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This study analyses cost stickiness under the dilemma between current profitability and future sales increase. When … activity decreases firms are faced to keep profitability adjusting resources, while they should also consider long term … future opportunities. We find empirical evidence that changes in current firm profitability and one year ahead sales increase …
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exhibit increasing profitability returns-to-scale. That is, larger expenditures should be more profitable per dollar of …) profitability of expenditures made by U.S. Internet firms on brand, R&D and structural intangibles over the period 1995q1-2001q2 as …
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areas such as employee education and training, organizational culture, strategy, or organizational processes, that will be …
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For some privately-held firms, the costs of providing high-quality accrual-based financial statements may outweigh the benefits of accommodating the demands of their stakeholders who may rely more on cash flows or have direct access to management. For other private firms, greater stakeholder...
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Using a new database that contains accounting data for a large sample of U.S. private firms, we provide an investigation of financial reporting quality (FRQ) of U.S. private versus public firms. We find that in general public firms have higher accrual quality and are more conservative. The...
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Using a new database that contains accounting data for a large sample of U.S. private firms, we provide an investigation of financial reporting quality (FRQ) of U.S. private versus public firms. We find that in general public firms have higher accrual quality and are more conservative. The...
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