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Firms and industries in evolutionary economics: Lessons from Marshall, Young, Steindl and Penrose
Bloch, Harry - 2007
Evolutionary economists have tended to assess firms and industries separately, neglecting the role of their interaction … in the process of economic growth and development. We trace the separation of firms and industries to Marshall, whose … industries. Penrose avoids the industry concept by focussing on heterogeneous firms, while Young and Steindl develop mundane …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009434930
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Agency Influences on Risk Reduction and Operating Performance: An Empirical Investigation Among Strategic Groups
Veliyath, Rajaram; Ferris, Stephen P. - 1997
strategic groups in three different industries. As hypothesized, systematic risk did not exhibit a consistent relationship with … in total risk were evident primarily in the computer and pharmaceutical industries. Performance also differed across … strategic groups in these two industries, as well as among airlines. Contrary to expectations, systematic risk also differed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009459032
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Study of a Uintah and Ouray Reservation Urea Fertilizer Manufacturing Plant and Economic Development Potential of a Charcoal Industry: final report
United States. Economic Development Administration. … - 1969
This study examines the Uintah and Ouray Reservation, its natural resources, a potential development of industries with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009462755
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The Exxon Valdez oil spill: Industry response and the evolution of environmental policy
Marquiss, Karen D K - 2007
This dissertation develops and tests a conceptual model to examine how organizations respond to social and political events that can significantly affect operations. The model incorporates concepts from resource dependence and institutional theories, which posit that a firm will develop a range...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009438646
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Cross-sectoral partnerships: A case study of the best practices used by CVS/Pharmacy in developing partnerships with the public workforce development system in Minnesota
Jacobsen, Nancy M - 2009
This dissertation explores the private-public sector partnership between CVS/pharmacy and the federal/state workforce development system in Minnesota. The study describes how CVS creates partnerships with the federal/state system of one-stop career centers and other partners in the workforce...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009438773
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Fiscal federalism and intergovernmental fiscal revenue sharing in Mexico: The municipal perspective
Alatorre, Samuel - 2002
This dissertation reviews the functioning of the intergovernmental fiscal revenue sharing system in Mexico. The gradual centralization of fiscal authority by the federal government since the 1980s has led to a revenue dependency of sub-national governments on the center that is extreme. State...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009438915
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Legal, informational, and testing restrictions in employment: A study of antidiscrimination policy
Sadka-Negrin, Joyce Carol; Sadka-Negrin, Joyce Carol - 1998
This dissertation addresses the problem of informational and legal restrictions on employment screening processes such as educational requirements and standardized testing. For the past two decades, the legal system in the U.S. has struggled with this issue and has labeled certain information or...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441877
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A systematic consideration of labor market dynamics in the development of compensation systems
Holmes, Christopher Wells; Holmes, Christopher Wells - 1988
Johnson and Ash (1986) proposed a new model for developing compensation systems which is designed to systematically and simultaneously reconcile differences between internal and external pay equity criteria without necessarily including market based gender biases. Central to their model is the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441972
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An approach to service delivery in the government sector
Mahloane, Lerato - 2009
The Department of the Premier: Orgnisational Development is mandated to coordinate provincial intervention that will assist the provincial departments of the Western Cape to improve the efficiency of their service delivery. Increasing customer demand for quality services have virtually forced...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009447173
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Capital controls and long-term economic growth
Nembhard, Jessica G - 1992
This study is concerned with the effects of capital controls on long-term economic growth. At its conceptual core, the dissertation addresses weaknesses in neoclassical and Keynesian theory, viz. the problems of both market and state coordination, that preclude an adequate analysis of the use of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009467967