Market competition, differences in technology, and productivity improvement: An empirical analysis based on Japanese manufacturing firm data

2012 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 197-206 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomohiko Inui ◽  
Atsushi Kawakami ◽  
Tsutomu Miyagawa
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Analysis ◽  
Market Competition ◽  
Productivity Improvement ◽  
Manufacturing Firm ◽  
Firm Data

scholarly journals Information Disclosure Ranking, Industry Production Market Competition, and Mispricing: An Empirical Analysis

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 262 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bing Wang ◽  
Si Xu ◽  
Kung-Cheng Ho ◽  
I-Ming Jiang ◽  
Hung-Yi Huang
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Empirical Analysis ◽  
Instrumental Variables ◽  
Information Disclosure ◽  
Market Competition ◽  
Substantial Reduction ◽  
Assessment System ◽  
Product Market Competition ◽  
Information Transparency ◽  
Corporate Information

Improving the transparency of corporate information disclosure is a key principle of corporate governance in Taiwan. This study uses the information disclosure assessment system established by the information disclosure and transparency ranking system to explore whether information transparency can reduce the degree of mispricing. The study uses the data of 10,686 listed companies in Taiwan for the period from 2005 to 2014. We find that a higher information disclosure ranking (IDR) of rated companies corresponds to a more substantial reduction in the degree of mispricing. Moreover, we discover that product market competition affects mispricing in that smaller degrees of mispricing reflect greater exclusivity; this suggests that lower industry transaction and competition costs lead to less substantial mispricing. Finally, we observe that the effect of information disclosure score on the degree of mispricing is lower in more exclusive industries. Furthermore, a regression process using instrumental variables reveals that IDRs have the significant effect of reducing the degree of mispricing.

scholarly journals Women, Children, and Industrialization in the Early Republic: Evidence from the Manufacturing Censuses

1982 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 741-774 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudia Goldin ◽  
Kenneth Sokoloff
Keyword(s):  
Labor Force ◽  
Labor Force Participation ◽  
Technical Change ◽  
Early Republic ◽  
Industrial Development ◽  
Manufacturing Firm ◽  
Production Processes ◽  
Women And Children ◽  
Firm Data

Manufacturing firm data for 1820 to 1850 are employed to investigate the role of women and children in the industrialization of the American Northeast. The principal findings include: (1) Women and children composed a major share of the entire manufacturing labor force; (2) their employment was closely associated with production processes used by large establishments, both mechanized and non-mechanized; (3) the wage of females (and boys) increased relative to that of men with industrial development; and (4) female labor force participation in industrial counties was substantial. These findings bear on the nature of technical change during early industrialization and why American industrial development was initially concentrated in the Northeast.

Barriers to Competition and Productivity: Evidence from India

2009 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jagadeesh Sivadasan
Keyword(s):  
Price Competition ◽  
Market Competition ◽  
Product Market Competition ◽  
Predominant Role ◽  
Productivity Improvement ◽  
Tariff Rates ◽  
Potential Channels ◽  
Plant Level ◽  
The Impact

Abstract A number of economic theories suggest that barriers to competition lead to higher levels of inefficiency among incumbents. In this paper, we use a detailed plant-level dataset to study the impact on productivity of two reforms (initiated in 1991) aimed at increasing product market competition in India -- liberalization of foreign direct investment (FDI) and reduction in tariff rates. First, we examine the effect of the liberalization policies on mean plant-level productivity in the targeted industries. We find significant increases in productivity in the FDI and tariff-liberalized industries, particularly in the longer term (1993-94). We check and find our results robust to a range of robustness tests. Next, we examine the role of intensive (within-plant productivity growth) and extensive (reallocation from less to more productive plants) margins in the post-reform productivity improvement, and find a predominant role for the former. Finally, we assess potential channels for within-firm productivity improvement. Consistent with a role for price competition, we find evidence of greater declines in output prices as well as concentration measures in the liberalized sectors.

scholarly journals Strategic Job Analysis and Competency Modeling in HRM: Lessons from Manufacturing Firms in Bangladesh

2011 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 169-176
Author(s):  
AKM Mominul Haque
Keyword(s):  
Performance Appraisal ◽  
Selection Process ◽  
Job Analysis ◽  
Manufacturing Firms ◽  
Job Description ◽  
Manufacturing Firm ◽  
Competency Models ◽  
Firm Data ◽  
Competency Level ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

The research examines the determinants of job analysis and competency models affecting employee’s motivation and competencies in a manufacturing firm. Data were obtained from a readymade garments based on structured questionnaire. Results show that competency has no relationship with rewards, motivation, and job description. Conversely, competency is positively related with performance appraisal, motivation, training, and selection process. The study also reports that rewards and job specifications are futile to leverage employee’s competencies. It further suggests that harnessing these variables might contribute the firm with potential to enhance motivation and competency level to a greater extent.

scholarly journals Is Privatization Working in Ukraine? New Estimates from Comprehensive Manufacturing Firm Data, 1989-2013

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. David Brown ◽  
John S. Earle ◽  
Solomiya Shpak ◽  
Volodymyr Vakhitov
Keyword(s):  
Manufacturing Firm ◽  
Firm Data
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