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Russian Firms in Transition: Champions, Challengers, and Chaff
Linz, Susan J. - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 1996
This paper proposes a composite measure to evaluate a firm's survival potential. The composite measure is applied to 51 Russian firms located in Moscow, Volgograd, Rostov and Taganrog, utilizing data collected in 1995 from in-depth interviews with top-level managers of manufacturing, trade, and...
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XTENDING LIKAGES BETWEEN ORGANIZATIONAL ANALYSIS AND SOCIAL STRUCTURE: A CASE STUDY OF THE CELEBRITY-CONSTRUCTION OF A CHINESE MARKETPLACE
Jacobs, Mark - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2009
This paper examines the emergence of firm-celebrity, both an intangible-asset, and a facilitator of competitive advantage. Institutional approaches have asserted that organizations from the same organizational field and characterized by comparable structural positions face similar structural...
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The Emerging Knowledge Governance Approach Challenges and Characteristics
Foss, Nicolai J. - DRUID, Copenhagen Business School, Department of … - 2006
The “knowledge governance approach” is characterized as a distinctive, emerging approach that cuts across the fields of knowledge management, organisation studies, strategy, and human resource management. Knowledge governance is taken up with how the deployment of governance mechanisms...
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Does Market Structure Matter? New Evidence from Russia
Brown, Annette N.; Brown, J. David - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 1998
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Diversity of Innovative Strategy as a Source of Technological Performance
Llerena, Patrick; Oltra, Vanessa - DRUID, Copenhagen Business School, Department of … - 2000
This paper explores the impact of diversity of innovative strategies of firms upon the industrial dynamics through a micro-simulation model. We consider two types of firms each one being characterised by a specific innovative strategy. Basically we assume that some cumulative firms adopt an...
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Do Business Subsidies Facilitate Employment Growth?
Koski, Heli; Pajarinen, Mika - DRUID, Copenhagen Business School, Department of … - 2012
We use data from 15 508 Finnish companies with 10 or more employees for the years 2003-2008 to explore the relationship between employment growth and three endogenously determined business subsidy types (i.e. employment subsidy, R&D subsidy and the group of other business subsidies). We find a...
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Investment Wages and Ownership During the Transition to a Market Economy: Evidence from Slovenian Firms
Prasnikar, Janez; Svejnar, Jan - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 1998
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Labor Market Flexibility in Central and East Europe
Svejnar, Jan - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2002
markets do not account for cross-country differences in economic performance. …
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Choice of Ownership Structure and Firm Performance: Evidence from Estonia
Jones, Derek C.; Kalmi, Panu; Mygind, Niels - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2003
transition economies has identified the impact of ownership on economic performance.) However, the findings in this paper also …
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The Effect of Employee Involvment on Firm Performance: Evidence from an Econometric Case Study
Jones, Derek C.; Kato, Takao - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2003
participatory arrangements such as teams on business performance. The data we use are extraordinary --daily data for rejection … addition: (iv) the performance-enhancing effects of team membership are greater and more long-lasting for team members who are … propositions that: (i) employee involvement will produce improved enterprise performance through diverse channels including …
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