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Abusharbeh, Mohammed, Husni Samara, and Noor Aldeen Al-Alawnh. "Does board structure matter firm’s value? The Jordanian evidence." Problems and Perspectives in Management 21, no. 2 (June 21, 2023): 567–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.21511/ppm.21(2).2023.52.

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This study aims to examine the impact of board structure on firms’ value in Jordan. Panel regression estimates were used to analyze the data collected from forty-four non-financial firms that listed on the Amman Stock Exchange for the period 2010–2021. Random effects model was applied using a dependent variable (Tobin’s Q), four independent variables (board size, independent directors, female directors, and CEO duality), and four control variables (firm size, age, leverage, and liquidity). The result provides ample evidence that CEO duality exerts a direct positive effect on firm value in Jordan. However, none of the independent variables used has a significant impact on firm value, conflicting with agency and resources dependence theories. Firms value is significantly influenced only by two control variables, i.e., a positive impact of firm size and leverage at the 5% significance level. The results indicate the imperfection of corporate governance compliance by Jordanian listed firms in the area of ensuring maximum firm value. These results could be helpful to the policymakers in Jordanian listed firms to enhance their leadership qualities and satisfy CEO desires to avoid agency conflict.
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Masood, Omar, Bora Aktan, Seref Turen, Kiran Javaria, and Mohamed Sayed Abou ElSeoud. "Which resources matter the most to firm performance? An experimental study on Malaysian listed firms." Problems and Perspectives in Management 15, no. 2 (June 7, 2017): 74–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.21511/ppm.15(2).2017.07.

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This study investigates the impact of various resources, specifically both tangible and intangible ones, together with capabilities of Malaysian listed firms, on their performance. This empirical study attempts to enrich the understanding of the resources-performance relationship, which is one of a business process within the firm, as well as filling the gaps in present knowledge. Firms, which are not able to develop and sustain their performance, are associated with the vulnerability and adverse performance result, especially during various periods of economic crisis (three sub-periods of major shocks, i.e., The Volcker Shock (Commodities Shock) of early 1980s, Asian Financial Crisis of the late 1990s, and the Global Financial Meltdown of 2008). Hence, this research intends to explore which resources matter the most to firm profitability and its success. Drawing upon the combination of Donabedian’s structure process outcome and resource-based theories of the firm a conceptual framework is developed. Data for the study were collected from a sample of 250 publicly traded companies listed on Bursa Malaysia (MYX). In order to achieve the objective and response to the study question, partial least square and regression analysis are applied. Findings indicate that tangible resources have no impact, while intangible resources have positive and significant impact on firm performance. In addition, results show that efficient allocation of intangible resources is crucial to achieving good performance.
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f, f., g. g, and f. f. "ESG Performance of Chinese Manufacturing Firms: Does State Ownership Matter?" Korea International Trade Research Institute 19, no. 5 (October 31, 2023): 55–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.16980/jitc.19.5.202310.55.

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Purpose - This research aimed to delve into the intricate relationship between government ownership and the corporate sustainability of firms operating within emerging economies, with a particular focus on several key firm-level characteristics such as international experience, the foreign backgrounds of top management teams, and capacity in research and development (R&D). By examining these attributes, the research sought to provide insights into the pivotal role that ownership type plays in shaping the sustainable performance of firms in emerging markets. Design/Methodology/Approach - This study empirically investigated Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) performance and firm-level characteristics of Chinese listed manufacturing firms from 2010 to 2018. Findings - The empirical results showed that government ownership had a significant positive impact on the ESG performance of emerging-market firms, and that the international experience of the firms as well as top manager overseas experience further strengthened this relationship, whereas their inputs in R&D showed no significant influence. Research Implications - This paper examined the impact of government ownership identity on firm sustainability outcomes. Our findings reveal significant distinctions in ESG performance between state-owned and privately-owned firms. This study contributes to corporate sustainability literature by investigating the influence of organizational ownership identity and firm-specific heterogeneity on ESG outcome within the emerging economy context.
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Mansour, Marwan, Mo’taz Kamel Al Zobi, Ahmad Al-Naimi, and Luay Daoud. "The connection between Capital structure and performance: Does firm size matter?" Investment Management and Financial Innovations 20, no. 1 (February 23, 2023): 195–206. http://dx.doi.org/10.21511/imfi.20(1).2023.17.

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The purpose of this paper is to empirically investigate the impact of capital structure decisions on firm performance in Jordan (2010–2018), as well as the extent to which firm size matters in the capital structure-performance relationship. The dependent variable was market share. The main independent variables were the book value of total debt ratios, and firm-specific factors such as firm size, firm age, firm growth, and market-to-book value of equity served as control variables. This study used a quantitative research method using panel data analysis of 830 firm-year observations. Random effects model was employed to analyze the capital structure-performance nexus. To infer correctly, the main analysis was re-examined using the generalized method of moment estimator to overcome possible endogeneity concerns. After controlling for endogeneity and firm heterogeneity, this study finds that the book value of capital structure has a significantly positive relation to a firm’s market share. Hence, every one unit increase in the book value of total debt ratios will increase market share by 4.77%. The firm size, sales growth, and market-to-book value of equity had a significantly positive association with market share. Hence, every one unit increase in firm size, growth and market-to-book equity ratio will increase a firm’s market share by 8.84%, 2.06%, and 2.15%, respectively, but surprisingly, firm age did not meaningfully contribute to operating performance. Another important finding was that the strength of a positive relationship between the book value of total debt ratios and market share depends on the size of a firm and is mostly higher for larger-sized firms. Hence, every one unit increased in the book value of total debt ratios for large firms will increase market share by 10.58%.
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Du, Hui, and Wei Jiang. "Do Social Media Matter? Initial Empirical Evidence." Journal of Information Systems 29, no. 2 (December 1, 2014): 51–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.2308/isys-50995.

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ABSTRACT This paper examines the association between firm performance and social media. Based on a sample of S&P 1500 firms, the study finds that firms with a social media presence are more highly valued by the market and have higher future financial performance. Further analysis indicates that the impact of social media on firm performance varies depending on the social media platform involved. Finally, using a restricted sample of Global 100 firms, the study finds some evidence that a higher level of social media engagement is associated with higher firm performance. Overall, these findings provide consistent evidence of the positive impact of social media technologies on firm performance. Data Availability: All data are available from public sources.
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Rauf, Rashid, Abdul Rashid, Muhammad Imran, and Muhammad Abdullah. "Volatility and Firm Growth: Do Firm Size and Age Matter?" Journal of Applied Economics and Business Studies 7, no. 3 (September 30, 2023): 1–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.34260/jaebs.731.

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The impact of different types of volatility on the growth of Pakistani-listed non-financial firms is examined by using annual unbalanced panel data over the period 1988–2017. The differential effects of volatility conditional on firm size and age are also explored. The results indicate that the influence of firm volatility on firm growth is positive for small firms and negative for medium, large, young, and mature firms. The impact of market volatility is positive (negative) for small, young, and mature (large) firms. Industrial volatility has a negative impact on mature firms’ growth, but the impact on young, small, medium, and large firms is positive. Finally, the results indicate that the impact of macroeconomic volatility is positive for small firms but negative for large, young, and mature firms.
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Chang, Bau-Jung, and Yu-Pin Chen. "How Do Groups Matter?" International Journal of Strategic Decision Sciences 5, no. 3 (July 2014): 47–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijsds.2014070103.

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The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between competitive responses and performance, subject to environmental dynamism and strategic action types, to understand competitive responses under moderating effects. This study employed a structured content analysis of coding data from multiple sources and collected competitive actions and responses for the period between 1999 and 2011 in the Taiwanese banking industry. The results show that response likelihood, response imitation and response speed are positively associated with firm performance and that environmental dynamism weakens the relationships among firm performance, response likelihood and response speed. Furthermore, the intensity of strategic action strengthens the relationship between response imitation and firm performance. This study first investigates the roles of environmental dynamism and action types on the relationship between competitive response characteristics and firm performance. This study considers not only the impact of individual firms' responses on their performance but also the impact of collective actions taken by other firms, thus providing new insights in competitive dynamics research.
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Nie, Yu, John Talburt, Serhan Dagtas, and Taiwen Feng. "The influence of chief data officer presence on firm performance: does firm size matter?" Industrial Management & Data Systems 119, no. 3 (April 8, 2019): 495–520. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/imds-03-2018-0101.

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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between the chief data officer’s (CDO) presence and firm performance, and the moderating effect of firm size.Design/methodology/approachThe performance data for 64 treatment firms with CDOs and 64 control firms without CDOs is collected from Compustat database. The Wilcoxon signed-rank test is used to analyze the performance differences between treatment firms and control firms. Hierarchical regression method is used to test the moderating effect of firm size.FindingsThe results indicate that the profit ratios of treatment firms are significantly improved after the appointment of CDOs, and the profit ratios of treatment firms are significantly higher than that of the control firms. For the cost ratios, the findings provide some empirical evidence revealing two of the cost ratios are lower and only one ratio is higher for the treatment firms after CDOs’ appointment. Firm size moderates the relationship between the CDO’s presence and firm performance indicator, ROS, in the same direction. Firm size has no moderating effect on relationships between CDO’s presence and other performance indicators.Practical implicationsThe findings provide practical insights that will help managers to realize the importance of CDOs and their work. CDOs would bring some cost to the firms, but they would bring more profit to firms. In addition, if for large firms, the CDO’s presence would bring more ROS.Originality/valueThe study explores the relationship between the CDO’s presence and firm performance. It is the first attempt to explore the CDO’s presence and the cost performance in the specific time period, and the study is also the first attempt to analyze the moderating effect of the firm size on the relationship between the CDO’s presence and firm performance.
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Yuli Soesetio, Dyah Arini Rudiningtyas, and Aulia Claraning Sukmawati. "Factors Affecting Firm Performance: Does Corporate Governance Implementation Matter?" Adpebi International Journal of Multidisciplinary Sciences 2, no. 1 (January 29, 2023): 1–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.54099/aijms.v2i1.487.

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Purpose – This study aims to investigate the impact of corporate governance implementation on the dynamics of firm performance in the non-financial sector firms listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX). Methodology/approach – This study uses secondary data from the financial statements of non-financial sector firms, between 2010 and 2018. The number of samples that met the established criteria was 88 firms, which were further analyzed using panel regression analysis common effect model. Findings – This study concludes that the implementation of corporate governance (board meeting and board size) in the non-financial sector, has a positive impact on firm performance. Low frequency of board meetings will worsen firm performance, whereas a high frequency of board meetings can improve company performance. In addition, financial information (i.e., leverage, sales growth, and asset turnover), and firm size has a significant impact on firm performance. Novelty/value – This study contributes to providing more general and robust conclusion regarding the effect of implementing corporate governance mechanisms on firm performance listed on IDX, especially in non-financial sector.
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Untoro, Wisnu, and Reza Rahardian. "Firm size and diversification strategies: Does labor intensity matter?" Corporate Ownership and Control 12, no. 4 (2015): 327–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.22495/cocv12i4c2p8.

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This paper examines the impact of firm size on business and international diversification strategies. Using a novel dataset, we study 294 Indonesian publicly traded firms in a cross-section research. Controlling for past performance, firm age and industry dummies, we do find, as we expect, that large firms tend to diversify their business as well as their geographic segments. We also extend this study by looking at the moderating role of labor intensity in the impact of firm size on diversification strategies. Our results show that large firms could broaden their geographic area of sales more easily when they do not face labor constraint. Less labor intensive firms could be more flexible to bring their business into a wider coverage.
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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Matfer (Firm)"

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Helland, Emma, and Mimmie Almroos. "Kroppen i film & animation." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Institutionen för teknik och estetik, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-15143.

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Abstrakt Detta är ett arbete med fokus på kroppen, kroppen i vår verkliga värld. Hur kroppen rör sig i förhållande till hur den ser ut och hur kroppen rör sig i film och animation. Undersökningen syftar till att närmare se hur större företag har använt sig av kroppen i skapande av animationer och filmer. Undersökningen visar jämförelsen mellan hur företag har använt sig av kroppen för att skapa känslor och uttryck samt hur de använt sig av rörelser. Med hjälp av detta skapas det en gestaltning bestående av animationer och filmat material där kroppen är i fokus. Begrepp som matter matters (Barad. 2007) och mimesis (Olofsson. Olsson. Sörbom. u.å) hjälper oss att urskilja vilka små detaljer som gör skillnad och som har betydelse för att efterlikna det som ögat ser av kroppen i verkliga livet. Olika metoder för analys används för att analysera och granska filmer för att ta reda på hur skaparna använt sig av kroppen för att sedan föra det vidare i gestaltandet. Vid redigering har man använt metoder för att jämföra animationer genom att placera dem på eller bredvid varandra. Begreppen har hjälpts åt att skapa det vi skapat och deras betydelse av helheten. En avslutande del som diskuterar och sammanfattar vad undersökningen kommit fram till och vad gestaltningen blivit. Vad forskningen har betytt under undersökningen och vad som har använts och inte använts. Nyckelord: Accountability, mimesis, situated kunskap, matter matters.
Abstract This is a work with focus on the body, the body in our reality and how it moves compared to how it looks and moves in animation and film. An examination which have been done, focusing on bigger companies and how they have used the body in their animations and films. It also compares these companies and how they used the body to create feelings, expressions and how they have used movement. This will lead to a design with the body in focus consisting of some animations and video clips. Words like matter matters (Barad. 2007) and mimesis (Olofsson. Olsson. Sörbom. u.å) to see what details that make a difference, importance and to mimic what the eye sees of the body in reality. With help of using analysing methods to review films to see what the creators used of the body to later on use it to advantage in our own design. With some help from methods that tries out and compare animations and filmed materials, putting them together, beside each other and on top on each other. How words have helped us to create what we have created and their meaning of it all. An ending part that discuss and summarize what the examination have come to and what the design turned into. What the research meant during the examination and what has been used and not been used. Keywords: Accountability, mimesis, situated knowledge, matter matters.
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Bjuggren, Carl Magnus. "Family Matters : Essays on Family Firms and Employment Protection." Doctoral thesis, Linköpings universitet, Nationalekonomi, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-100156.

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This thesis is a study of firm dynamics, family ownership, and employment protection. It addresses the implications of employment protection on firm productivity and how family owned firms react differently with regard to economic shocks. It also investigates whether family ownership matters for the probability of exhibiting high growth. By using a novel data identification strategy, family ownership is identified in full population register data. The thesis also highlights some important caveats in the official statistics on self-employment.
Denna avhandling behandlar företagsdynamik, familjeägande och anställningsskydd. I avhandlingen analyseras anställningsskyddet och hur det påverkar företagens produktivitet, samt hur familjeägda företag reagerar på chocker inom industrin. I avhandlingen analyseras också hur familjeägande påverkar sannolikheten för ett företag att uppnå en hög tillväxttakt. Genom att kombinera olika statistikkällor kan samtliga familjeföretag i den den svenska företagspopulationen identifieras. Avhandlingen belyser också några av de problem som finns i den officiella statistiken över egenföretagare.
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Lindström, Anna, and Johanna Svensson. "Top Management Compensation and Firm Performance : A matter of context?" Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Företagsekonomiska institutionen, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-298209.

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During the past decades, CEO and board compensation has increased substantially. Top management compensation and firm performance has been an extensively researched subject, and a large amount of previous studies have examined the relation of top management pay and firm performance. However, the findings and discussions have been contradictory and inconsistent. The purpose of this thesis is to examine if there is a relationship between the top management variable compensation and firm performance. We aim to explore this subject in further depth by focusing on the Swedish context and by studying if contextual issues, in terms of different industries, have an impact on this relation. In order to examine this relation multiple regression analysis were performed. The empirical evidence displays that on a general level, incentive systems of the top management have no significant effect on firm performance. We also conclude that the relation of variable pay and performance is contingent on industry. We therefore argue that the context in which the firm operates has an impact on the investigated relation in this thesis. Furthermore, the Swedish context and the Swedish governance model can be considered as one of the main explanations of the attained result.
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Kelf, Timothy Andrew. "Light-matter interactions on nano-structured metallic film." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2006. https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/373815/.

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This thesis describes a study into the optical properties of nano-structured metallic films. Structures are produced by electrochemically depositing metal through a self-assembled template of polymer micro-spheres. This versatile technique allows nano-structured surface made from almost any metal to be produced quickly and cheaply. Geometries ranging from array of shallow dishes, to sharp metallic spikes and encapsulated spherical cavities can all be produced on the same sample. This thesis presents an in-depth study into the properties delocalised and localised surface plasmon polaritons. These plasmons can be tuned in energy by controlling the sample geometry and angle of the incident light. The coupling between these two types of plasmon is also investigated and theories are put forward to understand the observed results. These findings could prove useful in the design of plasmon guiding and computing devices. With an understanding into the plasmonic properties of the metallic nanostructures, research is undertaken to explore how the associate local electric field couples to molecules adsorbed onto a samples surface. A strong correlation between surface plasmons and enhanced Raman scattering is found, leading the observation of the beaming of the Raman scattered light. The nano-structured substrates are also shown to have excellent reproducibility as well as enhancement of the Raman signals, leading to applications such as high sensitivity molecular sensors. Finally, the interaction between organic semiconductor molecules and surface plasmons is explored. A strong interaction between the different states is found and plasmon enhanced fluorescence is also observed. These studies open the way for greater control over the exciton states, which have potential for the use in novel laser systems.
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Raghubeer, Sandhia. "Firm Financial Performance in The Global 1000: Does Human Capital Effectiveness Matter?" Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/29286.

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Organisations worldwide spend a substantial proportion of revenue on salaries and benefits (compensation) as an investment in employees who are regarded as human capital. The justification behind this investment is the theoretical assertion that investments in human capital predict financial performance but empirical support for this relationship is limited. The present study contributes to the extant literature by examining the relationship between human capital effectiveness (HCE) and financial performance. A further contribution of the research is to consider alternative criteria of financial performance as findings may be dependent on operationalisation of the criterion. The relationships we tested were between Human Capital Return on Investment (HCROI) and (1) Return on Assets and (2) Return on Equity. Drawing on the Resource Based View theory, we conducted a study using 10 years of data from a sample that comprised the Global 1000 (highest revenue, listed firms domiciled across 45 countries). We used a retrospective correlational study. Spearman Correlation (rs) analysis revealed significant effects for the relationships we investigated in all years. Moreover, meta-analysis showed these effects to be significant on average across the 10 years, showing moderate strength and relative stability. A corollary of the study is that we established global benchmarks for HCROI and provided the first empirical evidence that supports a positive relationship between HCE and financial performance. These findings may be useful to investors who seek possible indicators of expected financial performance from HCE. In doing so, the study suggests we should expand financial reporting to include HCE indicators. Implications of findings and study limitations are noted.
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Clark, Muntean Susan. "A political theory of the firm why ownership matters /." Diss., [La Jolla] : University of California, San Diego, 2009. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ucsd/fullcit?p3355888.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, San Diego, 2009.
Title from first page of PDF file (viewed July 2, 2009). Available via ProQuest Digital Dissertations. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-166).
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Schroer, Kerstin. "Film matters : historical and material considerations of colour, movement and sound in film." Thesis, University of Westminster, 2016. https://westminsterresearch.westminster.ac.uk/item/q14q8/film-matters-historical-and-material-considerations-of-colour-movement-and-sound-in-film.

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The narratives presented in most film histories seem to ignore the essential material components of analogue film stock. Film matters focuses on material components of the film image – specifically colour, movement and sound – with the aim of telling a material history in a contemporary, ‘post-digital’ environment. The aim of this history is to show how film as a material has participated in the building of social and political realities that are still at work today. My practice-led research results in two videos on colour and a 16 mm film on movement and sound. In these works I practice alternative ways of history writing and telling that may not be written, but which leave their sediments in the materialities and projections of film. My research is embedded in a historical framework, but at the same time reflects upon the actuality of the political history of film. History and memory images are disassembled into their components in order to make visible that which the image does not show, but of which it is made. Setting out from this methodology, in Chapter 1 I research the representational and constitutional participation of these material components in film’s different temporalities. Through a close reading of several seminal films and moving image works I focus on the interplay between film, time and certain contexts of social and political structures, in order to understand how these are constructed along with material history. Chapter 2 explores movement, rhythm and physicality in the materiality of film. Setting out from the experimental set-up of the film Fugue (2015), the chapter analyses the relationship between physicality(of a body) and materiality (of the film) founded on movement. I claim that movement on film and movement of film produce involuntary side products, which become readable in film through dance-like movements and rhythms. I discover micromovements and habit-formation in both the movement of the film and the movement of the body and seek to read their political and transformative potential in situations in which they were joined, or when transitions from one to the other took place. In Chapter 3 I analyse the role of colour within film history and collective memory. Colour, as a chemical component of the film emulsion, has a temporal permanence, seeping into the grounds and bodies as chemicality, as toxic substance. Colour as a transtemporal figure is elaborated in the video Red, she said (2011), which focuses on Technicolor, looking at the colonising power of colour film by characterising the film emulsion as an autonomous actor within the rules and boundaries of cinematic space. The research into colour continues with Rainbow’s Gravity (2014) – a cinematic study of the production, use and employment of colour in the Nazi period and the politics of memory it entails. I found that in many historical cases colour can take on an active role in processes of memorisation. The thesis concludes in a reflection on the practice of working with a negative approach. In my search for forms of resistance within the moving image that interrupt constant reproductions of power and its representations, I detect the necessity of working with negativity in a processual way.
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Qiu, Yan. "Does corporate environmental and social responsibility matter for firm performance in the UK?" Thesis, University of Exeter, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10871/13708.

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In this thesis first, I investigate the link between firms’ environmental and social disclosures (ESD) and their profitability, as well as establish the direction of causality between the two. Second, I examine the association between ESD with firms’ market value, employee productivity and carbon eco-efficiency respectively. Finally, I examine the relations among firms’  CSR  related  board attributes, CSR strategy and their environmental and social performance (ESP). The first empirical chapter shows that firms with higher profitability tend to provide more ESD, which is consistent with the accounting- and economics- based arguments that ESD involve a real as well as an opportunity cost that more profitable firms with higher slack resources are better able to afford. The results regarding market value analysis show that overall ESD, in particular social disclosures matter to investors. Investors appear to be placing higher values on firms seen to be behaving in a socially responsible manner. Presumably, more responsible behaviour in the social arena reflected in higher disclosure helps to mitigate the information asymmetry, and hence the perceived social risk of the firm. Investors thus place higher values on such firms. The evidence on the link between  firms’  ESD  and  their  ESP measures supports this explanation. Specifically, I find that more social (environmental) disclosure in prior year reflects better social (environmental) performance as captured by higher employee productivity (more carbon eco-efficiency) in the current year. The results of the final empirical chapter show that boards having certain CSR- conducive attributes, particularly independent directors, women directors, and directors with financial expertise on the audit committee, are more likely to develop a multi-pronged CSR strategy which in turn translates into superior environmental and social performance. Furthermore, I find that firms with better ESP tend to further strengthen their board CSR orientation. In other words, the analysis suggests the presence of a positive and cyclical link between CSR orientation, firm CSR strategy, and firm environmental and social performance.
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Ashrowan, Richard. "Alchemical catoptrics : light, matter and methodologies of transformation in moving image practice." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/31017.

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The transformation of matter and the reflection of light are at the heart of filmmaking and moving image practice, exemplified by Stan Brakhage’s assertion that “matter is still light. Light held in a bind.” Catoptrics is the use of optical devices, mirrors, crystals and lenses in the processes of focussing and directing light. Alchemy has a two thousand year history, commonly misunderstood as a form erroneous proto-chemistry in which people sought the Philosopher’s Stone to transmute base metals into gold. Alchemical catoptrics is the place where the disciplines of alchemy and catoptrics meet, encompassing an enquiry into the fundamental properties of matter and the possibilities for its transformation, bound up in range of pre-scientific belief systems and philosophies of light, matter and cosmogenesis. In conventional media histories, the historical antecedents of moving image practice are usually explored through the evolution of visual media technologies. Such an approach only deals with the superficial tools of moving image practice, binding itself up in the machinery of spectacle, while remaining silent on the deeper questions of humankind’s imaginative relationship with luminous matter. The practice of alchemical catoptrics was an experimental exploration of this relationship; between light, the phenomenal world, the deep structure of substance, imagination, belief and meaning. The current study offers a fresh historical perspective on what it means to experiment with the substance of light in a transformative, luminous, meaning-making capacity. It uncovers a language of transformation that speaks to the author's own practice, while offering new insights into the experimental methodologies, motives and practices of other moving image artists. The research discusses the 13th century light philosophy of Robert Grosseteste and its referencing by Stan Brakhage and Hollis Frampton, leading into an exploration of the methodologies of historical alchemical catoptrics, citing original document translations prepared for the purpose of the thesis. Using the examples of Man Ray (1890–1976) and Patrick Bokanowski (1943-present), the research then shows how alchemical catoptrical thinking can inform our interpretation of the practices of these two moving image artists. The thesis concludes with an examination of the alchemical-catoptrical ideas and methods used for the production of two of my recent film works: Speculum (2011-2014) and Catoptrica (2011-2013).
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Baumgardner, Thomas A. "Shape Matters." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2014. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/1903.

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An analysis of the production of the University of New Orleans thesis film, Shape Matters, a period film, written and directed by Thomas Baumgardner. The film is concerned with the practice of Phrenology and follows a nervous preacher who becomes entangled in the bizarre "science" and a local murder. This paper describes the director's experiences and details the challenges encountered, and lessons learned, from attempting to bring the project to fruition.
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Books on the topic "Matfer (Firm)"

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Mullainathan, Sendhil. Do firm boundaries matter? Cambridge, MA: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Economics, 2001.

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Haskel, Jonathan. Do other firms matter in oligopolies? London: Centre for EconomicPolicy Research, 1995.

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Mamingi, Nlandu. Firms' environmental performance: Does news matter ? Washington, D.C: World Bank, 2006.

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Haskel, Jonathan. Do other firms matter in oligopolies? London: London University, Queen Mary and Westfield College, Department of Economics, 1994.

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Pelham, Alfred M. Does market orientation matter for small firms? Cambridge, Mass: Marketing Science Institute, 1995.

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Trades Union Congress. Economic and Social Affairs Department. Size does matter: Small firms and enterprise. London: Trades Union Congress, Economic and Social Affairs Department, 1999.

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Pelham, Alfred M. Does market orientation matter for small firms? Cambridge, Mass: Marketing Science Institute, 1995.

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Beck, Thorsten. Financial and legal constraints to firm growth: Does size matter? Washington, D.C: World Bank, Development Research Group, Finance, 2002.

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Maksimovic, Vojislav. The industry life cycle, acquisitions and investment: Does firm organization matter? Cambridge, Mass: National Bureau of Economic Research, 2006.

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Allaby, Michael. Fire: The vital source of energy. New York, NY: Facts on File, 1993.

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Verschuur, Gerrit L. "“The Immortal Fire Within”." In Interstellar Matters, 15–32. New York, NY: Springer New York, 1989. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-4522-3_3.

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J. Oliver, John. "Managing Media Firms." In Media Management Matters, 59–74. New York, NY : Routledge, 2020.: Routledge, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780429265396-4.

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Symons, Xavier. "Conscience under fire." In Why Conscience Matters, 22–41. London: Routledge, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003247623-2.

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McKenzie, Richard B., and Dwight R. Lee. "An Economic Look at Incentives Within Firms." In Managing Through Incentives, 22–46. Oxford University PressNew York, NY, 1998. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195119015.003.0002.

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Abstract In Conventional Economic mscussmNs of how firms are managed, incentives are nowhere considered. This is the case because the “firm” is little more than a theoretical “black box” in which things happen some-what mysteriously. Economists typically acknowledge that the “firm” is the basic production unit, but little or nothing is said of why the firm ever came into existence or, for that matter, what the firm is. As a consequence, we are told little about why firms do what they do (and don’t do). There is nothing in conventional discussions that tells us about the role of real people in a firm.
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"Front Matter." In Fire Hazard and Fire Risk Assessment, FM1—FM7. ASTM International100 Barr Harbor Drive, PO Box C700, West Conshohocken, PA 19428-2959, 1992. http://dx.doi.org/10.1520/stp23782s.

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Take an up-to-date look at fire hazard and fire risk assessment techniques. 16 peer-reviewed papers represent fir broad categories: • Introduction to Fire Hazard and Fire Risk Assessment • Use of Fire Tests for Fire Hazard Assessment • Fire Hazard Assessment • Fire Risk Assessment • Fire Risk Assessment and Building Codes. For fire protection engineers, R&D people associated with making fire safe materials or products, code officials, specifications engineers.
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Tekin, Hasan. "How Do Financial Constraints and Financial Crises Matter in Cash Management?" In Handbook of Research on Current Trends in Asian Economics, Business, and Administration, 228–48. IGI Global, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-8486-6.ch012.

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This chapter investigates how financial constraints and financial crises affect the cash policy of firms. Using a sample of 157,505 firm-years from 26 developing Asian economies from 1991 to 2016, firm fixed effects are employed to mitigate unobserved heterogeneity. Empirical findings show that financially constrained firms have higher cash than financially unconstrained firms, which is in line with the precautionary motive and transaction motive of cash. The picture changes with the rise of financial crises. While financially constrained firms have lower cash before the 1997-1998 Asian financial crisis, they increase their cash level more after the 2008-2009 global financial crisis. Overall, managers need to consider the exogenous shocks to enhance their liquidity management. Also, investors should consider the financial crises, firm size, firm constraint, and dividend payment status when determining when and where to invest.
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AL Nasser, Zahra. "The Effect of Internal Corporate Governance of the Firm’s Performance and Firm Value in Five GCC Countries." In Accounting and Finance Innovations. IntechOpen, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.99909.

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A critical glance at the literature review of GCC countries, firm performance and firm value shows that the literature does not adequately consider the uniqueness of an institutional setting such as the presence of royal family members and government officials’ members on the board. Additionally, noticeable features are not accounted for in the previous literature, such as a large involvement of relatives and the presence of a female on the board of directors. It is important to understand whether these variables matter or not in this region as this then influences the firm’s performance and firm value. Thus, this study focuses on the effect of internal CG of the firm’s performance and firm value in five GCC countries. The final sample consists of 220 firms (1,096 firm-year observations) for the fiscal year 2009 to 2013. The main finding is that there is a positive significant relationship is seen between expertise factors and firm performance. The expertise factor encompasses royal family members on the board as well as hiring one of the Big 4-auditing firms. This result is in line with a theoretical claim (agency theory), the research question expectation and empirical evidence.
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del Mar Miralles-Quiros, Maria, Jose Luis Miralles-Quiros, and Julio Daza-Izquierdo. "The Role of High-Tech Entrepreneurship on Regional Development." In Nascent Entrepreneurship and Successful New Venture Creation, 259–71. IGI Global, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-2936-1.ch012.

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In a globalized business environment characterized by the existence of mature sectors, it is essential to focus our attention on those firms with low entry barriers as well as high growth potential in order to design adequate regional development policies. In this context, we analyze firm growth in Brazilian technology-based companies over the 2002-2013 period testing the Law of Proportionate Effect which allows us to provide useful information for policy makers. This study confirms that firm growth is not a random process and, most importantly, we observe that there has been a positive and significant effect of more profitable firms on firm growth in years of global recession. Consequently, we highlight that public policies should be focused on small, profitable and less indebted firms of the technology-based sector because they would contribute to business dynamism and job creation.
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Ikpesu, Fredrick, Olusegun Vincent, and Olamitunji Dakare. "Financial Distress Overview, Determinants, and Sustainable Remedial Measures." In Corporate Governance Models and Applications in Developing Economies, 102–13. IGI Global, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-9607-3.ch006.

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The failure of top firms in the world who once represented the icon of their industries has renewed the interest of research scholars, practitioners, policymakers, and academics on the subject matter of financial distress. A firm is financially distressed when the operating cash flow is not sufficient for meeting the current obligation of the firm. It also involves a situation where the firm constantly experiences loss, breach loan contract, and find it difficult in honouring organisational commitment. This chapter is set out to synthesize the recent development in the topics of financial distress and corporate recovery. This chapter primarily focuses on financial distress, its determinants, and the way forward on how firms can recover from financial distress. The chapter also discussed the financial distress theories as well as sustainable remedial measures of financial distress. Finally, the chapter provides the concluding remarks and policy implications.
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Bos, Dieter. "Dividend Incomes and Optimal Privatization." In Privatization, 261–74. Oxford University PressOxford, 1991. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198283690.003.0014.

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Abstract In this chapter we concentrate on the income effects from privatization. Hence we now assume that consumers own shares of the private firms and will buy shares of the privatized firm at a price The government’s instruments are the issue price P and the shares 0h. Therefore, for the first time in our normative analysis, capital income effects matter, because the issue price P may be low and thus lead to considerably large incomes for the owners of the privatized firm. Moreover, the distribution of shares is, of course, of central distributional concern.
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Conference papers on the topic "Matfer (Firm)"

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SPIE, Proceedings of. "Front Matter: Volume 7995." In Seventh International Conference on Thin Film Physics and Applications, edited by Junhao Chu and Zhanshan Wang. SPIE, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.889047.

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Chaubey, Yogendra P. "FRONT MATTER." In Proceedings of Statistics 2011 Canada/IMST 2011-FIM XX. WORLD SCIENTIFIC, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/9789814417983_fmatter.

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SPIE, Proceedings of. "Front Matter: Volume 9068." In Eighth International Conference on Thin Film Physics and Applications (TFPA13), edited by Junhao Chu and Chunrui Wang. SPIE, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2041607.

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"Front Matter: Volume 11064." In Tenth International Conference on Thin Film Physics and Applications (TFPA 2019), edited by Junhao Chu and Jianda Shao. SPIE, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2542048.

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Agnese, Paolo, and Francesca Romana Arduino. "The composition of board committees in family firms: Does ownership matter?" In Corporate governance: Theory and practice. Virtus Interpress, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.22495/cgtapp1.

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Board committees perform many of the board of directors’ functions, making informed decisions within the framework of delegated authority and providing specific recommendations to the board on the matters in their domain. Their composition draws significant attention from shareholders, as they represent the locus where important decisions are formally taken. The aim of this research is to investigate the role of ownership in designing the board committees in family firms, especially considering the recent quest for sustainable corporate governance that requires sustainability expertise in the board of directors. The relative importance of family owners and institutional investors may be moderated by the presence of family members in the firm management.
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Jafarian, Mohsen, Yap Zi Yi, and Chong Carryn. "Impact of Covid-19 on the capital structure of publicly listed firm: Evidence from Malaysia." In APPLIED PHYSICS OF CONDENSED MATTER (APCOM2023). AIP Publishing, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0181806.

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Asefaw Berhe, Asmeret. "Soil organic matter dynamics post-fire." In Goldschmidt2021. France: European Association of Geochemistry, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.7185/gold2021.5009.

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Lamprou, Evangelos, and Nikos Antonopoulos. "Fake News, Crowdsourcing and Media Outlets in Greece: Is News Credibility a Matter of Professionalism?" In – The Asian Conference on Media, Communication & Film 2020. The International Academic Forum(IAFOR), 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.22492/issn.2186-5906.2021.10.

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Hatane, Saarce Elsye, Christine Olivia Angeline, Mayesa Wedysiage, and Vanesa Theresa Saputra. "Intellectual Capital Disclosure and Firm Value: Does Jokowi’s Era Matter?" In Proceedings of the International Conference on Tourism, Economics, Accounting, Management, and Social Science (TEAMS 2018). Paris, France: Atlantis Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/teams-18.2019.15.

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della Sala, Dario. "Applications of thin film semiconductors." In Fifth scientific conference on nuclear and condensed matter physics. AIP, 2000. http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1303338.

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Reports on the topic "Matfer (Firm)"

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Chong, Alberto E., and Mark Gradstein. Is the World Flat?: Or Do Countries Still Matter? Inter-American Development Bank, December 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0010888.

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This paper revisits the effects of a country`s institutional framework on individual firms` behavior, in particular focusing on their propensity to comply with legal rules. The theoretical model presented here suggests that these effects may be of paramount significance contrary to the recently popularized paradigm arguing that differences across countries have ceased to matter much. This paper`s empirical strategy consists of explaining the variation in measures of non-compliance with legal rules and employs a rich dataset based on thousands of firms from dozens of countries. We find that most of the variation emanates from country-wide differences in institutional quality, although some firm characteristics play a role as well. Our conclusion is that countries still matter in providing institutional infrastructure, which determines to a large extent the context within which firms operate.
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Volpe Martincus, Christian, and Jerónimo Carballo. Survival of New Exporters in Developing Countries: Does it Matter How They Diversify? Inter-American Development Bank, December 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0011058.

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Recent studies have shown that developing countries might have significantly better export performance if they were able to increase the duration of their trade relationships. Evidence on duration of these relationships at the firm level is virtually absent. In this paper, we aim at filling this gap in the literature by analyzing what determines export survival using firm-level data for the whole population of Peruvian new exporters over the period 2000-2006. In particular, we address one question: Does it matter how firms diversify? We find that geographical diversification increases the probability of survival in export markets more than product diversification.
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Chong, Alberto E., and Mark Gradstein. On the Determinants and Effects of Political Influence. Inter-American Development Bank, October 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0011285.

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This paper uses a large cross-country survey of business firms to assess their influence on government policies. It is found that influence is associated with larger, government-owned firms that have a high degree of ownership concentration. In contrast, foreign ownership matters little. It is also found that the extent to which government policies and legislation are viewed as impeding firm growth decreases with political influence and, independently, with a country's level of institutional quality.
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Ayres, João, and Gajendran Raveendranathan. Firm Entry and Exit during Recessions. Inter-American Development Bank, June 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0003356.

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We analyze shocks to productivity, collateral constraint (credit shock), firm operation, and labor disutility in a model of firm dynamics with entry and exit. Shocks to firm operation and labor disutility capture COVID-19 lockdowns. Compared to the productivity shock, the credit and the lockdown shocks generate larger changes in firm entry and exit. The credit shock accounts for lower entry, higher exit, and concentration of exit among young firms during the Great Recession. The lockdown shocks predict a large fall in entry and rise in exit followed by a sharp rebound. In both recessions, changes in entry and exit account for 10-20 percent of the fall in output and hours. Finally, we discuss how the modeling of potential entrants matters for the quantitative results.
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Blyde, Juan S., and Mayra A. Ramírez. Exporting and environmental performance: where you export matters. Inter-American Development Bank, January 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0003922.

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Empirical analyses that rely on micro-level panel data have found that exporters are generally less pollutant than non-exporters. While alternative explanations have been proposed, firm level data has not been used to examine the role of destination markets behind the relationship between exports and pollution. In this paper we argue that because consumers in high-income countries have higher valuations for clean environments than consumers in developing countries, exporters targeting high-income countries are more likely to improve their environmental outcomes than exporters targeting destinations where valuations for the environment are not high. Using a panel of firm-level data from Chile we find support to this hypothesis. A 10 percentage point increase in the share of exports to high-income countries is associated with a reduction in CO2 pollution intensity of about 16%. The results have important implications for firms in developing countries aiming to target high-income markets.
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Benavente, José Miguel, and Pluvia Zuñiga. The Effectiveness of Innovation Policy and the Moderating Role of Market Competition: Evidence from Latin American Firms. Inter-American Development Bank, September 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0003655.

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This paper evaluates whether market competition matters for the effectiveness of innovation policies. Using data for manufacturing firms in Chile and Peru, we implement propensity matching techniques combined with differences-in-differences estimation to evaluate the impact of innovation subsidies on the post-treatment innovation investment effort of firms and test whether such impact differs according to the intensity of competition. We corroborate the existence of crowding-in effects in beneficiaries when compared to a control group of untreated firms. The subsidy impact is found either only significant in highly competitive sectors or larger in more competition-intensive industries -compared to low competition ones. Thus, we confirm that market competition plays a moderating role in the effectiveness of innovation policies to stimulate firm innovation investment. The results are robust to different matching and estimation methods and suggest, therefore, the importance of considering market contexts in the design of innovation policies.
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Watson, Patrick, Eric Strobl, and Preeya Mohan. In-Firm Training, Innovation and Productivity: The Case of Caribbean Small Island Developing States. Inter-American Development Bank, March 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0011787.

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In-firm training is a crucial innovative activity in modern knowledge-based economies which face increasing global competition and rapidly changing technology. Nevertheless, there are few studies which look at in-firm training in the Caribbean. This study uses the World Bank Enterprise Survey (WBES) 2010 and Compete Caribbean's Productivity Technology Innovation Survey (PROTEqIN) 2014 to provide empirical evidence on in-firm training in the region. The results suggest that there is a relatively low incidence of training in the region, although there are significant differences across countries and this may be because of heterogeneities in public support and barriers to in-firm training. Also, various firm characteristics affect in-firm training, including size, ownership, whether the firm exports, whether the firm is part of a larger organization, innovative activity and workforce structure and educational level. Lastly, the findings suggest that in-firm training in the region may play a relatively small role and may not even matter for innovation and productivity.
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Bleakley, Hoyt, and Kevin Cowan. Corporate Dollar Debt and Depreciations: Much Ado about Nothing? Inter-American Development Bank, July 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0010842.

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Much has been written recently about the problems for emerging markets that might result from a mismatch between foreign-currency denominated liabilities and assets (or income flows) denominated in local currency. In particular, several models, developed in the aftermath of financial crises of the late 1990s, suggest that the expansion in the "peso" value of "dollar" liabilities resulting from a devaluation could, via a net worth effect, offset the expansionary competitiveness effect. Assessing which effect dominates is ultimately an empirical matter. In this vein, this paper constructs a new database with accounting information (including the currency composition of liabilities) for over 450 non-financial firms in five Latin American countries. The authors estimate, at the firm level, the reduced-form effect on investment of holding foreign-currency-denominated debt during an exchange-rate realignment. It is consistently found that, contrary to the predicted sign of the net-worth effect, firms holding more dollar debt do not invest less than their counterparts in the aftermath of a depreciation. The paper shows that this result is due to firms matching the currency denomination of their liabilities with the exchange-rate sensitivity of their profits. Because of this matching, the negative balance-sheet effects of a depreciation on firms holding dollar debt are offset by the larger competitiveness gains of these firms.
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Pietrobelli, Carlo, Lizbeth Navas-Alemán, and Marco Kamiya. Inter-Firm Linkages and Finance in Value Chains. Inter-American Development Bank, September 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0011410.

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The literature on small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) finance highlights linkages with large firms in value chains as a possible way to enhance access to credit. However, much of the literature on value chains emphasizes issues of coordination and governance of those linkages and their effects on industrial upgrading with little mention to the financial implications for SMEs. This paper explores this gap by looking for evidence on the impact of SMEs' access to finance of inter-firm linkages and specifically interactions with large firms. Using original enterprise-level data in three different Latin American and Caribbean sectors and countries (agro-industry in Argentina, furniture in Brazil, and information and communications technologies in Costa Rica), a comparison between the different sources and instruments of finance used by SMEs is presented. A distinction is made between arm's length financial mechanisms based on "hard data" and relationship finance based on "soft data." Findings suggest that chain governance matters for the type of role large firms can play in enhancing SMEs' access to finance. Policies should take into account the type of chain governance between large firms and SMEs across industries and countries when providing incentives to increase the role of large firms as direct financiers or guarantee providers for SMEs.
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Bai, Hang, Erica X. N. Li, Chen Xue, and Lu Zhang. Does Costly Reversibility Matter for U.S. Public Firms? Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research, October 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.3386/w26372.

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