Naslov
Firm growth dynamics in Croatia after 2000

Autori
Kaštelan Mrak, Marija ; Sokolić, Danijela ; Vretenar, Nenad

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Poglavlja u knjigama, znanstveni

Knjiga
Economic integrations, competition and cooperation : Research monography = Intégrations économiques, concurrence et coopération : monographie de recherche

Urednik/ci
Kandžija, Vinko ; Kumar, Andrej

Izdavač
Ekonomski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu

Grad
Rijeka

Godina
2010

Raspon stranica
292-306

ISBN
978-953-6148-93-6

Ključne riječi
firm size, competitiveness, theory of the firm, Croatia

Sažetak
The paper reports on an exploratory study, run as part of a broader research of international competitiveness of Croatian firms. It provides some tentative observations on the relationship of firm size to industrial dynamics and national competitiveness. By observing changes in average firm size in a five year period, we search for explanations that can relate a falling average firm size with a rising GDP, a fact which contradicts general expectation. The most likely conclusion is that a period of steady economic growth has attracted new entrepreneurship thus causing the average firm size to decrease. At the same time, exposure to international competitive pressures raised the investment activity which led to an increase in labor productivity, which was able to compensate for eventual diseconomies of scale.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Ekonomija

Napomena
Rad je kao predavanje prezentiran na skupu 7th International Conference "Economic Integration, Competition and Cooperation", održanom od 01.-03.04.2009., Opatija, Hrvatska.

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