Micro- And Macrodata of Firms

by Biffignandi, Silvia

• ISBN13: 9783790811438
• ISBN10: 3790811432
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-01-01
• Publisher: Physica Verlag

Summary

Contains papers presented at the conference on Analysis of Economic (micro)Data 1997 (CAED97), designed to show the main research areas that are being developed in order to compare economic situation internationally. Softcover.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Enterprise Groups
Exploring the Role of Acquisition in the Performance of Firms: Is the "Firm" the Right Unit of Analysis?	p. 1
The Role of French and Foreign Enterprise Groups in the French Productive System Internationalization	p. 25
Enterprise Group: The French Methodology and Results	p. 59
Integration of Information in Enterprise Groups	p. 69
Myths and Realities about Employment and SMES in France: The Role of Enterprise Groups (1984-1992)	p. 81
International Comparison
International Comparability and Quality of Statistics	p. 125
Sample Dependence: Theoretical Aspects and Illustrations	p. 157
The Role of Technology in Manufacturing Employment and Productivity Growth: A Cross Country Micro Data Analysis of Japan and the United States	p. 179
Quality Indicators for Statistical Surveys	p. 205
Efficiency, Productivity, Innovation and other Factors
Dynamic Labour Demand Model for Heterogeneous Panels	p. 213
Productivity and Specificity in Factor Inputs	p. 241
Is Maximal Efficiency Necessarily Optimal for Firms? A Panel Data Analysis of Firms Technical Efficiency within an Efficiency Wage Framework	p. 263
Productivity, Competition, Financial Pressure and Corporate Governance - some Empirical Evidence	p. 279
Changing Nature of Japanese Firm?: Technology Adoption, Organizational Structure and Human Resource Strategy	p. 297
Parametric Estimation of Technical and Allocative Efficiencies and Productivity Changes: A Case Study	p. 319
Efficiency of the Italian Banking Sector Via a Parametric Approach	p. 349
Analysis of Effects of Reconstructed Business Units on Employment and Productivity. Longitudinal Study using Synthetic Units of Finnish Manufacturing	p. 373
Factors of Performance by Plant Generations. Some Findings from Finland	p. 391
Efficiency and Optimal Size Estimation with Panel Data: The Case of Business Service and Building Sector in Italy	p. 425
Information Content of Balance Sheets for Quantitative Analysis of Industrial Districts	p. 441
Efficiency and Localisation: The Case of Italian Districts	p. 457
Groups, SME, and Territories: A Statistical Typology of the Local Industrial Structures in France	p. 487
Econometric Issues in the Analysis of Linked Worker-Employer Surveys	p. 509
Dynamics of Italian Industrial Firms: Microeconomic Analysis of Performance and Labour Demand from 1989 to 1994	p. 541
The Influence of Adjustment Costs on Labour Adjustment: An Analysis using Panel Data for Manufacturing Establishments in Lower Saxony	p. 571
Companies and Local Units: The Employment Trends in France	p. 587
Rank, Stock, Order and Epidemic Effects in the Diffusion of New Technologies in Italian Manufacturing Industries	p. 599
Problems of Competitiveness Indicators	p. 623
Financing Constraints and Markups: Further Evidence Form Italian Firm Level Data	p. 645
Measuring the Duration of Italian Enterprises on the European Market (1997)	p. 661
Trend of the Tourist Flows in Italian Hotels: A Microeconomic Analysis during the Period 1990-95	p. 685
Assessing Slacks Through a Nested Radial Approach in an FDH Reference Technology	p. 705
Unobserved Revenues Estimation for Homogeneous Agricultural Firms: An Econometric Modelling Approach	p. 721
Task Force
Issues in Following Enterprises Through Time	p. 745
Authors List and Addresses	p. 769
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