-exploitation continuum and profitability, survival and acquisition likelihood simultaneously, and investigate potential trade-offs between … exploration for the acquisition likelihood and survival likelihood of high-tech start-ups, and for the profitability of low and … medium tech start-ups, but the relationship is linearly negative for the profitability of high-tech start-ups and the …

period 2004-05 to 2006-07. Results show that firm size affects current profitability: positively in the Steel and negatively … profitability in Steel but, positive in the other. Bank credit is found negatively significant in both the industries. Interestingly …, the impact of size is affected by firms' market value (Q): size positively affects profitability both in Steel and EE. The …

We investigate the effects of R&D investment on performance outcomes (sales growth and relative profitability) for … have had less growth and less relative profitability if they had not done so. Interestingly, firms that did not invest in R …

steadily increasing levels of productivity, higher profits, larger size, lower debt ratios, and higher equity ratios … sales, profits and productivity, they have lower profitability levels (when other variables such as size are controlled for …