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The Effects of Privatization and Competitive Pressure on Firms? Price-cost Margins: Micro Evidence from Emerging Economies

Konings, Jozef; Van Cayseele, Patrick; Warzynski, Frederic - 2002

This paper uses representative firm level panel data of 1,701 Bulgarian and 2,047 Romanian manufacturing firms to estimate market power (i.e. price-cost margins) and to analyze how these are affected by privatization and increased competitive pressure. In contrast to earlier work that analyzes...

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The Effect of Ownership and Competitive Pressure on Firm Performance in Transition Countries. Micro Evidence from Bulgaria, Romania and Poland

Estrin, Saul; Konings, Jozef; Zolkiewski, Zbigniew; … - 2001

This paper uses a unique representative firm level data set to analyse the effect of domestic and international competitive pressure and ownership changes in three emerging economies, Bulgaria Poland and Romania. Our main findings can be summarized as follows: Domestic competitive pressure,...

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HR contribution to a firm's success examined from a configurational perspective: An exploratory study based on the Spanish CRANET data

Dolan, Simon L.; Mach, Mercè; Sierra Olivera, Vicenta - In: Management Revue 16 (2005) 2, pp. 272-290

The objective in this study was to examine whether a firm's economic/financial success can be associated with the application of certain HRM policies, practices and strategies. In this empirical study, an extended rationale borrowed from a configurational conceptual model was used in order to...

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Human resource management and economic success: An Australian perspective

Dowling, Peter J. - In: Management Revue 16 (2005) 2, pp. 202-212

In this paper we examine the case for a link at the national and firm level between human resource management (HRM) and economic success in Australia. A brief history of the industrial development of Australia (and New Zealand) is presented and some differentiating factors noted (Dowling/Boxall...

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Missing variables in theories of strategic Human Resource Management: Time, cause, and individuals

Wright, Patrick M.; Haggerty, John J. - In: Management Revue 16 (2005) 2, pp. 164-173

Much progress has been made with regard to theory building and application in the field of Strategic Human Resource Management (HRM) since Wright and McMahan's (1992) critical review. While researchers have increasingly investigated the impact of HR on economic success within the Resource Based...

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Interlocking Boards and Firm Performance: Evidence from a New Panel Database

Non, Mariëlle C.; Franses, Philip Hans - 2007

An interlock between two firms occurs if the firms share one or more directors in their boards of directors. We explore the effect of interlocks on firm performance for 101 large Dutch firms using a large and new panel database. We use five different performance measures, and for each...

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A Triptych Inquiry: Rethinking Sustainability, Innovation, and Financial Performance

Busch, Timo; Stinchfield, Bryan T.; Wood, Matthew S. - 2011

Management scholars have sought to answer the question: is there a financial payoff for ad-dressing ecological and social issues? We move beyond this question and include a time com-ponent for corporate financial performance (CFP) and a firm’s innovativeness in order to ask: when does it pay?...

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The Impact of Workplace Conditions on Firm Performance

Buhai, Sebastian; Cottini, Elena; Westergård-Nielsen, Niels - 2008

This paper estimates the impact of work environment health and safety practice on firm performance, and examines which firm-characteristic factors are associated with good work conditions. We use Danish longitudinal register matched employer-employee data, merged with firm business accounts and...

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Executive compensation, firm performance, and corporate governance in China: evidence from firms listed in the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges

Kato, Takao; Long, Cheryl - 2005

This paper provides evidence on how executive compensation relates to firm performance in listed firms in China. Using … comprehensive financial and accounting data on China's listed firms from 1998 to 2002, augmented by unique data on executive … cash compensation (salary and bonus) for top executives with respect to shareholder value in China. In addition, sales …

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CEO turnover, firm performance and enterprise reform in China: evidence from new micro data

Kato, Takao; Long, Cheryl - 2006

Using comprehensive financial and accounting data on China's listed firms from 1998 to 2002, augmented by unique data … listing suspension mechanism, i.e., the ST designation, adopted by China's securities regulatory agency appears to be … literature on economic transition, our findings suggest that any fundamental improvement in China's corporate governance will …

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