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Determinants of firm exit in Slovenian manufacturing
Industrial Management & Data Systems, 2007PurposeThis paper sets out to present the determinants of firm exit at the micro firm‐level of Slovenian manufacturing derived from the results of pooled and panel probit models.Design/methodology/approachEmpirical research is conducted on the basis of the Slovenian firm registry data which include virtually all the firms in manufacturing.
Stefan Bojnec, Ana Xavier
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Wage structure in Italian manufacturing firms [PDF]
, 2007 This paper jointly considers some pieces of evidence regarding peculiarities of industries' structure which are often separately addressed. Italian industrial sectors are known to be characterized by a high proportion of small enterprises that suffers from constraints to growth.
Giulio Bottazzi, Marco Grazzi
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Entry, growth and survival of manufacturing firms
Small Business Economics, 1994This paper examines the interactions between entry size, growth rate, and probability of survival of firm. Standard microeconomics states that firm growth stems from relative efficiency differentials and that growth positively affects the likelihood of survival.
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Lean manufacturing practices in Indonesian manufacturing firms
International Journal of Lean Six Sigma, 2016PurposeContradictory findings regarding the implication of Lean manufacturing (LM) implementation to business performance (BP) have been observed in prior studies. Hence, more studies are required to be capable of finding the status of LM implementation and its impacts on BP.
Gusman Nawanir +2 more
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The use of design in Finnish manufacturing firms [PDF]
, 2006 This study analyzes the use of design and the position of the design function in Finnish manufacturing firms. We also study the impact of design on companies’ business performance. The paper is based on a survey directed to the member companies of the Confederation of Finnish Industries (EK) in November‐December 2005.
Lindström, Maarit, Pajarinen, Mika
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The antecedents of IT-business alignment in manufacturing firms
International Journal of Business Information Systems, 2011Aligning information systems to business strategy is regarded as one of the most important issues in the MIS field. Successful IT strategic alignment means developing and sustaining a mutual relationship between IT strategy and business strategy – a relationship that benefits both parties.
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Digital transformation of manufacturing firms
2021Enrico Pieretto, Andreas Hinterhuber
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Firm Boundaries, Information Processing Capacity, and Performance in Manufacturing Firms
Journal of Management Information Systems, 2016AbstractWe analyze the alignment between information processing needs and capacities. First, we explore the relationship between firms’ vertical and horizontal boundaries and information technology (IT) capabilities. The literature postulates that less internalization leads firms to invest more in information technology.
Jaime Gómez +2 more
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The demography of manufacturing firms (1911–1971)
2006The dynamic of size distribution highlights three very interesting statistical inter-industrial regularities. Firstly, the dynamic distribution of the major firms shows a convergence towards the bottom of the size distribution, i.e. these firms grow but, the absolute size does not grow much because the firms that reach the highest stages recede.
GIANNETTI, RENATO, VELUCCHI, MARGHERITA
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Asset Sales by Manufacturing Firms in India [PDF]
, 2009 In this paper we study 325 large scale asset sale transactions by Indian manufacturing firms in the period 1996 to 2008. We find that the likelihood of asset sales increases with the firm’s low capacity of debt utilisation and decreases with size, profitability, operating performance and solvency.
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