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IZA Discussion Paper No. 17745
Labor Market Concentration in Germany
Michael Oberfichtner, Martin Popp
forthcoming in: German Economic Review, 2025
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17504
Cut Off from New Competition: Threat of Entry and Quality of Primary Care
Eduard Brüll, Davud Rostam-Afschar, Oliver Schlenker
published in: Labour Economics, 2025, 92, 102669
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17260
Non-compete Agreements, Tacit Knowledge and Market Imperfections
Eric Bartelsman, Sabien Dobbelaere, Alessandro Zona Mattioli
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15599
Mystery Shopping as a Strategic Management Practice in Multi-Site Firms
Sidney T. Block, Guido Friebel, Matthias Heinz, Nick Zubanov
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15477
Labor Market Power, Self-Employment, and Development
Francesco Amodio, Pamela Medina, Monica Morlacco
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14390
Labor Market Power in Developing Countries: Evidence from Colombian Plants
Francesco Amodio, Nicolás de Roux
published as 'Measuring Labor Market Power in Developing Countries: Evidence from Colombian Plants' in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2024, 42 (2), 949–977
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13256
Hospital Resources: Persistent Reallocation under Price Changes
Florian Wozny
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10817
Active Ingredients: Exploring the Key Factors Affecting the Rising Cost of Developing New Drugs
Sarah J. Fossett, Phanindra V. Wunnava
published in: International Journal o Health Sciences, 2019, 7 (3), 1 - 18
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9806
Size of Training Firms: The Role of Firms, Luck, and Ability in Young Workers' Careers
Steffen Müller, Renate Neubäumer
published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2018, 39 (5), 658-673
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9229
Do Hospitals Respond to Increasing Prices by Supplying Fewer Services?
Martin Salm, Ansgar Wübker
revised version published as "Do hospitals react to lower prices by supplying more services?" in: Health Economics, 2020, 29, 209-220
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8705
Field Experiments in Strategy Research
Aaron K. Chatterji, Michael Findley, Nathan M. Jensen, Stephan Meier, Daniel Nielson
published in: Strategic Management Journal, 2016, 37 (1), 116–132,
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8219
Necessity Entrepreneurship and Competitive Strategy
Jörn Block, Karsten Kohn, Danny Miller, Katrin Ullrich
published in: Small Business Economics, 2015, 44 (1), 37-54
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6859
Media Slant Against Foreign Owners: Downsizing
Guido Friebel, Matthias Heinz
published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2014, 120 , 97-106
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3132
Discrete Innovation, Continuous Improvement, and Competitive Pressure
Arghya Ghosh, Takao Kato, Hodaka Morita
revised version published as 'Incremental innovation and competitive pressure in the presence of discrete innovation' in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2017, 135, 1-14
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2950
Informality as a Stepping Stone: Entrepreneurial Entry in a Developing Economy
John Bennett, Saul Estrin
published as 'Informal firms in developing countries: entrepreneurial stepping stone or consolation prize?' in Small Business Economics, 2010, 34 (1), 53-63
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2475
Entrepreneurship and the Process of Firms’ Entry, Survival and Growth
Enrico Santarelli, Marco Vivarelli
published in: Industrial and Corporate Change, 2007, 16(3), 455-488
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1791
Product Market Regulation and Macroeconomic Performance: A Review of Cross Country Evidence
Fabio Schiantarelli
published in: N. Loayza and L. Serven (eds): The Microeconomic Underpinning of Growth, The World Bank, 2010
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1705
Reallocation, Firm Turnover, and Efficiency: Selection on Productivity or Profitability?
Lucia Foster, John C. Haltiwanger, Chad Syverson
published in: American Economic Review, 2008, 98 (1), 394-425
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1538
Limited Attention as the Scarce Resource in an Information-Rich Economy
Josef Falkinger
published in: Economic Journal, 2008, 118, 1596-1620
IZA Discussion Paper No. 345
Survival, Growth, and Interfirm Collaboration of Start-Up Companies in High-Technology Industries: A Case Study of Upper Bavaria
Johannes Hampe, Martin Steininger
published in: Schätzl L./J.R. Diez (eds.), Technological Change and Regional Development in Europe, Heidelberg (2001), 90-111
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