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Product Diversification and Stability of Employment and Sales: First Evidence from German Manufacturing Firms
Braakmann, Nils; Wagner, Joachim - 2009
product diversification and the stability of sales and employment. We find that contrary to portfolio theoretic considerations … more diversified firms exhibit a higher variability of sales and employment. However, the effects are negligibly small from …
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Product diversification and stability of employment and sales : first evidence from German manufacturing firms
Braakmann, Nils; Wagner, Joachim - 2009 - Version: February 16, 2009
an economics point of view. -- Product diversification ; stability ; variability ; Germany … product diversification and the stability of sales and employment. We find that contrary to portfolio theoretic considerations … more diversified firms exhibit a higher variability of sales and employment. However, the effects are negligibly small from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003803019
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Product Diversification and Profitability in German Manufacturing Firms
Braakmann, Nils; Wagner, Joachim - In: Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer … 231 (2011) 3, pp. 326-335
We use unique rich data for German manufacturing enterprises to investigate the product diversification – firm performance relationship.We find that an increase in the degree of product diversification has a negative impact on profitability when observed and unobserved firm characteristics are...
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Produktdifferenzierung in deutschen Industrieunternehmen 1995 – 2004: Ausmaß und Bestimmungsgründe
Wagner, Joachim - In: Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer … 229 (2009) 5, pp. 615-642
Interest in the theoretical and empirical analysis of multi-product enterprises is growing. This paper uses newly available representative longitudinal data covering the years 1995 to 2004 to document for the first time the extent of product diversification in German manufacturing enterprises...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008476395
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Zur Mikrostruktur des Exportbooms
Wagner, Joachim - 2001
Dieser Aufsatz nutzt geheime Einzeldaten aus amtlichen Erhebungen in niedersächsischen Industriebetrieben, um einen Blick hinter die Kulissen des Exportbooms zu werfen. Hierbei zeigt sich eine ausgeprägte Heterogenität der Exportdynamik zwischen Betrieben innerhalb einer Hauptgruppe,...
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Exporting firms do not pay higher wages, ceteris paribus : First evidence from linked employer-employee data
Wagner, Joachim; Schnabel, Claus; Schank, Thorsten - 2004
trade. This paper uses a large and rich set of linked employer-employee data from Germany to demonstrate that these premia …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297200
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Exporting Firms Do Not Pay Higher Wages, Ceteris Paribus : First Evidence from Linked Employer-Employee Data
Wagner, Joachim; Schnabel, Claus; Schank, Thorsten - 2004
trade. This paper uses a large and rich set of linked employer-employee data from Germany to demonstrate that these premia …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261930
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Product differentiation and profitability in German manufacturing firms
Braakmann, Nils; Wagner, Joachim - 2009
that nearly 40 percent of all manufacturing enterprises with at least 20 employees in Germany are singleproduct firms …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265207
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Der Einfluss von Exporten auf die betriebliche Entwicklung
Mangelsdorf, Stefan - 2009
Exporte gelten als Wachstumsmotor der deutschen Wirtschaft und werden von der Wirtschaftspolitik auf vielfältige Weise gefördert. Doch führt die Förderung der Aufnahme von Handelsbeziehungen mit dem Ausland durch Betriebe, die bislang nicht exportierten, wirklich zu einem Wachstum der...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003905610
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Exploring the role of uncertainty for corporate investment decisions in Germany
Kalckreuth, Ulf von - 2000
The impact of uncertainty on firms' investment outlays is subject to an ongoing debate. Theory identifies several channels. Irreversibility, financing constraints and risk aversion make a negative relationship between uncertainty and investment likely. On the other hand, the ability of firms to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011418846