The efficiency of an industrial enterprise depends not only on the production program, sales volume, quality of products, pricing policy and other similar factors, but also on its competitive advantages in the industry market.Modern business conditions have made adjustments to the process of...

This article searches for a causal effect of industry concentration on estimates of persistent profitability differentials. I offer solutions to identification problems that plague related analyses by applying an IV and a natural experiment. This is the first study that explains estimates of...

In der saechsischen Industrie hat sich das Geschaeftsklima zum Jahresanfang 2001 wieder gebessert. Dabei hat eine Rolle gespielt, dass der BSE-Schock im Ernaehrungsgewerbe nachlaesst. In den uebrigen Bereichen konnte die Produktion der Nachfrage nicht folgen, die Lagerbestaende haben abgenommen.

In der saechsischen Industrie hat sich das Geschaeftsklima zum Jahresanfang 2001 wieder gebessert. Dabei hat eine Rolle gespielt, dass der BSE-Schock im Ernaehrungsgewerbe nachlaesst. In den uebrigen Bereichen konnte die Produktion der Nachfrage nicht folgen, die Lagerbestaende haben abgenommen.

Purpose of the article: The subject of this article is the construction of a model which is able to measure whether an enterprise is creating or destroying value. In the light of our previous research, we are not seeking to create a universal model, instead we want to create a set of special...

This article analyzes persistence and the drivers of profitability in US and EU food processing using GMM estimations. Due to different firm size structures first comparable samples of US and EU food processors are derived using Propensity Score Matching. The GMM results indicate that profit...

The industrial sector is responsible for roughly one quarter of global greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions. To align sector pathway developments with overarching net-zero transition goals in different industries, governments are required to understand sectoral reduction potentials to efficiently...

Globalisation and international integration can yield efficiency gains through the promotion of competition and trade in markets for internationally traded goods. At the firm level, exposure to competitive pressures has created a necessity for firms to operate as close as possible to the...

There has been few studies on competition and entry of firms in local service industries. I apply Bresnahan and Reiss (1991)'s entry threshold model to study competition in the U.S. bar industry, by linking market size and the number of bars in each local market. I find that entry of each...

New digital technologies are currently becoming one of the main sources of building a competitive advantage for enterprises. The Internet of Things and big data are opening the previously unknown possibilities for optimising production processes and improving the productivity. The speed, nature...