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Recovery and exit of zombie firms in Portugal [PDF]
Small Business Economics, 2021 AbstractThe resources sunk in zombie firms have risen over the last two decades, hampering productivity growth in developed economies. In this paper, we examine the recovery and exit of zombie firms among small- and medium-sized enterprises (SME), as well as the determinants of these transitions.
Carlos Carreira +2 more
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Zombie business strategies: The case of Ukraine
Entrepreneurial Business and Economics Review, 2021 Objective: The objective of the article is to study zombie business strategies in Ukrainian practice and present the influence of traditional and manipulative tools on business activity in conditions of weak institutional environment.
Pedro Pardal +2 more
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Non-Performing Loans and Macroeconomics Factors: The Italian Case
Risks, 2022 The purpose of this work is to investigate the influence of macroeconomics determinants on non-performing loans (NPLs) in the Italian banking system over the period 2008Q3–2020Q4.
Matteo Foglia
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The Chinese zombie firm: dilemma and resolution
Economic research - Ekonomska istraživanja, 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. This article extends a model to identify the characteristics of zombie firms in consideration of supply-side structural reform in China.
Angela C. Chao, Fred Y. Phillips
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Predicting zombie firms after the COVID-19 pandemic using explainable artificial intelligence [PDF]
Seonmul yeonguThis study examines various artificial intelligence (AI) models for predicting financially distressed firms with poor profitability (“Zombie firms”). In particular, we adopt the Explainable AI (“XAI”) approach to overcome the limitations of the previous ...
Dongwook Seo +2 more
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Productivity, Zombie Firms and Exit Barriers in Portugal [PDF]
International 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
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Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.Radiation‐induced hypothyroidism follows head and neck radiotherapy due to oxidative stress and inflammation. Electrospun polycaprolactone scaffolds containing adenosine have potential to modulate thyroid repair. Scaffolds enhance thyrocyte proliferation, antioxidant enzymes glutathione peroxidase and catalase, reduce senescence and apoptosis markers ...
Maria Heim +5 more
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How do zombie firms affect labor mobility: city-level empirical evidence from China
Humanities & Social Sciences CommunicationsZombie firms hinder the healthy development of the economy and society and may also affect labor mobility. Using microdata from the 2000–2015 population censuses and the Chinese industrial enterprises database from 1998 to 2013, this paper empirically ...
Lei Sheng, Xi Zhang, Na Hong
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Lead Halide Perovskite Photoelectrocatalysis
Advanced Materials, EarlyView.Lead halide perovskite semiconductors have emerged as highly promising materials for solar fuel and chemical synthesis. This perspective discusses advances made in the rational photoelectrode design to improve solar‐to‐chemical conversion, product scope, and scalability.
Virgil Andrei
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PET Imaging of Cardiac Inflammation in Viral Myocarditis Using a DPP4‐Targeted Probe
Advanced Science, EarlyView.This study describes a DPP4‐targeted PET probe for imaging myocardial inflammation by selectively targeting activated immune cells. Derived from the clinically approved small‐molecule inhibitor linagliptin, the probe demonstrates favorable biodistribution with specific cardiac uptake in myocarditis.
Wanhao Gao +14 more
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