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INSTITUTIONAL POLYCENTRISM, ENTREPRENEURS’ SOCIAL NETWORKS, AND NEW VENTURE GROWTH

Batjargal, Bat - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2013

What is the interrelationship among formal institutions, social networks, and new venture growth? Drawing on the theory … four different countries. We find the confluence of weak and inefficient formal institutions to be associated with a larger … institutional order (i.e., weaker and more inefficient institutions). The contributions and implications of these findings are …

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THE DEVELOPMENT EFFECTS OF NATURAL RESOURCES: A GEOGRAPHICAL DIMENSION

Carmignani, Fabrizio; Chowdhury, Abdur - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2011

Despite the recent growth resurgence, Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) remains the poorest region in the world. At the same time, it is a region that heavily relies on natural resources. In this paper we investigate the extent to which the second fact helps explain the first one. The distinctive feature...

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THE EFFECTS OF NETWORK’S STRUCTURAL HOLES: POLYCENTRIC INSTITUTIONS, PRODUCT PORTFOLIO, AND NEW VENTURE GROWTH IN CHINA AND RUSSIA

Batjargal, Bat - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2012

context compared to the Chinese institutional context due to the polycentricity of institutions. The research implications of …

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Privatization and State Capacity in Postcommunist Society

King, Lawrence; Hamm, Patrick - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2005

back on the enterprise sector, as the state can no longer support the institutions necessary for the effective functioning …

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Determinants of Employment Growth at MNEs: Evidence from Egypt, India, South Africa and Vietnam

Bhaumik, Sumon Kumar; Meyer, Klaus; Estrin, Saul - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2004

Foreign investors are expected to contribute to economic development through a variety of channels. However, many foreign investment operations are small, and almost insignificant in their impact on the local environment. An important indication of the potential contribution of foreign investors...

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Mind the Gap! Social Capital, East and West

Fidrmuc, Jan; Gerxhani, Klarita - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2007

completely after we control for aggregate measures of economic development and quality of institutions. Informal institutions …

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Network Restructuring and Firm Creation in East-Central Europe: A Public-Private Venture

McDermott, Gerald A. - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2000

experiments not only in the ways it approached the creation of market institutions, but also in the ways it decentralized power …

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Bribery: Who Pays, Who Refuses, What Are The Payoffs?

Hunt, Jennifer; Laszlo, Sonia - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2005

We provide a theoretical framework for understanding when an official angles for a bribe, when a client pays, and the payoffs to the client’s decision. We test this frame work using a new data set on bribery of Peruvian public officials by households. The theory predicts that bribery is more...

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Institutional Determinants of Labor Reallocation in Transition

Boeri, Tito; Terrell, Katherine - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2001

Studying the transition means analyzing the interactions between institutions and structural change, a process we still …

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Community Norms and Organizational Practices: The Legitimization of Wage Arrears in Russia, 1992-1999

Earle, John S.; Spicer, Andrew; Peter, Klara Sabirianova - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2004

What role do community norms play in the diffusion and persistence of new organizational practices? We explore this question through an examination of the widespread practice of wage arrears, the late and nonpayment of wages, in Russia during the 1990s. Existing research on wage arrears most...

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