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1. 16. Essays on Firm Turnover, Growth, and Investment Behavior in Ethiopian Manufacturing

   Författare :Mulu G Gebreeyesus; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; firm turnover; productivity; firm growth; investment; adjustment cost; irreversibility; manufacturing; Africa; Ethiopia.;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis analyses the dynamics and investment behavior of Ethiopian manufacturing firms in post-reform period using establishment level industrial census panel data from 1996 to 2003. Three related topics such as firm turnover and productivity differentials, determinants of firm growth, and the effect of adjustment cost and irreversibility on firm investment decisions are investigated empirically. LÄS MER

3. 17. Unseen job creators and firm growth barriers : the role of capital constraints and seniority rules

   Författare :Anders Bornhäll; Sven-Olov Daunfeldt; Niklas Rudholm; Dan Johansson; Marc Cowling; Örebro universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Firm growth; growth barriers; employment protection; institutions; capital constraints; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Complex Systems – Microdata Analysis;

   Sammanfattning : The topic of this thesis is to provide a deeper understanding of how the institutional framework affects firms’ hiring decisions.The first article focuses on a group of firms, called sleeping gazelles, that do not grow despite having high profits. LÄS MER

4. 18. A Tale of Two Concepts : Exploring the Relationship between Firm Performance and Multinationality

   Författare :Alice Schmuck; Katarina Lagerström; James Sallis; Mikael Hilmersson; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; multinationality; firm performance; paradigmatic bias; performance-multinationality relationship; resource-based view; prospect theory; internationalization process model; Business Studies; Företagsekonomi;

   Sammanfattning : Despite being a pivotal topic over the past 50 years, the benefits and costs of internationalization are not well understood. A substantial body of research in international business, strategy, and general management is devoted to understanding firm internationalization and its connection to a firm’s financial performance; however, results are inconclusive. LÄS MER

5. 19. Firm dynamics and competition in the electricity market

   Författare :Aili Tang; Lars Hultkrantz; Magnus Lodefalk; Niklas Jakobsson; Robert Lundmark; Örebro universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Firm growth; profitability; steady-state; market power; competition; Boone indicator;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of four independent essays that deal with the firm dynamics and competition in the electricity market. Specifically, it addresses two important facets of firm dynamics, namely, firm performance (growth and profitability) and the change in competition intensity that Swedish electricity firms face, brought by the process of deregulation in Swedish electricity market. LÄS MER

7. 20. Essays on Macroeconomics, Monetary Policy and Firm Heterogeneity

   Författare :Claire Thürwächter; Per Krusell; Timo Boppart; Mathias Klein; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Macroeconomics; Monetary Economics; Monetary Policy Transmission; Firm Heterogeneity; Investment Frictions; High-frequency Identification; Granular Instrumental Variable; Corporate Debt; Corporate Leverage; Economics; nationalekonomi;

   Sammanfattning : Firm Heterogeneity and Monetary Policy TransmissionThis paper studies sources of heterogeneity in the response of firm investment to monetary policy. I estimate firm-level semi-elasticities of investment to plausibly exogenous changes in interest rates for a comprehensive firm-level dataset for ten euro area countries. LÄS MER