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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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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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Objectives and Constraints of Entrepreneurs: Evidence from Small and Medium Size Enterprises in Russia and Bulgaria

Pissarides, Francesca; Singer, Miroslav; Svejnar, Jan - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2000

We analyze the principal objectives and constraints of small and medium enterprises (SMEs), using data from a survey of 437 owners and top managers (CEOs) of SMEs in Russia and Bulgaria. The CEOs display similar views and identify a small number of specific constraints as being the most...

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Reputation Flows: Contractual Disputes and the Channels for Inter-firm Communication

Pyle, William - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2003

Inter-firm information exchange with respect to the reliability of trade partners may be unmediated in the sense that it involves direct communication between the personnel of two firms. Alternatively, this information flow may be channeled by or through an organization such as a trade...

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The emergence of large shareholders in mass privatized firms: Evidence from Poland and the Czech Republic

Grosfeld, Irena; Hashi, Iraj - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2004

change in ownership concentration and firm performance, we find an interesting difference between the two countries: in the … the quality of past performance does not affect investors' willingness to increase their holdings. This effect may be …

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Transition on the Shop Floor - The Restructuring of a Weaving Mill, Hungary 1988-97

János Köll? - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2004

While a variety of studies analysed the benign effects of privatisation on firm performance under post …

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Mass Privatisation, Corporate Governance and Endogenous Ownership Structure

Grosfeld, Irena; Hashi, Iraj - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2003

We compare the change in ownership concentration in firms privatized through two different programs of mass privatization: the Czech voucher scheme and the Polish program of National Investment Funds. Despite important differences in ownership structure at the start of the process and in the...

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Dynamism and Inertia on the Russian Labour Market: A Model of Segmentation

Grosfeld, Irena; Senik-Leygonie, Claudia; Verdier, Thierry - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 1999

This paper proposes an explanation of the puzzling coexistence of elements of inertia and dynamism on the Russian labour market using a segmentation model. Risk averse workers are differentiated according to their productivity. They face a trade-off between wages and access to social services...

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