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the reform of SOEs in Viet Nam. It finds that the net revenue positively affects the profit before taxes of SOEs, while … sales expenses exert a negative impact on the profit before taxes. The article recommends policies to the government and …
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profitability in comparison to their counterparts. We would argue that an intensified agency problem and lack of entrepreneurial … spirit might be the root of the profitability problem. …
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In recent years considerable attention has been devoted to differences across countries in the institutional environments in which corporations operate, and the consequences of these institutional differences for corporate performance. In this paper we test for the presence of differences in...
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seasons 1981-82 to 2009-10. Controlling for club and market specific characteristics, such as a team's budget or its player …
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The traditional link between the cash conversion cycle and the firm's profitability is that shortening the cash … conversion cycle increases firm's profitability. On the other hand shortening the cash conversion cycle could harm the firm …'s operations and reduces profitability. However, identifying optimal levels of inventory, receivables, and payables where total …
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examines the determinants of profitability in different firm ownership structures and how different ownership structures impact … the profitability of listed firms between 2003 and 2013, using pooled annual data of 23 Ghanaian listed firms. Employing a … number of static models (OLS, Random Effects and 3 Stage Least Squares), we find evidence that while profit determinants vary …
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for the period 1990-2004 (87030 firm-year observations). The results suggest that managers can increase profitability and … reducing profitability and operating cash flow of firms instead of increasing them …
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This study examines the determinants of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and its implications on firms' investment policy, organizational strategy and performance. First, we find that firms with better performance, higher R&D intensity, better financial health, and firms in new economy...
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We investigate the organizational pursuit of seemingly impossible goals - commonly known as stretch goals. Building from our analysis of the mechanisms through which stretch goals could influence organizational learning and performance, we offer a contingency framework evaluating which...
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age and gender) and its performance (productivity and profitability) for a large representative sample of enterprises from … correlation of age on firms' profitability. Moreover, our micro-econometric analysis reveals for the first time that the ceteris … level of profitability in these firms. …
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