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Firm internationalization and IPO firm performance
International Journal of Commerce and Management, 2013Purpose Building on new venture internationalization, agency, and signaling theories, the purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between the level of firm internationalization and initial public offering (IPO) performance.
Hussam A. Al-Shammari +2 more
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Firm‐wide integration and firm performance
The International Journal of Logistics Management, 2007PurposeThis paper is intended to extend previous research by exploring the scope of integration and its impact on firm performance. In addition to, examining dyadic integrative relationships, the research also looks at firm‐wide process‐oriented integration.Design/methodology/approachLiterature on collaboration and integration was reviewed along with ...
Haozhe Chen +2 more
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2014
With the evolution of information technology, firms offshore outsource services to developing and low service cost countries to have cost as well competitive advantages. This is a growing practice, but there has been limited empirical attention in understanding the outsourcing phenomenon, particularly from the perspective of service provider firms that
Soni Agrawal +2 more
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With the evolution of information technology, firms offshore outsource services to developing and low service cost countries to have cost as well competitive advantages. This is a growing practice, but there has been limited empirical attention in understanding the outsourcing phenomenon, particularly from the perspective of service provider firms that
Soni Agrawal +2 more
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Overoptimism and the Performance of Entrepreneurial Firms
Management Science, 2006Recent theoretical and empirical research on cognitive bias in decision making suggests that overoptimism critically influences entrepreneurs’ decisions to establish and sustain new ventures. We investigate whether such cognitive bias influences entrepreneurial venture performance using data on commercialization efforts for university inventions.
Robert A. Lowe, Arvids A. Ziedonis
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PERSPECTIVE—The Myth of Firm Performance
Organization Science, 2013Firm performance is one of the most prominent concepts in organizational research. Despite its importance, and despite the many developmental critiques that have appeared over the years, performance continues to be a difficult concept to apply in a scientifically rigorous way.
C. Chet Miller +2 more
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Compensation goals and firm performance
Journal of Financial Economics, 2014Using a large dataset of performance goals employed in executive incentive contracts we find that a disproportionately large number of firms exceed their goals by a small margin as compared to the number that fall short of the goal by a similar margin.
Benjamin Bennett +3 more
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Organizational Design and Firm Performance
2013This chapter provides a critical survey of the stream of studies that have examined the effect of organizational design decisions on firm performance. The focus is on selected organizational design dimensions that can be measured using quantitative indicators, notably i) organizationalconfiguration, ii) allocation of decision-making authority, and iii)
COLOMBO, MASSIMO GAETANO +2 more
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Mergers and the Performance of the Acquiring Firm.
Academy of Management Review, 1983Do mergers provide real benefits to acquiring firms? If not. as empirical studies completed mostly in the field of finance conclude, then why do firms continue to merge? If mergers do provide real benefits, as the literature of industrial organizations and strategic management suggest, then why haven't the empirical studies found any evidence of real ...
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LABOR LAWS AND FIRM PERFORMANCE
Journal of Financial Research, 2017AbstractU.S. labor laws impose higher costs on unionized firms in states without right‐to‐work (RTW) laws. I find that these firms experience poor stock performance. The difference‐in‐differences analysis comparing the effect of RTW laws on unionized and nonunionized firms shows that unionized firms in states without RTW laws underperform by about 7 ...
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Appropriability, Preemption, and Firm Performance
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2007Abstract The impact of strategies used to appropriate innovation rents on firm performance is analyzed using a sample of U.S. public manufacturing firms. Stronger appropriability at the firm level, achieved through patent protection or the ownership of specialized complementary assets, leads to superior economic performance, as ...
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