The relationship of firm size and age to its growth and survival differs according to whether size is measured by sales or employment. Using a large and representative dataset of Greek firms over the period 1999-2014, we find the following patterns. Controlling for age, there is a strong...

We use a network regression approach to study the propagation of financial constraints through production networks. We find that supply-chain partners' constraints i) are roughly 73\% as important as a firm's own constraints for explaining investment levels, ii) propagate primarily upstream, and...

This short paper analyses the decline of France’s trade balance over the past 15 years. While the loss in export market shares is comparable to that of the major OECD countries except Germany, it is one of the largest among the countries of the euro area. The determinants of this outcome seem...

En 2012, les PME françaises subissent les effets de la crise avec un ralentissement de l’activité et surtout une baisse des profits. Elles préservent globalement l’équilibre de leur structure financière et réduisent leur taux d’endettement, même si le choc de la récession de 2009 a...

Spanish Abstract: Actualmente las empresas continúan compitiendo en liderazgo de costos y diferenciación, para la primera de estas estrategias es indispensable tener costos de producción bajos, lo que es de especial importancia para un gran número de empresas en diversos sectores...

Critical review of investment-economic performance literatures in economics and strategic management indicates that more capital investment does not seem to contribute to higher national economic growth or to higher corporate profitability. Instead, greater utilization of capital and human...

Using a unique representative panel survey of Vietnamese enterprises in 2020, we find that the pandemic and associated government support package had a heterogenous impact across firms. The government support package, particularly tax cuts and deferrals, helped alleviate short term stress, but...

Government intervention and firm dynamics are crucial for long-run growth. In this paper, we study the persistent effects of one of the largest state-led industrialization projects in human history---namely the Third-Front (TF) construction project---on firm dynamics: entry, exit, and...

The overall composite Business Survey Index for the manufacturing sector in Q4 2020 remained under the baseline (100). However, all feeder indices have slightly increased compared to the previous quarter. Specifically, sales (96), domestic demand (96), and ordinary profit (92) showed...