This paper studies the export behavior of a panel of Indian manufacturing firms for a period of 17 years from 1990 to 2006. Specifically, we look at whether exporting firms differ from domestic firms in size, productivity, capital intensity, remuneration levels, etc. We find that exporters systematically outperform non-exporters over a number of characteristics. We find evidence of “self-select...

Anne Ekdahl , The organisation of hospitals and the remuneration systems are not adapted to frail old patients giving them bad quality of care and the staff feelings of guilt and frustration, Abstract Background: In the coming half-century the population of old people will increase,

This paper develops a model with multiple market locations in which the quality of intangible assets of firms, provided by management, determines the firms. performance. Despite an ex ante symmetry of potential entrants, the equilibrium assignment of heterogeneous managerial skills to firms tends to be asymmetric. This sorting outcome determines both the goods market structure at single locatio...

While scientists were always cognizant of the fact that they must be objective about the questions they ask of nature, there was a time when they were less willing to consider the diverse views that could be contributed by female participation. Undervalued in terms of their intellect, ambition, and curiosity, women found it difficult to compete for and/or retain a research post, particularly wh...

INTRODUCTION Sociological literature on the professions has focused on the fact that they are characterized by a high degree of autonomy, that is, legitimated control over their organization and terms of work.' The development of such autonomy must, therefore, be seen as central to the process of professionalization. However, the problems which beset sociologists in ascertaining whether profess...

It is perhaps not surprising that large and global corporate law firms have prospered in the latter parts of the twentieth and early twenty-first century. A broad range of literature has revealed that corporate law firms have grown in size and geographical reach thanks to their central role in lubricating financial markets and activities from currency trading and the work of hedge funds, to mer...

This paper examines the impact of mergers and acquisitions on the remuneration of the CEOs in a large unbalanced panel of UK firms, over the period 1981-1996. We find significant and substantial executive pay increases in excess of those generated by the growth in firm size consequent upon the merger. This is consistent with the view that mergers reveal information about the quality of manageme...

Country: Denmark Partner Institute: University of Southern Denmark, Odense Survey no: (11)2008 Author(s): Frølich, Anne, Strandberg-Larsen, Martin and Michaela L. Schiøtz Health Policy Issues: HR Training/Capacities, System Organisation/ Integration, Public Health, Long term care, Quality Improvement, New Technology, Prevention, Benefit Basket, Funding / Pooling, Pharmaceutical Policy, Politica...

Community engagement is increasingly emphasized in biomedical research, as a right in itself, and to strengthen ethical practice. We draw on interviews and observations to consider the practical and ethical implications of involving Community Health Workers (CHWs) as part of a community engagement strategy for a vaccine trial on the Kenyan Coast. CHWs were initially engaged as an important netw...

When an agent decides whether to join a coalition or not, she must consider both i) the expected strength of the coalition and ii) her position in the vertical structure within the coalition. We establish that there exists a positive relationship between the degree of inequality in remuneration across ranks within coalitions and the number of coalitions to be formed. When coalition size is unre...