Using data from 1,226 matches played over 18 seasons, we analyse match attendances in the group stages of the European Rugby Cup (ERC). We find that short-run (match) uncertainty had little effect on attendances. This finding is significant as the ERC has been replaced by a new competition which...

Türkiye imalat sanayiinde üretimin ithal girdi bileşeni artış eğilimindedir. Bu çalışmada söz konusu eğilimin nedenleri incelenmektedir. Bu amaçla, büyük ölçekli 145 sanayi firmasına uygulanan anket ve yüz yüze görüşmeler yoluyla derlenen bilgiler kullanılmaktadır. Elde...

In this work we analyse the effect of export destinations on Total Factor Productivity (TFP) of manufacturing Uruguayan firms for the period 1997-2006. We study two effects: self-selection and learning by exporting. To this end, we work with a panel of firms –provided by the Instituto Nacional...

The degeneration hypothesis in labor-managed firms (LMFs) was originally formalized by the seminal contributions of Ben-Ner (1984) and Miyazaki (1984). Within these models, LMFs are collectively owned by workers-members who can hire employees from the labor market. The pursuit of efficiency or...

In this work we present the results of a recent survey thar covered the whole universe of Worker Cooperatives in Uruguay. In order to be able to evaluate the comparative performance of Worker Cooperatives the survey covered also a control group of conventional firms with similar size and sector...

Cost or revenue efficiency measurement based on the approach initiated by Farrell has received great attention from academics and practitioners since the fifties. Farrell’s approach decomposes cost efficiency into two different sources, viz. technical efficiency and allocative efficiency....

It is often suggested that incentive schemes under moral hazard can be gamed by an agent with superior knowledge of the environment, and that deliberate lack of transparency about the incentive scheme can reduce gaming. We formally investigate these arguments in a two-task moral hazard model in...

This study looked into the entrepreneurial ability of the students of a public university in Bragança (Portugal) to identify differentiation factors of their entrepreneurial potential. A quantitative, transversal, and observational analysis was conducted involving 598 student participants. Data...

Az üzleti etika tudományágat gyakran bírálják a gyakorlati megvalósíthatóság követelményének ellenálló javaslatai miatt. A vállalatok etikai átvilágítása révén nyert adatoknak az üzlettől független közzététele, valamint az etikai szempontból kényes ágazatok...

A gondolat, amely szerint a vállalatok közötti verseny és együttműködés egyszerre van jelen az üzleti gyakorlatban, kiemelt figyelemet kap az üzleti tudományok területén, ugyanakkor meglehetősen kevés elméleti modell született a probléma megjelenítésére. A tanulmányban egy...