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Spatial and Temporal Concentration of Tourism Supply and Demand in Northern Portugal. Application of the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
The northern region of Portugal, in the last years, has experienced the enhancement of tourism demand, which may induce the emergence of an over tourism phenomenon in some particular subregions of the North of Portugal. This phenomenon may cause significant destruction of the living conditions of residents, landscapes, seascapes, air and water quality,
Paula Odete Fernandes   +5 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Retail sector concentration and price dynamics in the euro area: a regional analysis [PDF]

open access: yes
We conduct a regional analysis of the relationship between market concentration and price dynamics in the grocery retail sector, focusing on a sample of five categories of goods belonging to the 12 COICOP aggregation and on a panel of countries that ...
Concetta Rondinelli, Emanuela Ciapanna
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Institutional Diversity in Banking and Economic Complexity

open access: yesInternational Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In this paper, we test whether institutional diversity in banking systems is beneficial to economic complexity, using data for Italian provinces in the period 1998–2017. We compute different indexes that consider diversity from an ownership, institutional, business model and competition point of view and find that higher diversity has a ...
Beniamino Pisicoli
wiley   +1 more source

The Herfindahl-Hirschman Index as an official statistic of business concentration : challenges and solutions [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Thesis (PhD)--Stellenbosch University, 2012.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This dissertation examines the measurement of business concentration by the Herfindahl- Hirschman Index (HHI).
Djolov, George Georgiev
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How Does AI Empower Corporate ESG Practices? Mechanisms Based on Information Processing Theory

open access: yesInternational Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the context of the latest technological revolution and industrial transformation, Artificial Intelligence (AI) provides new impetus for the development of corporate ESG practices. This study, based on data from 2630 A‐share listed companies in China from 2010 to 2022, examines the impact of AI on corporate ESG performance and its mechanisms
Qin Zhu, Shanshan Jiang, Anna Min Du
wiley   +1 more source

Contestability of Container Liner Shipping Market in Alliance Era

open access: yesAsian Journal of Shipping and Logistics, 2017
A cross section panel model is applied to estimate the effect that the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI) has on container freight rates for a sample of six major container liner shipping routes during 2009 to 2011.
Enna Hirata
doaj   +1 more source

A decomposição do índice de Hirschman-Herfindahl

open access: yes, 1982
Firstly, a relation between the coeficient of variation and the Hirschman-Herfindahl index of concentration of an industry is deduced. Then, assuming that the firms in the industry are distributed in K groups, it is shown that the Hirschman-Herfindahl ...
Hoffmann, Rodolfo
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From Empire to Aid: Analysing Persistence of Colonial Legacies in Foreign Aid to Africa

open access: yesJournal of International Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT For decades now, Western development agencies and donors have been castigated for their colonial biases in providing aid to Africa. It is well established that donors provide considerably more foreign aid to their former colonies relative to other countries.
Swetha Ramachandran
wiley   +1 more source

Toward Faster Recalls of Dangerous Medical Devices: Does Ownership by Large Institutional Investors Matter?

open access: yesJournal of Operations Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Recall delays expose consumers to prolonged risk and undermine a firm's long‐term performance and reputation. Building on agency theory's conceptualization of principal‐agent relationships, we theorize that large institutional investors play an important monitoring role wherein their ownership encourages faster recalls. We then build on agency
Jessica L. Darby   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Company town socio-economic transformation: concentration and factors system

open access: yesSHS Web of Conferences, 2016
In the article the authors suggest evaluating the level of diversification using Herfindahl-Hirschman index that reflects the economic activity concentration within the certain timespan.
Antonova Irine S.   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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