estimation methodology, we investigate the degree and direction of dissemination in the volatility of economic growth. Our …’s economic growth volatility to affect other countries. Thus, an economic recession for example in one country, does not affect … all countries equally across regime type. Second, growth volatility is not simply a North-South phenomenon, but a South …

(EO) and environmental hostility) and growth itself on small-firm volatility. The objective is to find out: first, whether … growth and volatility possess a similar nature; second, what are the predictors of small-firm volatility. Design … volatility. Specifically, the authors find that firm volatility is influenced by EO and environmental hostility. Growth also …

Purpose While a lot is known about organizational growth, little is understood about how to manage volatility that … changes. An attempt is made to highlight the differences of growth and volatility in a language that is easily comprehensible … orientations can be used as a contingency of growth–volatility relationship. In other words, firms with a strong entrepreneurial …

international trade. Using multiple regression, the openness of these economies to trade is empirically determined while controlling … political openness is found to be most important in determining relative openness to trade; close behind that are its geographic …

– Results indicate that dominant coalition members’ values of organizational openness to the environment and perceived …

variables: autonomy, openness, superior-subordinate relationship (SSR), and climate of innovation (CI). The paper also aims to … the sample. Findings The exogenous variables under study were autonomy and openness. The mediating variables were SSR and …

(market size, trade openness, infrastructure, inflation, interest rate, research and development and human capital), the … the help of Hausman test. Findings Fixed effect estimation indicates that market size, trade openness, interest rate and …

openness degree of the economy matters: the more open the country initially, the more technology upgrading as globalization …

pertinent to personal traits (i.e. openness), AI technology (i.e. visibility, security and social influence) and context (i … squares-structural equation modeling was used to test the proposed relationships. Findings The results reveal that openness …

. The data include the complete responses from 141 R&D managers for the period from 2004 to 2008. Findings – The openness of … effects. In particular, openness towards customers, suppliers and universities has a significant positive impact on the … different innovation performance measures. Regarding openness towards cross‐sector companies, the analysis reveals a significant …