Micro- and Macrodata of Firms

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XII

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2. Enterprise Groups

   1. Exploring the Role of Acquisition in the Performance of Firms: Is the “Firm” the Right Unit of Analysis?

      • Robert H. McGuckin, Sang V. Nguyen

      Pages 1-23

   2. The Role of French and Foreign Enterprise Groups in the French Productive System Internationalization

      • Frédéric Boccara

      Pages 25-58

   3. Enterprise Group: The French Methodology and Results

      • Vincent Thollon-Pommerol

      Pages 59-68

   4. Integration of Information in Enterprise Groups

      • Andrea Carone

      Pages 69-80

   5. Myths and Realities about Employment and SMES in France: The Role of Enterprise Groups (1984–1992)

      • Frédéric Boccara

      Pages 81-124

3. International Comparison

   1. International Comparability and Quality of Statistics

      • Raoul Depoutot, Philippe Arondel

      Pages 125-156

   2. Sample Dependence: Theoretical Aspects and Illustrations

      • J. Y. Bienvenue, R. Depoutot, M. Radjabou

      Pages 157-178

   3. The Role of Technology in Manufacturing Employment and Productivity Growth: A Cross Country Micro Data Analysis of Japan and the United States

      • Ronald S. Jarmin, Kazuyuki Motohashi

      Pages 179-204

   4. Quality Indicators for Statistical Surveys

      • Luigi Badaloni, Giuseppina Galante, Francesca Gallo Baldessarri

      Pages 205-211

4. Efficiency, Productivity, Innovation and Other Factors

   1. Dynamic Labour Demand Model for Heterogeneous Panels

      • J.-Y. Bienvenue

      Pages 213-240

   2. Productivity and Specificity in Factor Inputs

      • Eric J. Bartelsman

      Pages 241-262

   3. Is Maximal Efficiency Necessarily Optimal for Firms? A Panel Data Analysis of Firms Technical Efficiency within an Efficiency Wage Framework

      • Pierre Blanchard, Patrick Sevestre

      Pages 263-278

   4. Productivity, Competition, Financial Pressure and Corporate Governance — Some Empirical Evidence

      • Mogens Dilling-Hansen, Tor Eriksson, Erik Strøjer Madsen, Valdemar Smith

      Pages 279-296

   5. Changing Nature of Japanese Firm?: Technology Adoption, Organizational Structure and Human Resource Strategy

      • Kazuyuki Motohashi

      Pages 297-318

   6. Parametric Estimation of Technical and Allocative Efficiencies and Productivity Changes: A Case Study

      • Bert M. Balk, George Van Leeuwen

      Pages 319-347

   7. Efficiency of the Italian Banking Sector via a Parametric Approach

      • Silvia Biffignandi, Sergio Bonzani, Barbara Rizzi

      Pages 349-372

   8. Analysis of Effects of Reconstructed Business Units on Employment and Productivity Longitudinal Study Using Synthetic Units of Finnish Manufacturing

      • Seppo Laaksonen, Ismo Teikari

      Pages 373-390

   9. Factors of Performance by Plant Generations. Some Findings from Finland

      • Mika Maliranta

      Pages 391-424

   10. Efficiency and Optimal Size Estimation with Panel Data: The Case of Business Service and Building Sector in Italy

       • Fabio Bacchini, Alessandro Zeli

       Pages 425-439

In industrial countries there is a strong interest in the international comparison of business data regarding productivity efficiency and competitiveness. This volume presents methods for the statistical analysis of micro- and macrodata of firms and for an international comparison of the aggregates. Case studies referring to specific countries play an important role for the development of economic hypotheses that should be tested at the international level.

• Business Data
• Datenanalyse
• Firmendaten
• Makrodaten
• Maxima
• Microdata
• Mikrodaten
• Quantitative Analysis
• calculus
• data analysis
• modeling
• organization
• productivity
• statistical analysis
• statistics

• Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Bergamo, Bergamo, Italy

  Silvia Biffignandi

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