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The heterogeneous economic consequences of works council relation

Pfeifer, Christian - 2011

I use a question about works council relations from the 2006 wave of the IAB Establishment panel to analyze the heterogeneous effects of works councils on productivity, wages, and profits. The results indicate that the effects differ significantly between works council relationship types in a...

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Corporate boards, interorganizational ties and profitability: the case of Japan

Raddant, Matthias; Takahashi, Hiroshi - In: Empirical Economics 62 (2021) 3, pp. 1365-1406

We analyze the ties between 4000 Japanese corporations in the time period from 2004 until 2013. We combine data about the board composition with ownership relationships and indicators of corporate profitability. The board network exhibits some clustering, which can partly be explained by...

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Gender quotas in the board room and firm performance: Evidence from a credible threat in Sweden

Tyrefors Hinnerich, Björn; Jansson, Joakim - 2017

Board room quotas have recently received an increasing amount of attention. This paper provides novel evidence on firm performance from an exogenous change in female board participation in Sweden. We use the credible threat, aimed at listed firms, of a quota law enacted by the Swedish deputy...

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The Young, the Old and the Innovative: The Impact of R&D on Firm Performance in ICT versus Other Sectors

Koutroumpis, Pantelis; Leiponen, Aija; Thomas, … - 2017

Although innovation opportunities within the ICT industry are assumed high in comparison with other industries because …

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Bargaining in vertical relationships and suppliers' R&D profitability

Köhler, Christian - 2014

This paper explores the effect of bargaining in vertical relationships on the profitability of suppliers' R&D investments. Studies on the relationship between R&D and firm profitability mostly concentrate on the impact of horizontal market structure and neglect vertical interac-tions. Building...

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The roles of competition on innovation efficiency and firm performance: Evidence from the Chinese manufacturing industry

Huang, Xunjiang - In: European Research on Management and Business Economics … 29 (2023) 1, pp. 1-10

Firms, especially Chinese manufacturing firms, invest significant resources in innovation activities to sustain their … position in the intensifying competitive environment. However, innovation efficiency has led to growing concerns due to the … innovation efficiency and firm performance with a sample of 12,020 Chinese manufacturing firms for the period 2005-2007. The …

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