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Did the COVID-19 pandemic zombify the economy? A look at zombie firms [PDF]

open access: yesEconomic and Social Reports
Zombie firms are businesses that persistently perform poorly over time without exiting, and their prevalence has been rising over time across many advanced economies. They negatively impact economic growth as they tend to be unproductive and compete with
Alexander Amundsen   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Productivity, Zombie Firms and Exit Barriers in Portugal [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Productivity Monitor, 2020
Productivity growth is slowing in OECD countries, coupled with increased mis-allocation of resources. A recent strand of literature focuses on the role of non-viable firms "zombie firms" to explain these developments.
Christian Osterhold, Fontoura Gouveia
doaj   +1 more source

The Chinese zombie firm: dilemma and resolution [PDF]

open access: yes, 2023
The problems of over-capacity of zombie firms in China have attracted much attention. However, little is known theoretically, and even less empirically, about the boundaries and causes of zombie enterprises.
Phillips, Fred Y.   +3 more
core   +1 more source

House Banks in Out-of-court Reorganization: Evidence from Austria

open access: yesThe Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance, 2020
The main purpose of this article is to study the role of house banks in out-of-court reorganization. Banks are traditionally one of the most important financial resources for firms.
Stefan Mayr   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bank financial technology and the governance of zombie firms

open access: yesChina Journal of Accounting Research
This study empirically examines how bank financial technology (FinTech) affects the governance of zombie firms, using data from China’s A-share listed companies from 2007 to 2023.
Weimin Xie   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Giving zombie firms a second chance: An assessment of the reform of the Portuguese insolvency framework

open access: yes, 2022
In most advanced economies productivity growth has been hampered by barriers that allow zombie firms to survive. We examine the effectiveness of institutional reforms in Portugal that were aimed to improve efficiency in insolvency framework.
Nieto Carrillo, Ernesto   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

Intrasplenic Thymus Organogenesis from Injectable Tissue Fragments Restores Functional T‐Cell Immunity

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
Clinical intramuscular thymus transplantation yields only short‐lived efficacy and marginal therapeutic benefits. Benefiting from the spleen's intrinsic strengths—rapid vascular perfusion, abundant developmental factors, and resident progenitors—the intrasplenic thymic grafts achieve robust thymic regeneration and substantial T‐cell reconstitution ...
Shaocong Wang   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fear the Walking Dead? Incidence and Effects of Zombie Firms in Europe [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
One explanation for the observed lack of economic dynamism in Europe is that so-called zombie firms are spreading and that they crowd out the growth of other, potentially more “lively”, companies.
HARASZTOSI Peter   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Zombie firms and capital market consequences: evidence on stock price synchronicity and crash risk in India

open access: yesCogent Economics & Finance
This article investigates whether zombie firms among non-financial listed Indian firms are related to lower stock price synchronicity and higher crash risk for the period of 2011–2023.
S. Yesaswi Dora, Ajay Kumar Mishra
doaj   +1 more source

Targeting the NR1D1–IGF2BP2–V‐ATPase Axis With Hybrid Nanovesicles Restores Macrophage Rhythms to Reverse Sepsis‐Induced Immunosuppression

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
Sepsis disrupts immune‐cell rhythms and weakens bacterial clearance. Biomimetic nanovesicles combining erythrocyte and inflammation‐activated macrophage membranes deliver siNR1D1 to dysfunctional macrophages, restoring the NR1D1–IGF2BP2–V‐ATPase pathway, circadian regulation, phagolysosomal acidification, and antimicrobial defense.
Lang Chen   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

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