the empirical relation between efficiency and profitability in five large economies of the European Union during the … literature is expanded by the use of DEA super-efficiency values to regress profitability, the incorporation of risk by …

reallocation through an investigation of the productivity-profitability-growth relations at the firm level. Exploiting large panels … profitability differentials, whereas the relationships of corporate growth with either productivity or profitability appear much …

comparable enterprise level data from France, Germany, and the United Kingdom. Exporters are more productive and pay higher wages … significantly smaller in Germany, significantly larger in France, and does not differ significantly in the UK. The results for wages … on average in all three countries. Results for profitability differ across borders' profitability of exporters is …

The question of whether or not mergers and acquisitions have helped to enhance banks' efficiency and profitability has … problems involved. In this study, we analyze the effect of German bank mergers in the period 1995-2000 on banks' profitability … predominantly under-performing banks engage in mergers. Our results indicate a neutral effect of mergers on profitability and a …

profitability of farms is a consequence of pronounced structural deficiencies due to a quite unfavourable workforce-land ratio on …

have a positive influence on the profitability of firms. This study examines the effect of product diversification on the … profitability of 25 German food industry sectors from 1977 to 1994. The analysis reveals a positive effect of diversification on the … profitability of industries. …

it can be argued that product innovation raises barriers to entry and thus improve profitability. This study examines the … effect of functional food innovative activity (compared to overall innovative activity) on the profitability of 23 German …, advertising expenditure and capital intensity. While a positive relationship between product introduction and profitability was …

on the effects of the patent stock on profitability. The data base is a representative sample of German manufacturing … patent stock has a strong and robust effect on profitability. …

leakage of knowledge in an industry will negatively affect profitability. This paper presents the results of an empirical … study on the effects of outgoing and incoming spillovers on firms? profitability. It turns out that the expected asymmetry …