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Sales and profit growth and the effects of crises: comparative evidence from the recent crisis
Varum, Celeste Amorim; Silva, Susana; Ferreira, Abigail - In: Global Business and Economics Review 16 (2014) 2, pp. 214-229
profit and turnover growth over 1996-2009 covering two economic downturns in particular. The empirical analysis covers not … knowledge the paper is unique in this regard. We analyse the determinants of firm profit and turnover growth and investigate … foreign firms. However, foreign firms' profit growth seems to have been more severely affected in the second crises. Indeed …
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Productivity and Profits in the 1980s: Are They Really Improving?
Clark, Peter K. - In: Brookings Papers on Economic Activity 15 (1984) 1, pp. 133-182
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How much do middle managers matter, really? An empirical study on their impact on sustained superior performance
Mair, Johanna - IESE Business School, Universidad de Navarra - 2002
large European financial services firm suggests that entrepreneurial behavior triggers profit growth at the subunit level …
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Gender Differences in Perceived Business Success and Profit Growth Among Family Business Managers
Lee, Yoon; Jasper, Cynthia; Fitzgerald, Margaret - In: Journal of Family and Economic Issues 31 (2010) 4, pp. 458-474
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Effects of Working Capital Management on Firm Performance: An Empirical Study of Non-financial listed Firms in Pakistan
Hassan, Naeem Ul; Imran, Malik Muhammad; Amjad, Muhammad; … - In: International Journal of Academic Research in Business … 4 (2014) 6, pp. 114-132
the Karachi Stock Exchange Pakistan during 2007-2010. Three performance measures namely gross profit margin, return on … related to gross profit margin and return on asset, whereas it is negatively related to return on equity but the relationship … which leads to higher profit and thus fewer inventories. Average collection period is significantly and positively related …
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An Examination of the Factors that Determine the Profitability of the Nigerian Beer Brewery Firms
Mary, Okwo Ifeoma; Okelue, Ugwunta David; Uchenna, Agu … - In: Asian Economic and Financial Review 2 (2012) 7, pp. 741-750
statistically significant impact on gross profit margin. The paper concludes that the above identified independent variables are the …
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AGGREGATED INDEX FOR MODELLING THE INFLUENCE OF FISCAL, FINANCIAL AND SOCIAL POLICIES ON ENTERPRISE FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
NICOLAU, Mihaela; BARBUTA-MISU, Nicoleta - In: EuroEconomica (2011) 5(30), pp. 13-20
In this study we develop a financial performance aggregate index (FPAI) for modelling the relationship between fiscal policy and financial performances. There are seven variables used to compose the index, that specifically reflect the influence of fiscal, financial, and social policies on the...
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FACTORING – ALTERNATIVE OF SHORT-TERM FINANCING FOR COMPANIES
Barbuta-Misu, Nicoleta - In: Risk in Contemporary Economy (2013), pp. 166-171
In developed countries, had been created formidable conditions for encouraging the factoring business, because using this instrument of investment and financing have grown the economic and financial stability of the company and generated a more efficient management of accounts receivable by the...
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The Impact of Financial Leverage to Profitability Study of Companies Listed in Bucharest Stock Exchange
VINTILA, Georgeta; DUCA, Floriniþa - In: Ovidius University Annals, Economic Sciences Series XII (2012) 1, pp. 1741-1744
profit. However, debt is not the only factors that effect to leverage capital and profit. …
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ARE SMALL-FIRM CLUSTERS EMERGENT PHENOMENA? EVIDENCE FROM ZIMBABWE’S SMALL FURNITURE- MANUFACTURING FIRMS
MUPONDA, Godfrey; CHANETA, Isaac - In: EcoForum 3 (2014) 2, pp. 6-6
The purpose of this study was to explore the reasons behind the rapid growth and apparent dynamism of Zimbabwe’s small-firm industrial clusters. The hypothesis behind the study was that these small-firm clusters are emergent phenomena. The study analysed the capital utilisation techniques of...
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