests that employment in young firms is more negatively impacted during economic downturns than employment in incumbent firms. This questions the effectiveness of policies that promote entrepreneurship to fight crises. We complement prior research that is mostly based on...

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Moving out of the bottom of the economy? Constraints to firm transition in the Indian informal manufacturing sector

Raj, Rajesh SN; Sen, Kunal - In: IZA Journal of Labor & Development 5 (2016) 10, pp. 1-20

The predominant type of firms in developing countries is small family firms and the self-employed in the informal sector. Very few family firms make the transition to larger firms employing non-family labour. In this paper, we examine the reasons for the low presence of firms employing...

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Operational hedging of exchange rate risks

Tscheke, Jan - 2016

Exchange rate exposure of firms diminishes when imported intermediates and exports are denominated in currencies that move together. Appreciations of the domestic currency, raising foreign currency export prices, then also reduce marginal costs, allowing firms to counter the increase in foreign...

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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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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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Small, young, and exporters: New evidence on the determinants of firm growth

Grazzi, Marco; Moschella, Daniele - 2016

This work investigates how the export status of the firm influences the patterns of growth at different age classes. We address this research question resorting to a novel set of data that links together the universe of Italian firms and detailed data on export transactions. We find that the...

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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

Ur Rehman, Naqeeb - 2016

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

Intarakumnerd, Patarapong; Goto, 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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Firm dynamics and business cycle: What doesn't kill you makes you stronger?

Gomis, Roger M.; Khatiwada, Sameer - 2017

This paper analyses the impact of recessions and booms on firm performance. We look at 70,000 firms in over 100 …

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