We investigate the effects of R&D investment on performance outcomes (sales growth and relative profitability) for Indian manufacturing firms. Previous research shows contradictory results - while some studies find a positive effect of R&D on firm performance, some find that firms investing in...

What type of businesses do unions target for organizing? A dynamic model of the union organizing process is constructed to answer this question. A union monitors establishments in an industry to learn about their productivity, and decides which ones to organize and when. An establishment becomes...

What type of businesses do unions target for organizing? A dynamic model of the union organizing process is constructed to answer this question. A union monitors establishments in an industry to learn about their productivity and decides which ones to organize and when. An establishment becomes...

Les PME de l’industrie manufacturière en France disposent d’un bon niveau de fonds propres, et sont faiblement endettées. Les délais de paiement pèsent davantage que dans les PMI allemandes et leur rentabilité est en retrait.

A substantial number of studies have extended the work on universal properties in physical systems to complex networks in social, biological, and technological systems. In this paper, we present a complex networks perspective on interfirm organizational networks by mapping, analyzing and...

Les premiers résultats de l’enquête annuelle sur l’évolution des comptes des PME de l’industrie au cours de l’année écoulée sont marqués par une stabilisation de la contrainte de solvabilité.

In 2006, industrial activity accelerated, sustained by SMEs, whose debt ratios were reduced while those of large firms increased. Holding companies now bear over one-third of manufacturing groups’ bank loans.

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Ghana, together with the Natural Resources Institute of the United Kingdom and with input from the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration convened a one-day Policy Dialogue Forum on “Broadening Monitoring and Evaluation...

Les PMI ont bénéficié d’une activité soutenue en 2007, notamment dans les biens d’équipement et les biens intermédiaires. Elles ont investi, tout en maîtrisant leur endettement financier. Leur risque de défaillance n’a pas enregistré à ce jour de dérive. Mais leur situation...

In the context of the economic slowdown, payment incidents and company failures increased. Bank liabilities continued to rise, but less sharply than in 2007.