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The main aim of this paper is to analyse the reaction of real unit labour costs and labour productivity in the EU Member States to cyclical fluctuations in the economy of the EU and in the context of different starting positions for each state. The starting position of the states was determined...
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The Australian Farm Forestry Financial Model (AFFFM) has been developed as a tool for the financial appraisal of farm forestry investments. It is a whole-farm financial model developed in modules using Visual Basic as the programming language, and provides estimates of key financial criteria...
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study examines spatial relationships in agriculture's profitability over time. Results show temporal and spatial convergence …
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obstacles during their operations. This thesis examines the relationship between financial management and profitability of SMEs … characteristics of SMEs in Vietnam, (2) to develop and test a model of SME profitability, and (3) to contribute knowledge of the … of financial management practices, financial characteristics, and profitability of SMEs and to build a model of the …
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It is now widely recognized that Universities can play a fundamental role on the performance of the firms’ innovation activities, because they are the main producers and transmitters of knowledge (Narin, Hamilton and Olivestro, 1997; Cohen, Nelson and Walsh, 2002; Arocena and Sutz, 2001). In the...
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The paper describes three analyses to examine differences in construction company POT profitability between (1 …) different financial years, and (2) different sizes of companies. In the first analysis, the aggregated profitability of a sample …. The size (turnover) of companies however was significantly positive correlated with profitability. The second analysis …
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This paper makes two types of contributions to research on new venture teams. First, we examine previously neglected aspects of team composition, such as homogeneity and heterogeneity in terms of resource provision and prior start-up experience. Second, we attempt to reconcile conflicting...
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firms which grow without first securing high levels of profitability tend to be less successful compared to firms that first … secure high profitability at low growth. Empirical tests using two large, longitudinal data sets confirm that the profitable … low growth firms are both more likely to reach the desirable state of high growth and high profitability and have a …
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Growth and profitability are often essential parts of the overall managerial goals of firms. High growth can be seen as … an indicator of success and as a mean for achieving competitive advantage and higher profitability. But high growth can … also lead to a number of managerial and organisational challenges, that may affect the profitability negatively. The aim of …
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While aggregate earnings should affect aggregate stock returns, standard portfolio theory predicts that the cross-sectional dispersion in firm-level earnings would not affect aggregate stock returns. Nonetheless, this paper demonstrates a surprisingly robust relation between cross-sectional...
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