We use a state-level panel data set for the period 1969-2005 to analyze the relative importance of profitability (rate … added, investment and employment - we find that profitability is more significant than industrial disputes in explaining the …

profitability problems, and proceeds to concentrate on an analysis of issues surrounding the profitability problem in two steps …. First, evidence on profitability trends for the Nonfarm Nonfinancial Corporate Business, the Nonfinancial Corporate Business … Account) are used. Second, the underlying drivers of profitability, in terms of technology and distribution, are investigated …

Using aggregate data from the Annual Survey of Industries, we analyze profitability in India's organized manufacturing … two medium run regimes, one of declining profitability (1982-83 to 2001-02), and another of growing profitability (2001 …-02 to 2012-13). We find six short run regimes, of which only two are periods of rising profitability, 1987-88 to 1996 …

The presence of mean reversion in profitability at the firm level is important for valuation and prediction of growth … and earnings. We investigate the mean reversion in accounting profitability for Norwegian non-listed firms for the period … changes in profitability over time for listed firms. We examine bankruptcy risk as an alternative variable for unlisted firms …

The US economic expansion which began in 2009 was unusually prolonged but relatively weak. Profitability and investment …

group, which serves as a proxy for reputation. Further we show that target-related factors, like growth and profitability …