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A Microsimulation Platform of Firm Evolution Processes.

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Title/Author:	A Microsimulation Platform of Firm Evolution Processes./
Author:	Mostafa Muhammad, Toka S.
Description:	1 online resource (256 pages)
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 79-02(E), Section: B.
Subject:	Civil engineering. -
Online resource:	click for full text (PQDT)
ISBN:	9780355452273

A Microsimulation Platform of Firm Evolution Processes.
Mostafa Muhammad, Toka S.

A Microsimulation Platform of Firm Evolution Processes. - 1 online resource (256 pages)

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 79-02(E), Section: B.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Toronto (Canada), 2017.

Includes bibliographical references

Firmography is a fundamental component of urban systems that has not received much research attention. Firmographic events of entry, exit, growth, and relocation affect economic growth, labour dynamics, and result in a complex system of goods movements. This dissertation develops a firm modelling framework, called the firmographic engine. The goal of the framework is to evaluate the implications of policy on firm evolution over time by simulating and forecasting firm behaviour. The engine is composed of firm generation, market introduction, performance evaluation, and firm evolution modules. Firm generation simulates entrepreneurial decisions of firm entry. Market introduction involves the specification and completion of operational strategies. Performance evaluation assesses the outcomes of the operational strategies. Firm evolution simulates growth/shrinkage and exit decisions depending on performance evaluation results.

Electronic reproduction.
Ann Arbor, Mich. :
ProQuest,
2018

Mode of access: World Wide Web

ISBN: 9780355452273Subjects--Topical Terms:

561339
Civil engineering.
Index Terms--Genre/Form:

554714
Electronic books.

A Microsimulation Platform of Firm Evolution Processes.
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520 $a Firmography is a fundamental component of urban systems that has not received much research attention. Firmographic events of entry, exit, growth, and relocation affect economic growth, labour dynamics, and result in a complex system of goods movements. This dissertation develops a firm modelling framework, called the firmographic engine. The goal of the framework is to evaluate the implications of policy on firm evolution over time by simulating and forecasting firm behaviour. The engine is composed of firm generation, market introduction, performance evaluation, and firm evolution modules. Firm generation simulates entrepreneurial decisions of firm entry. Market introduction involves the specification and completion of operational strategies. Performance evaluation assesses the outcomes of the operational strategies. Firm evolution simulates growth/shrinkage and exit decisions depending on performance evaluation results.
520 $a Three firmographic events are studied in detail: firm start-up size, growth, and survival. Ordered logit models are estimated for firm start-up size in terms of the firm's number of employees and tangible assets. Autoregressive Distributed-Lag models (ARDL) are estimated to represent firm growth. Parametric and non-parametric analyses for firm survival are presented. The non-parametric analysis introduces survival and hazard rates characterized by industry class, province, firm age, and firm size. The parametric analysis includes a discrete-time hazard duration model of firm failure. The results show that firm start-up size, growth and survival are influenced by economic growth, industry dynamics, competition, and firm location and characteristics. Models of freight outsourcing decisions by Canadian manufacturers are also presented. Binary logit and multinomial logit models are estimated. The models show that freight outsourcing is driven by firm strategies, supplier locations, government incentives, innovation and technology, industry dynamics, economic conditions, and competition. Models of international versus local outsourcing are also explored.
520 $a Statistics Canada's T2-LEAP and Survey of Innovation and Business Strategy (SIBS) databases are utilized for this research. The longitudinal T2-LEAP dataset is used to estimate models of firm start-up size, firm growth, and firm failure of Canadian firms for the period of 2001 to 2012. The cross-sectional SIBS dataset, for the years of 2009 and 2012, is used to estimate models of freight outsourcing by Canadian manufacturers.
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