O objetivo deste estudo foi analisar a formação e a gestão do capital de giro em empresas de fruticultura irrigada localizadas no Vale do Rio São Francisco. A justificativa para esta investigação em empresas de agronegócio se dá pela expressiva participação do setor nos indicadores...

En este estudio analizamos el impacto de las restricciones al crédito en la inversión, los inventarios y el crecimiento empresarial con una muestra grande de pequeñas y medianas empresas de 12 economías europeas durante el período 2014-2016. Los datos provienen de la Encuesta sobre el...

Material resources affect the levels of mortality. In cross-sectional relationships income has been found to be positively associated with survival, both within and between countries. Preston (1975, 1976), in particular, using cross-national data for three separate decades of the 20th century,...

Das Papier nimmt aus sozialwissenschaftlicher Perspektive zur Debatte über die Zukunft der Aufsichtsratsmitbestimmung Stellung, indem es den Stand der empirischen Mitbestimmungsforschung zusammenfasst und weiterentwickelt. Es weist nach, dass Mitbestimmung auf Ebene der Leitungsorgane in den...

Strategic management of the firm includes the strategic management of information technology in the context of business relationships. Firms do not exist in isolation. Multiple constituents make up a relationship network that constitutes the vital resources needed to fulfil the mission of a...

The primary mission of strategic management research is to explain variations in the performance of firms. As researchers have sought to explain differentials in firm performance, they have looked to the factors that underlie competitive advantage. For many years, industry structure factors were...

This dissertation analyzes where and when experienced investors add value to startups. Building on the resource-dependence theory and the relational view of the firm, I argue that the positive effect of investor experience on startup performance is stronger when the startup faces a more...

This paper describes a study that investigates the mediating effects of information technology (IT) on the relationships among product and process innovations and firm performance (measured in multiple profitability and growth rate metrics). Using structural equation modeling on a sample of 397...

The purpose of this research is to predict the fundamental performance of a firm as measured by the rate of return on assets (ROA). The paper presents a model relating ROA to prior year ROA and to the level of activity in the economy. A principal components' analysis of thirty-three economic...