Search for dissertations about: "firm-level"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 105 swedish dissertations containing the word firm-level.
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1. Impact of international competition on Swedish manufacturing : individual and firm-level evidence from the 1990s
Abstract : This thesis consists of four papers examining the impact of international competition on Swedish manufacturing and labor market during the 1990s. By using detailed individual and firm-level information I aim to investigate how increased exposure to international trade, in terms of both export orientation and import penetration, affects technology development, profitability and wage structure. READ MORE
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2. What Drives Exports? Empirical Evidence at the Firm Level
Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to the understand how firms engage in exporting, particularly in consideration of three aspects—product type, past trade experience, and investments in innovation activities. It consists of one introductory chapter and three independent papers relating to determinants of firms’ exporting. READ MORE
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3. Toward more inclusive labor markets : A firm-level perspective on hiring outsiders
Abstract : This thesis contains five self-contained papers on firms’ hiring decisions regarding outsiders and how these decisions interact with insiders. Outsiders are broadly defined as people with a weak labor market position, e.g., unemployed, non-Western migrants or minimum-wage workers. READ MORE
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4. The Internationalization of SMEs: An Interactive Perspective of Firm-Level Entrepreneurship and Network Structure
Abstract : The positive relationship of firm-level entrepreneurship and performance has received much attention in recent years and has become an attractive title in the entrepreneurship literature. This popularity encourages researchers to study the role played by the phenomenon on other organizational outputs such as internationalization. READ MORE
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5. Counter-cyclicality of the Firm-Level External Finance Premium" and "Firm-Level Product Demand Shocks and Balance Sheet Dynamics"
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