We empirically investigate the pattern of complementarity between four organizational practices. Firm-level data were drawn from the Community Innovation Survey (CIS) carried out in 2008 in Luxembourg. Supermodularity tests confirm the crucial role of organizational innovation in raising...

This study uses the stochastic production frontier to analyze technical efficiency of tea production in northeastern Vietnam. Our study estimated that the average technical efficiency of tea production is very low, only about 32%. Technical efficiency can be improved by having a training on sale...

If perception is a concept which is necessarily intuitive in the analysis of transformations in information systems, it is not to be taken into account at its fair value in existing theoretical models. These models are mainly interested in the following triptych: Intelligence (formulation of the...

We estimate and compare the effects of small and large irrigation dams on cropland productivity in South Africa (SA). To this end we construct a panel data set of SA river basins. The econometric analysis reveals that while large dams increase cropland productivity downstream, they have a...

The relation between company longevity and its performance is undeniable; however the relationship between sustainability and performance remains the subject of multiple studies which seem to confirm a positive link. But what type of relationship exists between a firm’s longevity and...

We study a dynamic and infinite{dimensional model with incomplete multiple prior preferences. In interior efficient allocations, agents share a common risk{adjusted prior and subjective interest rate. Interior efficient allocations and equilibria coincide with those of economies with subjective...

Dans cet article nous nous proposons d’étudier l’impact des caractéristiques du conseil d’administration sur la performance des PME. Les caractéristiques du conseil d’administration qui ont été retenues sont la structure, le fonctionnement et les rôles joués par cet organe. En...

We study the impact of social capital in both simple theoretical and em- pirical model with the main assumption is the price of physical capital is a decreasing function of social capital. In our theoretical model, there exists a critical value such that ffrm will not invest in social capital if...

The objective of this article is to apply the technique of the PLS logistic regression to the forecast of the financial distress of the French firm. This research is motivated by the shortcomings of traditional models. The sample consisted of 800 French SMEs for which accounting and financial...

In all the defensive measures against takeover bids, those based on rules limiting voting rights are generally cited as the most effective. Ironically, the supposed efficacy seems to have never been tested or modeled. This is precisely the subject of our article that focuses in terms of...