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The use of design in Finnish manufacturing firms
Lindström, Maarit; Pajarinen, Mika - 2006
This study analyzes the use of design and the position of the design function in Finnish manufacturing firms. We also … manufacturing companies is still on a relatively low level. Design use varies clearly among analyzed companies, though. Results show … which design is used continuously. Results also indicate that the use of design in manufacturing firms in Finland will …
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The Determinants of Corporate Growth
Rosique, Francisco - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
Corporate Growth is a concept that has been widely treated in a specific way or as part of strategy theories, in definition and in econometric models and has also been studied in many different aspects and approaches. The author describes in depth the main variables affecting corporate growth...
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Effect of acquisition type on industrial development in emerging markets : evidence from China
Yue, Qi; Deng, Ping; Hua, Xing; Jiang, Luan - In: Journal of business economics and management 23 (2022) 2, pp. 238-262
In this paper, we proposed a model of how corporate acquisition influences industrial performance by exploring industry-level and firm-level ownership characteristics in emerging markets. Based on a database of 1,934 acquisitions of listed firms in China, we examined the relationship between...
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Can patriarchal attitudes moderate the relation between women on boards and firm economic performance?
Castro, Paula; Tascón, María T.; Corral, Sara - In: European research on management and business economics 29 (2023) 3, pp. 1-17
The paper investigates the moderating effect of patriarchal attitudes by country and year on the relationship between gender diversity on boards and firm performance. The international sample analyzed is composed of 1,103 listed firms from 18 European countries for the period of 2005-2019. Using...
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Do firms facing competitors from emerging markets behave differently? : evidence from Austrian manufacturing firms
Friesenbichler, Klaus S.; Reinstaller, Andreas - 2021
We study the strategic positioning of Austrian manufacturing firms that face competition from emerging markets as … opposed to firms that do not. Using a unique sample of large Austrian manufacturing, we find that emerging market competitors …
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The Sales Forecast and Financial Management in the Small Manufacturing Firm
Burns, Richard; Walker, Joe - In: Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance 6 (2001) 1, pp. 115-128
small (manufacturing) firms. Surprisingly, the two groups are highly similar with respect to accuracy desired accuracy …
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The Sales Forecast and Financial Management in the Small Manufacturing Firm
Burns, Richard; Walker, Joe - In: Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance 6 (2001) 1, pp. 115-28
small (manufacturing) firms. Surprisingly, the two groups are highly similar with respect to accuracy desired accuracy …
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A firm-industry analysis of services versus manufacturing
Fernández Vázquez, Esteban; López-López, Vicente; … - In: European research on management and business economics 28 (2022) 1, pp. 1-9
supported than the industry effect by empirical studies, mainly focused on manufacturing firms and long time periods …. Unfortunately, little attention has been paid to the service sector. In this paper we study separately manufacturing and services in … a broad sample of Spanish companies. We observe that in manufacturing the firm effect outweighs the industry effect …
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Can patriarchal attitudes moderate the relation between women on boards and firm economic performance?
Castro, Paula; Tascón, María T.; Corral, Sara - In: European Research on Management and Business Economics … 29 (2023) 3, pp. 1-17
The paper investigates the moderating effect of patriarchal attitudes by country and year on the relationship between gender diversity on boards and firm performance. The international sample analyzed is composed of 1,103 listed firms from 18 European countries for the period of 2005-2019. Using...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014525705
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Measurement of agricultural producers' groups performance: Background, features and objectives
Ruzickova, Kamila; Vavřina, Jan - Provozně ekonomická fakulta, Mendelova Univerzita v Brnĕ - 2012
The economic performance of an enterprise obviously depends on various internal and external factors. Those factors are not only the input variables entering various aggregated calculations but also analytical inputs as the effectiveness of company processes, management of costs, innovation...
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