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Rice seed market concentration in Brazil. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
The market share and the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI) werecalculated for the potential market of registered rice varieties from January 01, 1998 until July 05, 2012 and real market (rice varieties adopted by farmers).
ASSUNÇÃO, P. E. V., WANDER, A. E.
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Sports CEOs and Corporate Innovation

open access: yesEuropean Financial Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using a hand‐collected data set, we find that firms led by CEOs who were student‐athletes in college exhibit significantly superior innovation outcomes, as measured by patent numbers, citation counts, and the economic value of patents. Evidence from CEO turnover analysis supports a CEO imprinting interpretation.
Jaideep Chowdhury   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Measurement of market (industry) concentration based on value validity

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2022
As measures of concentration, especially for market (industry) concentration based on market shares, a variety of different measures or indices have been proposed.
Tarald O. Kvålseth
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Do Major Customers Affect Firms' Environmental, Social and Governance Activities?

open access: yesEuropean Financial Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We examine the role of major customers in shaping firms' environmental, social and governance (ESG) practices. We find that firms with major customer relationships undertake fewer ESG activities compared to those without such ties. The association is attenuated when institutional ownership is high, firms are less diversified, customers exhibit
Feng Dong   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A multi-aspect decision-making approach, for regional developments based on Hungarian natural-healing factors

open access: yesBulletin of Geography. Socio-Economic Series
The study aims to support the development of a modern, scientifically grounded, and practically applicable decision-preparation system designed for managerial use in the decision-making processes related to regional development based on natural-healing ...
Zoltán Szabó   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Rethinking Liquidity in Nonprofit Organizations: The Dual Role of Excess Cash in Explaining Financial Vulnerability

open access: yesFinancial Accountability &Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the dual impact of excess cash holdings on the financial vulnerability of nonprofit organizations (NPOs) through an integrative framework that combines insights from the behavioral theory of the firm and agency theory. From a behavioral perspective, excess liquid assets represent unabsorbed organizational slack that can ...
Teresa Elvira‐Lorilla   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Efficiency potential and determinants of efficiency: An analysis of the care of elderly sector in Norway [PDF]

open access: yes
The paper provides an analysis of efficiency in the care for the elderly sector in Norway. In a first step we perform DEA analysis to calculate the degree of efficiency in each municipality and the national level efficiency potential.
Lars-Erik Borge, Marianne Haraldsvik
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Does Pay Transparency for Employees Affect Product Recalls?

open access: yesJournal of Business Finance &Accounting, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Pay transparency can affect workers’ behavior and, consequently, firm outcomes. This study exploits the state‐level, staggered enactment of pay transparency laws to examine how pay transparency affects firms’ product recalls. We find that firms headquartered in pay‐transparency‐law states see an increase in product recalls.
Yangyang Chen   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Does Banking Competition Alleviate or Worsen Credit Constraints Faced by Small and Medium Enterprises? Evidence from China (Replaces CentER DP 2011-006) [PDF]

open access: yes
: Banking competition may enhance or hinder the financing of small and medium enterprises. Using a survey on the financing of such enterprises in China, combined with detailed bank branch information, we investigate how concentration in local banking ...
Chong, T.T.L., Lu, L., Ongena, S.
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