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Deutsche Industrie trotzt dem Aufstieg der Schwellenländer

Gornig, Martin; Schiersch, Alexander - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 79 (2012) 10, pp. 11-15

Zwischen 2000 und 2009 ist China zur zweitgrößten Industrienation aufgestiegen und auch die Industrien anderer Schwellenländer sowie vieler osteuropäischer Länder sind sehr dynamisch gewachsen. Dennoch konnte Deutschland seinen Anteil an der globalen Industrieproduktion weitgehend...

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Internationalisierung der Unternehmensforschung : neue Standorte gewinnen an Bedeutung

Belitz, Heike - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 79 (2012) 18, pp. 3-9

Deutsche und ausländische Unternehmen haben ihre Forschungsund Entwicklungsinvestitionen in Deutschland in den letzten Jahren beständig gesteigert. Mit gut 45 Milliarden Euro lagen die Aufwendungen im Jahr 2009 um ein Drittel über dem Niveau von 2001. Während die ausländischen Unternehmen...

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Comparing labour and total factor productivity growth and level in France, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States over the past century and in recent years

Cette, Gilbert; Kocoglu, Yusuf; Mairesse, Jacques - In: The open economics journal 2 (2009), pp. 45-60

The present study contributes to the analysis of economic growth by comparing labour ant total factor productivity (TFP … less important, except in Japan, than that of the unmeasured factors underlying TFP, such as labour skills, technical and …%) and even more in Japan (30%), while TFP levels are very close in France, the United Kingdom and the United States, but …

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Another economic miracle? : the German labor market and the great recession

Rinne, Ulf; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 1 (2012), pp. 1-21

Germany’s labor market responded only mildly to the Great Recession. Important factors for this development include the strong economic position due to recent labor market reforms, the crisis affecting mainly export-oriented companies, the extension of short-time work, time buffers due to...

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A meta-frontier approach for comparing bank efficiency differences between Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand

Liu, Yi-cheng; Chen, Ying-hsiu - In: Journal of applied finance & banking 2 (2012) 6, pp. 131-150

The purpose of this paper is to employ the Meta-Frontier Cost Function to compare the bank efficiencies in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand during the period of 2002-2009. We propose two new variables: income on loans and non-performing loans, to identify whether the banks are both cost and...

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Cultura postmaterialista y variaciones en el espiritu emprendedor

Pinillos Costa, Maria José - In: Investigaciones europeas de Dirección y Economía de … 17 (2011) 1, pp. 37-55

The aim of this paper is to explore whether postmaterialism explains differences in Total entrepreneurial-activity rates across Spanish Autonomous Communities. A distinction is made between potential entrepreneurs, nascent entrepreneurship, new business formation and Established business, as...

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Economic development as a matter of political geography

Streb, Jorge M.; Druck, Pablo F. - In: Estudios de economía 34 (2007) 1, pp. 5-20

Can limited government be a driving force of economic development? This idea goes back to Montesquieu, and is closely related to recent research in institutional economics. Measuring limited government with the Henisz political constraints index, and economic development with income per capita,...

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The coupling between entrepreneurship and public policy : tight in developed countries but loose in development countries

Schøtt, Thomas; Wickstrøm Jensen, Kent - In: Estudios de economía 35 (2008) 2, pp. 195-214

In this paper we compare the coupling between entrepreneurship policy and entrepreneurship activity in developed and developing countries. Using new institutional arguments, we argue that developing countries are prone to implement policies that (1) are based on experiences in developed...

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Dice thrown from the beginning? : an empirical investigation of determinants of firm level growth expectations

Terjesen, Siri; Szerb, Lászlo - In: Estudios de economía 35 (2008) 2, pp. 153-178

This study investigates three competing but complementary perspectives on factors related to entrepreneurial firm growth. We examine individual (entrepreneur) firm and national environment factors associated with the growth expectations of nascent, baby and established firms. Using 25,384 data...

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La prestación del servicio postal universal en un contexto de precio uniforme y descremado del mercado : ¿Existe riesgo de graveyard spiral?

Pateiro Rodríguez, Carlos; Prado Domínguez, Javier; … - In: Atlantic review of economics 2 (2011), pp. 1-27

This paper focuses on the problems posed by the uniform price and market cream skimming in a context in which the incumbent is restricted asymmetric prices and products and analyzes the risks of a graveyard spiral process. We point that the price elasticity of demand, the brand loyalty and the...

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