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Investments and Firm Characteristics

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2006
We investigate how firm characteristics affect the sensitivity of a firm's investment to its cash flow. Our empirical findings indicate that financial constraints, firm size, and Tobin's Q explain firms' investments. Surprisingly, the asset pricing literature shows that these same three characteristics explain the cross-section of returns. We show that
Nathalie Moyen, Stefan Platikanov
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Firm innovativeness and CEO characteristics in small manufacturing firms

Journal of Engineering and Technology Management - JET-M, 1992
Abstract Process innovation is increasingly identified as a mean of improving the competitive positioning of small manufacturing firms. One factor known to be important in technology adoption decisions is the influence of the CEOs. This study investigates the relationship between CEO characteristics and the degree of firm innovativeness.
Elisabeth Lefebvre, Louis A Lefebvre
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LEGITIMATING CHARACTERISTICS AND FIRM EMERGENCE

Journal of Enterprising Culture, 2008
Most of the organizational theories take the existence of organizations for granted. Thus, attempts to understand success and failure at the nascent firm stage have often been conducted without an underlying theory to explain why some nascent firms succeed in becoming new firms while others do not.
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The effect of firm characteristics on truck accidents

Accident Analysis & Prevention, 1994
This paper expands an earlier analysis of the effect of firm characteristics and safety practices on truck accident rates. The sample size has been increased from 13,000 to 75,500. Negative binomial regressions are used in preference to the Poisson technique used previously.
L N, Moses, I, Savage
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Firm Characteristics and Strategies

2019
Tay (1994) summarized the construction industry as one that is characterized by activities which are discontinuous, dispersed, diverse and distinct; referring to how the industry is made up of a diverse range of trades and disciplines that are interconnected to deliver a project.
Low Sui Pheng, Lau Shing Hou
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Website and organisational characteristics of Israeli firms

International Journal of Electronic Business, 2005
The purpose of this study is to investigate the web presence of Israeli firms. Specifically, this study investigates the relationship between organisational (economic and demographic) attributes of Israeli firms and the features exhibited by their websites.
Moshe Zviran, Chanan Glezer
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Characteristics of merging firms

Journal of Economics and Business, 2000
Abstract It is generally accepted that the 1990s merger movement has been motivated by different factors from earlier ones in the 1960s or the 1970–80s. Researchers in earlier periods found specific characteristics of merging companies, measurable with financial ratios.
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Family firms, firm characteristics, and corporate social performance

Journal of Family Business Management, 2015
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore corporate social performance attained by listed family and non-family firms in Japan. They are measured by the composite CSP index and five attributes composed of employ relations, social contributions (SCs), firm security and product safety, internal governance and risk ...
Michikazu Aoi, Shigeru Asaba, Keiichi Kubota, Hitoshi Takehara   +3 more
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The Influence of Firm Characteristics

2004
Research question 2 deals with the possible relation between the rating of locational environments on the one hand, and firm characteristics on the other. The demands that an entrepreneur makes on a location for his firm will depend partly on firm characteristics such as type of activity, firm size, and so on.
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Board Characteristics, Firm Characteristics, Technological Innovation and Manufacturing Firm Performance: Conceptual Paper

International Journal of Advanced Research in Economics and Finance, 2023
This paper aims to study a potential interrelationship between board characteristics, firm characteristics, technological innovation, and firm performance in the manufacturing sector. The paper is a conceptual paper. It offers a brief review of the literature regarding on these four variables.
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