Recently, world financial markets were in the midst of a credit crisis of historic breadth and depth. The crisis had significant impact on the corporate sector. Many firms encountered difficulties surviving and adopting correct strategies. This research provides a picture of Italian industrial...

I give a brief summary of the institutional details of the U.S. healthcare sector with a special emphasis on healthcare finance. In addition to its large size, U.S. healthcare has four unique features that can be used to help answer corporate finance questions: segmented markets, variation in...

While small- and medium sized firms in Austria are generally more productive, export more, and engage more in higher technology activities than in comparable countries, they need to adapt better to the knowledge economy to maintain their relative performance levels. The capital structure of...