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firm's labour demand. As the exchange rate volatility increases, so does the value of the export option provided the firm … under study is flexible. Flexibility is important because it gives the firm option value. Higher volatility increases the …
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Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is like a chameleon, that changes its colour according to the context it is in. In the developed economy, it takes the form of sustainability and/ or philanthropy, whereas, in emerging economies, it speaks the language of religious, political and/or mandated...
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quality of start-ups. The basic hypothesis is that flexibility enhances the long run prospects of the small firm. This is … in Scotland. New measures of flexibility and turbulence are used to explain the performance of mature small firms. These … 28 distinct attributes.Econometric estimates are reported on the relationship between flexibility, turbulence and …
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internationalization of business) services impacts on the internationalization and performance of small and medium-sized firms in Finland … between usage of Finpro's services and exports (measured using a binary export indicator), although the results vary across …
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In this report, we study the development of Finnish startup firms based on both survey and register data. The sample includes all firms that were founded in the first half of the year 2005, and those firms have been monitored for eight years. We find that entrepreneurs in growth-oriented...
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The importance of data and different sources of knowledge in the development of new services and products, and further in the creation of new markets, has dramatically increased during the past few decades. This empirical study uses data from 531 Finnish firms to explore the determinants of...
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significant increase in services imports (2002-2012). We use world service export supply shocks, which we allocate to firms based …
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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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need to expand the flexibility of both the statistical system and the statistical programme. The output orientation adopted …
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between discretionary and regulatory models, neglecting, for example, the negotiation between stakeholders and the flexibility …
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