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Global Sourcing
Mol, M.J.; van Tulder, van Tulder, R.J.M.; Beije, … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2002
propagated as a key means to improve the performance of firms. It is argued that becoming more lean and internationally focused …'s performance. The analysis reveals that for this sample of firms global sourcing is the exception rather than the rule. Although … performance. International outsourcing can not be used to adequately explain firm performance. Therefore, an alternative approach …
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Investing with the Government : A Field Experiment in China
Colonnelli, Emanuele; Li, Bo; Liu, Ernest - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
We study the demand for government participation in China's venture capital and private equity market. We conduct a large-scale, non-deceptive field experiment in collaboration with the leading industry service provider, through which we survey both sides of the market: the capital investors and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013334380
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The Three-Step Test-Interview (TSTI): An observational instrument for pretesting self-completion questionnaires
Hak, Hak, A.; van der Veer, K.; Jansen, Jansen, H.A.M. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2004
The Three-Step Test-Interview (TSTI) is an instrument for pretesting a self-completion questionnaire by observing actual instances of interaction between the instrument and respondents (the response process). Because this process mainly consists of cognitive processing (‘thinking’) and is...
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Some Economics of Digital Content
Dolfsma, Wilfred - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2004
The music industry is currently subject to changes influenced by ongoing digitalisation and informatization that are unprecedented. Other sectors can expect to undergo in the near future what the media industry is going through now – the movie industry being a prime suspect. Each day, some...
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Mild Government Failure
Wei, Shang-jin; Xu, Jianhuan; Yin, Ge; Zhang, Xiaobo - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
A relatively mild form of government failure - for example, bureaucrats can count but do not differentiate quality - can significantly affect the efficacy of industrial policy. We investigate this idea in the context of China's largest pro-innovation industrial policy using a structural model....
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Sectoral Development Multipliers
Buera, Francisco; Trachter, Nicholas - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
How should industrial policies be directed to reduce distortions and foster economic development? We study this question in a multi-sector model with technology adoption, where the production of goods and modern technologies features rich network structures. We provide simple formulas for the...
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Does "Made in China 2025" Work for China? : Evidence from Chinese Listed Firms
Branstetter, Lee; Li, Guangwei - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
Rising concern over the impact of Chinese industrial policy has led to severe trade tensions between China and some of its major trading partners. In recent years, foreign criticism has increasingly focused on the so-called "Made in China 2025" initiative. In this paper, we use information...
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Picking Winners? Government Subsidies and Firm Productivity in China
Branstetter, Lee; Li, Guangwei; Ren, Mengjia - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
Are Chinese industrial policies making the targeted Chinese firms more productive? Alternatively, are efforts to promote productivity undercut by efforts to maintain or expand employment in less productive enterprises? In this paper, we attempt to shed light on these questions through the...
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Reflexivity in Teams: A Measure and Correlates
Schippers, Schippers, M.C.; den Hartog, den Hartog, D.N.; … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2005
Reflexivity -the extent to which teams reflect upon and modify their functioning- has been identified as a possible key factor in the effectiveness of work teams. The aim of the present study was to develop a questionnaire to measure (aspects of) reflexivity, with a focus on team reflection. The...
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Attractive Supervisors: How Does the Gender of the Supervisor Influence the Performance of the Supervisees?
Koellinger, Philipp; Block, Joern H. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2012
of several young and attractive males or females. The results show that when the supervisor was a female, the performance …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010730988