The study is aimed at analyzing the performance and the strategies of the leading players in the global furniture scenario and, more in depth, to analyze if they are taking advantage of the growth opportunities globally, through effective internationalization strategies and adequate product...

In the last five years the opening up of the main furniture markets to imports has continued at full speed and furniture trade has grown much more quickly than furniture consumption. The largest import markets for furniture are the United States, Germany, France, the United Kingdom and Japan....

The 4th edition of this report aims to provide figures and trends for the European market for RTA furniture, analyzing the sector performance, the competitive system and its main actors. The countries covered are: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands,...

This article examines the existence and stability of the consumption function in the United States of America (US) beginning in the 1950s. In order to obtain a stable long run relationship, we have introduced two innovative elements into the analysis of the life-cycle of the consumption function...

This paper estimates the steady state growth rates for the main European countries with an extended version of the Solow (1956) growth model. Total factor productivity is assumed a function of human capital, trade openness and investment ratio. We show that these factors, with some differences,...

We investigate the growth enhancing variables in a group of countries belonging to the same geographical area namely, India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Bangladesh over the period 1960–2010. We find that this “homogeneity” does not necessarily imply that countries have the same growth...