 Phu Nguyen Van, François Laisney, Ulrich Kaiser, The Performance of German Firms in the Business-Related Service Sector: A Dynamic Analysis, Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, Vol. 22 (3), 2004. (Journal Article)
We analyze the performance of firms from the German business-related service sector for 1994-2000. Performance is measured by ordinal assessment of changes in total sales. We estimate first-order Markov chain models using extensions of the multinomial logit model: a linear index model with alternative specifications of heterogeneity and a semiparametric model. The preferred specification involves heterogeneity connected to the firm and the type of transition. Our findings include that size has a positive effect on performance, young firms outperform older competitors, a single creditor has a stabilizing effect, diversification has a negative impact, and performance is significantly affected by legal status. Measuring performance through profit rather than sales does not alter the qualitative results. |
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Ulrich Kaiser, The impact of Skill Structure, Training and Firm Size on Firms' IT-Outsourcing Activities (in German, original title: Die Wirkung von Qualifikationsstruktur, Weiterbildung und Unternehmensgrösse auf das Outsourcing von IT-Dienstleistungen), Zeitschrift für Betriebswirtschaft, 2003. (Journal Article)
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Ulrich Kaiser, Simple Econometric Methods for the Measurement of Credit Risk: Logit- and Probit Models (in German, original title: Einfache ökonometrische Verfahren für die Kreditrisikomessung: Logit- und Probit-Modelle), Zeitschrift für Betriebswirtschaftliche Forschung , 2003. (Journal Article)
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Ulrich Kaiser, Measuring knowledge spillovers in manufacturing and services: an empirical assessment of alternative approaches, Research Policy, Vol. 31 (1), 2002. (Journal Article)
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Ulrich Kaiser, R\&D with spillovers and endogenous absorptive capacity, Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics JITE, Vol. 158 (2), 2002. (Journal Article)
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Ulrich Kaiser, An empirical test of models explaining research expenditures and research cooperation: evidence for the German service sector, International Journal of Industrial Organization, Vol. 20 (6), 2002. (Journal Article)
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Ulrich Kaiser, The impact of foreign competition and new technologies on the demand for heterogeneous labor, Review of Industrial Organization, Vol. 19 (1), 2001. (Journal Article)
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Ulrich Kaiser, Friedhelm Pfeiffer, Collective Wage Agreements and Firms’ Employment Policies, LABOUR, Vol. 15 (2), 2001. (Journal Article)
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Ulrich Kaiser, A Note on the Calculation of Firm-Specific and Skill-Specific Labor Cost from Firm-Level Data, Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik, 2000. (Journal Article)
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Ulrich Kaiser, On the Lead/Lag Relationship between Manufacturing and Services in the Business Cycle, 2000. (Other Publication)
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Ulrich Kaiser, New Technologies And The Demand For Heterogeneous Labor: Firm-Level Evidence For The German Business-Related Service Sector, Economics of Innovation and New Technology, Vol. 9 (5), 2000. (Journal Article)
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Ulrich Kaiser, The Impact of Economic Policy Events on Firms' Expectations Regarding the EU's Starting Date (in german, original title: Die Wirkung wirtschaftspolitischer Ereignisse auf Erwartungen über den Starttermin der Europäischen Währungsunion, 1999. (Other Publication)
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