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Technical efficiency and port competition: Revisiting the Bohai Economic Rim, China
Wang, Grace W. Y.; Gao, Chen - In: Journal of Risk and Financial Management 5 (2012) 1, pp. 115-130
encouraging for policy makers to move toward the decentralized port governance in China. …The Bohai Economic Rim plays an important role in supporting China's economic growth. For this research, we selected … nine main ports in the region to study whether intra-port competition or corporatization would improve efficiency. Using a …
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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...
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Technical efficiency, unions and decentralized labor contracts
Devicienti, Francesco; Manello, Alessandro; Vannoni, Davide - 2016
This paper explores the link between the presence of unions in the workplace, the adoption of decentralized labor agreements and technical efficiency, using a large sample of Italian manufacturing firms. We apply the Data Envelopment Analysis, and its robust version based on bootstrap theory, to...
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COVID-19, firm innovation strategy and production efficiency : a stochastic frontier analysis of Caribbean firms
Mohan, Preeya; Strobl, Eric - 2023
While Caribbean Small Island Developing States (SIDS) have been exposed to frequent external shocks in the past, the Coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is like no other, representing the largest economic shock experienced globally in decades. The objective of this paper is to...
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Total factor productivity, deforestation, and voluntary sustainability standards : evidence from Rwandese coffee farmers
Paz, Bruno; Dalheimer, Bernhard; Wollni, Meike - 2024
Increasing food demand will most likely be met with agricultural intensification and land clearing, exacerbating environmental consequences associated with food supply. The mechanisms and trade-offs between agriculture and the environment are heterogeneous and not well understood, yet key to...
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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 … level of profitability in these firms. …
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Age and gender composition of the workforce, productivity and profits: Evidence from a new type of data for German enterprises
Pfeifer, Christian; Wagner, Joachim - 2012
and gender) and its performance (productivity and profitability) for a large representative sample of enterprises from …' profitability, which is consistent with deferred compensation considerations. Moreover, our analysis reveals for the first time that … with a lower level of profitability in these firms. If anything, profitability is (slightly) higher in firms with a larger …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282402
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Age and gender composition of the workforce, productivity and profits: Evidence from a new type of data for German enterprises
Pfeifer, Christian; Wagner, Joachim - 2012
and gender) and its performance (productivity and profitability) for a large representative sample of enterprises from …' profitability, which is consistent with deferred compensation considerations. Moreover, our analysis reveals for the first time that … with a lower level of profitability in these firms. If anything, profitability is (slightly) higher in firms with a larger …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010286587
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Age and Gender Composition of the Workforce, Productivity and Profits : Evidence from a New Type of Data for German Enterprises
Pfeifer, Christian - 2012
and gender) and its performance (productivity and profitability) for a large representative sample of enterprises from …' profitability, which is consistent with deferred compensation considerations. Moreover, our analysis reveals for the first time that … with a lower level of profitability in these firms. If anything, profitability is (slightly) higher in firms with a larger …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013109440
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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 - 2014
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 … level of profitability in these firms …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013054259