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Firm growth in industrial clusters of the United Kingdom 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
This article examines how firm growth is influenced by the strength of the industrial cluster in which the firm is located.
It presents econometric estimates of firm growth for 56 two-digit industries in the UK. In about half of these industries,
there is a positive and statistically significant association between firm growth and own-sector employment. Significant associations
between firm growth and other-sector employment are less common, but where these arise they are generally negative. We find
that a weak rule of thumb applies in most industries: own-sector effects are positive or insignificant, while other-sector
effects are negative or insignificant. Cluster effects are strongest in manufacturing, manufacturing-related, and infrastructure,
but weaker in services.
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Catherine BeaudryEmail: |
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Josep Maria Arauzo Carod Daniel Liviano Solís Mònica Martín Bofarull 《Small Business Economics》2008,30(1):73-84
This paper explores the effects of new business formation on employment growth in Spanish manufacturing industries. New firms
are believed to make an important contribution to economic growth but the extent of this contribution is unclear. We consider
time lags of new firm formation as explanatory variables of employment change and identify how long the effect of new firm
entries on employment lasts. Our main results show that the effects of new business formation are positive in the short term,
negative in the medium term and positive in the long term, thus confirming the existence of indirect supply-side effects found
in similar studies for other countries.
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Josep Maria Arauzo CarodEmail: |
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Rex Chen PhD Candidate Prof. Kenneth L. Kraemer Prakul Sharma 《Business & Information Systems Engineering》2009,1(1):53-61
In only ten years, Google has achieved remarkable success from online search-based advertising. Its search engine is dominant,
and its IT infrastructure is the most powerful computing system in the world running on over one million computers and serving
more than one billion users globally. Google makes money by using its search engine to deliver online advertising alongside
responses to user searches for information, goods, maps, directions, and a host of other services. Its capabilities make it
likely to become the world’s first information utility – a concept similar to electric utilities that provide services to
many corporations and individuals alike. Constant innovation is the key to Google’s success and offers lessons for other companies:
hire talented people, have them work in small teams, and give them freedom to excel, but use a rigorous data-based approach
to evaluating results and making course adjustments.
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Kenneth L. KraemerEmail: |
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In this article, we argue that firms in high-margin industries can benefit from founding family influence. Specifically, in
more profitable markets, the influence of the founding family provides an additional corporate governance-monitoring function.
The sample consists of 294 firm-year observations from 98 publicly traded companies headquartered in Sweden, representing
approximately half of all non-financial traded firms. Our support that the effect of family leadership in publicly held firms
should be assessed in relation to the intensity of industry competition.
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Justin B. CraigEmail: |
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This paper examines the relationship between new firm formation and regional employment change in The Netherlands. Using a
new regional data base for the period 1988–2002, we examine the time lags involved in the relationship. We also investigate
whether the relationship differs by sector and by degree of urbanization. We find that the maximum effect of new businesses
on regional development is reached after about 6 years. Our results also suggest that the overall employment impact of new-firm
start-ups is positive but that the immediate employment effects may be small in The Netherlands. Furthermore, we find that
the employment impact of new firms is strongest in manufacturing industries and that the employment impact of new firms is
stronger in areas with a higher degree of urbanization.
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André van StelEmail: |
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Martin Jetter Prof. Dr. Gerhard Satzger Andreas Neus 《Business & Information Systems Engineering》2009,1(1):37-45
This article investigates the influence of information and communication technology (ICT) on business transformation. First,
the general, ICT-driven development lines of globalization and service-orientation are described. Then, an analysis of the
IBM Corporation’s transformation over the past 50 years into a globally integrated, service-oriented company illustrates that
ICT innovations must be dealt with by simultaneous adaptation of business model, organization and corporate culture. For many
companies the ability to manage this change becomes increasingly critical.
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Andreas NeusURL: http://www.ksri.uni-karlsruhe.de |
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Mariarosaria Agostino Francesco Trivieri 《Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade》2008,8(1):33-53
This work investigates whether local differences in banking competition impact on the amount of bank debt used by Italian
small and medium sized manufacturing firms. Sample selection and Double Hurdle models are adopted as the process, which results
in the choice of bank financing may differ from that determining its amount. Our main finding is that more competitive banking
markets seem to be associated with relatively higher usage of bank debt by less transparent firms. On the other hand, a higher
banking competition seems to have no effect on the probability of receiving bank loans.
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Francesco TrivieriEmail: |
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Many Continental European countries recently reformed their bankruptcy legislations to stimulate reorganization and firm survival.
We show that the Belgian 1997 bankruptcy code reform, which implemented several international best practice recommendations,
significantly reduced aggregate small and micro business bankruptcy rates. However, using distributed lag models to control
for the relationship between bankruptcy rates and macroeconomic variables such as real GDP growth, consumer confidence, inflation,
etc., we find that the new code’s impact is not the same for all types of companies. Specifically, while the beneficial effect
of the reform is largely similar between small firms (i.e. stock corporations) and micro firms (i.e. partnerships), it is
only significant in certain industries (manufacturing and trade). Overall, our results indicate that especially the measures
taken to limit domino bankruptcy effects are likely to have had a substantial impact. Our findings have several policy implications
for the evaluation and modification of the bankruptcy system.
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Cynthia Van HulleEmail: |
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The paper examines the impact of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) on the survival of business start-ups. FDI has potential
for both negative displacement/competition effects as well as positive knowledge spillover and linkage effects on new ventures.
We find a net positive effect for the whole dataset. However, a major contribution of the paper is to outline and test an
argument that this effect is likely to be comprised of a net negative effect in dynamic industries (high churn: firm entry
plus exit relative to the stock of firms) alongside a net positive effect in static (low churn) industries. We find evidence
to support this view. The results identify new effects of globalisation on enterprise development with associated challenges
for industrial policy.
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Andrew BurkeEmail: |
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Managing the shipment of goods to consumers is one of the central aspects of retail competition on the internet. In this article, we analyze internet retailers’ shipping strategies using data from the internet book retailing industry. We find that, controlling for a variety of observable firm characteristics, firms with lower product prices offer lower shipping fees and higher quality shipping in terms of average delivery time, compared to firms with higher product prices. These patterns cannot be readily reconciled with a large class of models of competition under perfect consumer information. Theories based on imperfect consumer information can explain the findings better.
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Han LiEmail: |
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Grey Power: An Empirical Investigation of the Impact of Parallel Imports on Market Prices 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Steve Thompson 《Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade》2009,9(3):219-232
The persistence of price discrimination across international markets with falling costs of unofficial importing is both paradox
and policy concern. E-commerce facilitates a “grey” market in parallel imports, particularly for high-value goods such as
electronics. This paper explores the impact of unofficial imports on price using a panel of product markets mediated via an
Internet shopbot. It finds the presence of an import model lowers prices across the market. However, unlike the refurbished
model it is not simply an inferior substitute. The import price discount increases over the model life cycle, suggesting that
model-specific preferences fall as each model ages.
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Steve ThompsonEmail: |
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This paper analyses the performance of the small and medium-sized manufacturing firms during the period 1995–2001, focusing
on the degree of technical inefficiency and its determinants. We use a micro panel data set to simultaneously estimate a stochastic
frontier production function and the inefficiency determinants using an unbalanced panel of manufacturing firms. Our empirical
results suggest that small and medium-sized firms tend to be less inefficient than the large firms are. Also, we centre our
analysis in the effect on efficiency of some organisational factors related to the managerial ability to use and adjust capital
and labour properly.
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M. Angeles DiazEmail: |
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eBusiness applications in SMEs of Italian industrial districts: the textile and wood/furniture cases
The paper presents the results of a study dealing with the adoption of eBusiness applications in two Italian industrial districts:
the textile district in Como and the wood/furniture district in the area of Brianza. These two districts are part of important
“made in Italy” industries, with a high volume of worldwide exports. The goal of the paper is to show how Internet technology
is changing the behavior of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in these two local (but with worldwide relevance) districts
and to understand how the potential benefits and constraints for SMEs pointed out in several literature contributions are
really acting in these districts.
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Andrea Rangone |
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Kostas Tsekouras Efthalia Dimara Dimitris Skuras Dimitris Tzelepis 《Small Business Economics》2009,32(1):111-120
The present article attempts to investigate the validity of the Comanor–Wilson Minimum Efficient Size (MES) measure. The basic
assumption is that firms that have exhausted scale economies are in non-increasing returns to scale. The same firms are also
assumed to have a size greater than MES estimated on sales (total turnover), employment or fixed assets. Data Envelopment
Analysis (DEA) is used, on a sample of firms in three Greek manufacturing industries, to classify firms in operation according
to increasing or non-increasing returns to scale. On the basis of the results of the DEA input oriented model, the MES measure
correctly predicts over 85% of the cases. A probit model is applied to those cases that are not identically predicted by MES
concerning returns to scale. Results indicate that technical efficiency, size and age are the factors that compel MES to yield
the same prediction as the DEA approach.
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Kostas TsekourasEmail: |
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This paper examines the relationship between agglomeration economies and relative wage costs in influencing location of multinational
corporations. An inflow of firms to certain regions and industries is likely to increase demand for labor. If mobility of
labor is low increased costs can be expected to deter additional inflows of firms, albeit agglomeration economies may compensate
for higher wages. Despite its important policy implications this relationship has to our knowledge not been exposed to empirical
testing. The empirical analysis finds that foreign direct investment has become increasingly sensitive to differences in wage
cost across industrialized countries, but also that agglomeration economies related to knowledge externalities positively
influences higher costs. The relative strength of these two forces impacts the spatial distribution of production.
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Per ThulinEmail: |
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Despite the fact that many firms in a wide range of industries in various countries internationalize at or near inception,
research on factors leading to the formation of born-globals has been limited to firms from advanced, open economies. In order
to give a voice to the phenomenon of Vietnamese founding born-globals, we conducted an exploratory, multiple-case study. Three
findings of this study are: (1) the major driver to the formation of Vietnamese born-globals is the entrepreneurs’ leadership
desire together with the need for short-term profits; (2) their choice of internationalization mode is influenced by market
conditions as well as the internationalization degree of the industries in which they find their business opportunities; and
(3) the reason why other motivators found in earlier studies do not apply lies in the peculiarity of the Vietnam context.
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Li Choy ChongEmail: |
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E-commerce has siphoned sales away from bricks-and-mortar channels in many industries. Taking a principal-agent perspective,
this article analyzes how the increasing volume of e-sales influences offline incentive schemes and firm profitability. According
to the proposed model, moderate channel cannibalization can be a blessing in disguise if it decreases incentive intensity
and lowers expected wage payments. Whether a larger volume of e-sales is blessing or curse depends (among other things) on
the relative magnitude of cannibalization versus market enlargement and the degree to which the increase changes the composition
of offline customers’ types with respect to service costs.
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Christian M. PfeilEmail: |
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This paper examines the implications of the globalization of value chains for the role of small and medium-sized enterprises
(SMEs) in the tourism industry. To begin with, the configuration of the global tourism value chain is analysed. Next, the
participation of Andalusian SMEs in the global tourism value chains is investigated. A number of case studies have been developed
in two relevant sectors, hotels and travel agencies, giving priority to the main tourist typologies existing in Andalusia:
sun and sand, business and congress, cultural and rural. As a result, a SWOT analysis has been produced. Finally, from the
key findings some policy recommendations supporting the role of tourism SMEs in global value chain are made.
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Pilar TejadaEmail: |
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Business Ethics Training: Insights from Learning Theory 总被引:1,自引:3,他引:1
John A. Weber 《Journal of Business Ethics》2007,70(1):61-85
This paper explores research in educational psychology and learning theory in a search for insights to enhance business ethics
training Useful educational principles uncovered are then applied to the development of an ethics training initiative for
sales professionals. The paper concludes with suggestions for future research to help enrich business ethics training.
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John A. WeberEmail: |
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The explanandum ‘industry transformation’ is conceptualized against the background of market process theories. A system of
indicators to measure industry transformation is set up and typical patterns of development and challenges for entrepreneurial
action on business-to-business markets are derived.
Analyzing industry transformation requires a co-evolutionary approach. Change is then detected using different indicators,
exemplified using the German healthcare sector as an insight to business-to-business markets in transition. Entrepreneurial
action is the key to an evolutionary understanding of business systems as drivers of change processes and the fact that –
at the same time – they are driven by them. Typical features of industry transformation include historicity, path dependencies,
and evolutionary interpretations of specificity leading to trajectories and multiple patterns like for example (dis-/re-)intermediation
and cooperation.
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Christian GoekeEmail: |