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small (manufacturing) firms. Surprisingly, the two groups are highly similar with respect to accuracy desired accuracy …
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Although there is ample literature on the use of capital budgeting techniques by small firms, there is practically no … when the value of the firm itself is unknown. Furthermore, small firms seem quite satisfied with their present techniques …
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the capital structures of small and large firms. However, little evidence, if any, exists to support this “finance gap … Framework. This framework focuses on management funding preferences as a major factor in the capital structure of firms. In … Trades sub-sector of the Australian Manufacturing sector. The responses provided detailed information on the types of debt …
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Corporate Growth is a concept that has been widely treated in a specific way or as part of strategy theories, in definition and in econometric models and has also been studied in many different aspects and approaches. The author describes in depth the main variables affecting corporate growth...
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The research in small firms financing is characterized by a lack of a theoretical framework. One basic assumption in this study is that agency theory can provide an essential framework to explain the interaction between informal and formal venture capitalists and their portfolio firms. Five...
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. Overall, the study provides new firm-level evidence of the role of services as inputs in manufacturing. …Manufacturing firms increasingly focus on services. This trend is evident in their composition of input, in …. However, only bits and pieces of the relation between services and manufacturing’s exports have been analysed in previous …
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This article looks at the relationship between the problems faced by small business owners and the funding sources used to solve those problems. Three problem types are identified: organizational systems, external, and sales and marketing problems. Based on these three problem types and the...
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This work examines the leverage ratios of firms covered by the 1998 SSBF Survey. We find that small firms in general are significantly more levered than their larger counterparts in an industry-matched Compustat sample, but the difference is at least partially explained by differences in...
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We investigate the impact of the Golden Quadrilateral (GQ) highway project on the Indian organized manufacturing sector …
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Using plant-level data, I show that the dispersion of total factor productivity in U.S. durable manufacturing is …-durable manufacturing. In durables, this phenomenon primarily reflects a relatively higher share of unproductive firms in a recession. In …
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