areas of activities in company which can lead to improving the quality and reducing costs by using the PAF cost model. The … highest quality for the best price. This can be achieved by setting optimal quality costs. …

relationship to size requires untangling cost and profit from decisions about risk versus expected-return because both cost and … episodes of financial distress and they also have an incentive to increase risk to exploit the cost-of-funds subsidy of … profit are functions of endogenous risk-taking. This chapter gives an overview of two general empirical approaches to …

small- to medium-sized firms, the present study shows that levels of competitiveness, effectiveness and/or efficiency in …, effectiveness and efficiency. Design/methodology/approach – The survey conducted for this study was addressed to Spanish …, effectiveness and efficiency achieved. Originality/value – The value provided by this research lies in the sample examined, in its …

relationship to size requires untangling cost and profit from decisions about risk versus expected return because both cost and … charters from episodes of financial distress, and they also have an incentive to increase risk to exploit the cost … profit are functions of endogenous risk-taking. This chapter gives an overview of two general empirical approaches to …