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Economic Liberalisation and the FDI Location Decision: Evidence from Italian Firms in Eastern Europe
No full textStrange, R C, 425242
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Which organisational capabilities matter for SME export performance?
No full textAs a result of the increasing tendency towards a global economy, international business involvement is becoming particularly relevant for smaller companies. Exporting constitutes the most popular, quickest and easiest way for many small firms to internationalise. The aim of the paper is to provide a comprehensive picture of the determinants of SME export performance, by investigating the potential relationship between organisational capabilities and both objective and subjective measures of performance. Based on the literature review and mainly embedded in the resource-based view of the firm, we uncover a collection of organisational capabilities that are especially salient to these firms and their growing international involvement. The suggested conceptual model is tested with a sample of Italian exporting SMEs using regression analysis. The results show that entrepreneurial and innovative capabilities are the most influential antecedents of both objective and subjective measures of international performance. Finally, we discuss the managerial implications of our findings
[Initial results of glutathione-S-transferase GSTM1 and GSTT1 genotypes and genetic predisposition for laryngeal carcinoma]
No full textBackgroundWhile cigarette smoking and alcohol consumption have been linked to laryngeal carcinoma, the role of genetic factors in determining individual susceptibility is unknown. We describe the role of allelism at glutathione-S-transferase GSTM1, GSTT1, and cytochrome P 450 CYP2D6 loci in determining individual susceptibility to laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma.MethodsEnzyme genotypes were determined using the polymerase chain reaction in 169 patients suffering T1-T4 laryngeal carcinoma and in 145 controls.ResultsWhile the frequency of the heterozygote GSTM1 A/B genotype was statistically significantly lower in the cases than controls, the frequency of the GSTT1 null genotype was higher in cases than controls.ConclusionThese initial data suggest that allelism at GST loci mediates susceptibility to squamous cell carcinoma of the larynx. Thus, GSTM1 A/B appears to be associated with a reduced risk while GSTT1 null confers increased risk. The findings are compatible with the view that genetic predisposition is important in determining risk of this cancer
FDI by Firms from Newly Industrialized Economies in Emerging Markets: Corporate Governance, Entry Mode and Location
No full textInternational Diversification: the Impact of Ownership Structure, the Market for Corporate Control, and Board Independence
No full textInternational diversification can have both benefits and costs. In this paper, we argue that a firm’s level of international diversification depends not only upon firm-specific characteristics
such as its size and the industry to which it belongs, but also upon its ownership structure
and the ability of its management to carry out an international strategy.
0 We test our hypotheses using a panel of Italian firms. Our findings show that a high level of
family ownership has a negative effect on international diversification, but that an inactive
market for corporate control negates this. We found too that when the board of a familyowned
firm has a higher proportion of independent directors, international diversification is
greater. We also found that similar to the family-ownership effect, a high level of state ownership
results in less international diversification. Overall our results confirm that corporate
governance variables affect international diversificatio
Performance enhancing strategies in emerging market firms: a study of product diversification, international iversification and innovation
No full textGoing Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Performance enhancing strategies in emerging market firms: a study of product diversification, international diversification and innovation
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