, profitability, and innovativeness, and analyze its role in shaping firm dynamics. In accordance with the empirical literature, our …

This paper analyzes the interaction between R&D and merger profitability. The industry is composed of symmetric firms …&D investments to the new market structure. It is found that in most cases R&D has a negligible impact on merger profitability, and … toward a merger in the absence of R&D, R&D has an effect on merger profitability. Noncooperative R&D makes such mergers …

favor of a 'profitability paradox' indicating that investments in information technology do not increase bank performance … and digital capabilities as is common in the information systems literature. Our results support the 'profitability …

profitability. One new feature we introduce is the link between training and quality. Using asymptotic least square, we estimate a …

1,689 SWIFT adopters) between 1998 and2005. We find that adoption appears to have large effects on profitability, but it … between new technologies and firm organization. The profitability effectoperates by both raising sales and decreasing …

paper introduces a new data source on German businesses making possible new variables for innovation, spillover, investment …

(including 1,689 SWIFT adopters) between 1998 and 2005. We find that adoption appears to have large effects on profitability, but … complementarities between new technologies and firm organization. The profitability effect operates by both raising sales and decreasing …

higher productivity, profitability and wage level than other firms. The second question is focused on the location of firms …

This study examines productivity and profitability of Italian manufacturing corporations in relation to IT usage and ….e. wage levels). These variables also show a positive impact on profitability, although limited to productions which are easy …