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German Economy Winter 2022 - Recovery temporarily on hold

Boysen-Hogrefe, Jens; Groll, Dominik; Hoffmann, Timo; … - 2022

Wholesale prices for gas and electricity have fallen significantly in recent months - even though they are still at a high level. In addition, the burdens on private households and companies caused by high energy costs are to be cushioned by so-called price brakes. Overall, inflation in 2023...

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Capital structure, profitability, and short-term solvency of nascent SMEs in Ghana: An empirical study

Amoa-Gyarteng, Karikari; Dhliwayo, Shepherd - In: Journal of Entrepreneurship, Management and Innovation: JEMI 19 (2023) 4, pp. 83-110

PURPOSE: Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) play a vital role in the economic growth of emerging economies. However, many of these businesses fail in their early stages, making it important to investigate factors that influence their short-term solvency. This study aims to examine the impact of...

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The impact of institutional transformations on MNEs entrepreneurship in emerging economies

Adamoglou, Xanthippe; Hajidimitriou, Yannis - In: SPOUDAI - Journal of Economics and Business 71 (2021) 3/4, pp. 48-66

This paper examines how an emerging economy's institutional context motivates different forms of MNE entrepreneurship, which, subsequently, leads either to economic development or economic growth. To do so, the paper distinguishes emerging economies' institutional environment into a state of...

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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

This empirical paper documents the relationship between the composition of a firm's workforce (with a special focus on age and gender) and its performance (productivity and profitability) for a large representative sample of enterprises from manufacturing industries in Germany using newly...

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Board leadership, board meeting frequency and firm performance in two‐tier boards

Hossain, Md Arafat; Oon, Elaine Yen Nee - In: Managerial and Decision Economics 43 (2022) 3, pp. 862-879

We examine how board leadership influences the frequency of supervisory board meetings and how meeting frequency, in turn, affects firm performance. Utilizing a 10‐year longitudinal dataset of German and Indonesian listed firms, we find that CEOs in both countries are more likely to foster...

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Deutsch-chinesische Wirtschaftsbeziehungen: Chancen und Risiken

Erber, Georg - In: DIW Wochenbericht 78 (2011) 50, pp. 3-7

entwickelt. China ist zu einem der wichtigsten Handelspartner Deutschlands aufgestiegen und könnte im kommenden Jahr bereits nach … Frankreich an die zweite Stelle rücken. Jedoch wandelt sich China zunehmend zu einem Investitionsgüterproduzenten und wird so … immer stärker mit deutschen Unternehmen auf den Weltmärkten konkurrieren. Anzeichen mehren sich, dass China durch die …

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What do talents want? Work expectations in India, China, and Germany

Walk, Marlene; Schinnenburg, Heike; Handy, Femida - In: Zeitschrift für Personalforschung (ZfP) 27 (2013) 3, pp. 251-278

International talent management becomes increasingly important, because companies compete on a global scale for qualified employees. Finding highly educated talent, however, is difficult, especially in the Asia-Pacific region. This research investigates the work expectations of Chinese (N=404),...

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German-Chinese economic relations: Opportunities and risks for Germany

Erber, Georg - In: DIW Economic Bulletin 4 (2014) 2, pp. 8-13

During the last few years, the People's Republic of China has become an increasingly important trading partner for … Germany. Particularly in the wake of the global economic and financial crisis that began in 2008, trade with China has been an … is therefore likely that future German export growth rates to China will be lower than in recent years. Further …

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German-Chinese economic relations: Opportunities and risks

Erber, Georg - In: DIW Economic Bulletin 2 (2012) 3, pp. 27-31

Economic relations between Germany and China have developed exceptionally well over the past few decades. China has … the coming year. And yet China's focus is increasingly shifting towards capital goods manufacturing, meaning Chinese … the extensive direct and indirect subsidizing of businesses in China is a major contributory factor to cut …

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Streik und Gender in Deutschland und China: Ein explorativer Blick auf aktuelles Streikgeschehen

Artus, Ingrid; Pflüger, Jessica - In: Industrielle Beziehungen 24 (2017) 2, pp. 218-240

Kontexten (Deutschland und China). Die ausgewählten empirischen Beispiele, geben Hinweise darauf, wie kollektive Organisierung … the importance of gender in current strike phenomena in two different societal contexts (Germany and China). The selected …

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