estimation methodology, we investigate the degree and direction of dissemination in the volatility of economic growth. Our …’s economic growth volatility to affect other countries. Thus, an economic recession for example in one country, does not affect … all countries equally across regime type. Second, growth volatility is not simply a North-South phenomenon, but a South …

(EO) and environmental hostility) and growth itself on small-firm volatility. The objective is to find out: first, whether … growth and volatility possess a similar nature; second, what are the predictors of small-firm volatility. Design … volatility. Specifically, the authors find that firm volatility is influenced by EO and environmental hostility. Growth also …

Purpose While a lot is known about organizational growth, little is understood about how to manage volatility that … changes. An attempt is made to highlight the differences of growth and volatility in a language that is easily comprehensible … orientations can be used as a contingency of growth–volatility relationship. In other words, firms with a strong entrepreneurial …

Designing Multi agent systems needs a high-level specification model which supports abstraction, dynamicity, openness … fuzziness, openness and interaction with environment. The proposed model called Open Fuzzy Synchronized Petri Nets (OFSyPN for … short) associates action name with transitions and enables openness feature and interaction with environment. Each action …

international trade. Using multiple regression, the openness of these economies to trade is empirically determined while controlling … political openness is found to be most important in determining relative openness to trade; close behind that are its geographic …

– Results indicate that dominant coalition members’ values of organizational openness to the environment and perceived …