Digital technologies may make some tasks, jobs and firms more resilient to unanticipated shocks. We extract data from over 200 million U.S. job postings to construct an index for firms' resilience to the Covid-19 pandemic by assessing the work-from-home (WFH) feasibility of their labor demand....

We link a new UK management survey covering 8,000 firms to panel data on productivity in manufacturing and services. There is a large variation in management practices, which are highly correlated with productivity, profitability and size. Uniquely, the survey collects firms' micro forecasts of...

Learning Objectives At the end of this session, learners should be able to: Understand why interpretation of financial statements is necessary. Calculate accounting ratios for profitability, liquidity, efficiency, capital structure and investors. Utilise ratio analysis to critically appraise an...

The 2017 edition of the EU Industrial R&D Investment Scoreboard (the Scoreboard) comprises the 2500 companies investing the largest sums in R&D in the world in 2016/17. These companies, based in 43 countries, each invested over €24 million in R&D for a total of €741.6bn which is...

The 2017 edition of the EU Industrial R&D Investment Scoreboard (the Scoreboard) comprises the 2500 companies investing the largest sums in R&D in the world in 2016/17. These companies, based in 43 countries, each invested over €24 million in R&D for a total of €741.6bn which is...

Der Beurteilungsmaßstab des „ebenso effizienten Wettbewerbers“ hat nicht zuletzt im Rahmen des „more economic approach“ große praktische Bedeutung für das Behinderungsmissbrauchsverbot erlangt. Die Arbeit geht auf die historischen und ökonomischen Hintergründe des Maßstabs ein,...

The "EU Industrial R&D Investment Scoreboard" (the Scoreboard), published annually since 2004, monitors top EU based R&D investing companies benchmarking them with top R&D investors located in other parts of the world. The Scoreboard is part of the European Commission's monitoring activities to...

This report presents the results of the 2013 "EU Industrial R&D Investment Scoreboard" (the Scoreboard). The Scoreboard contains economic and financial data for the world's top 2000 companies ranked by their investments in research and development (R&D). The sample consists of 527 companies...

The 2014 "EU Industrial R&D Investment Scoreboard" (the Scoreboard) contains economic and financial data for the world's top 2500 companies ranked by their investments in Research and Development (R&D). The sample contains 633 companies based in the EU and 1867 companies based elsewhere. The...

The "EU Industrial R&D Investment Scoreboard" (the Scoreboard), published annually since 2004, monitors top EU based R&D investing companies benchmarking them with top R&D investors located in other parts of the world. The Scoreboard is part of the European Commission's monitoring activities to...

The question of whether or not mergers and acquisitions have helped to enhance banks' efficiency and profitability has not yet been conclusively resolved in the literature. We argue that this is partly due to the severe methodological problems involved. In this study, we analyze the effect of...

Previous research found that the initiation of Hospital Compare (HC) quality reporting had little impact on patient outcomes. However little is known about its impact on hospital prices, which may be significant since insurers are positioned to respond to quality information when engaging...

Previous research found that the initiation of Hospital Compare (HC) quality reporting had little impact on patient outcomes. However little is known about its impact on hospital prices, which may be significant since insurers are positioned to respond to quality information when engaging...

The 2015 EU R&D Scoreboard reports economic and financial information on the world's top 2500 companies that invested €607.2 billion in R&D over the last fiscal year (2014). It comprises 608 companies based in the EU, 829 companies based in the US, 360 in Japan and 703 from the rest of the...

The 2015 EU R&D Scoreboard reports economic and financial information on the world's top 2500 companies that invested €607.2 billion in R&D over the last fiscal year (2014). It comprises 608 companies based in the EU, 829 companies based in the US, 360 in Japan and 703 from the rest of the...

Im Land Mecklenburg-Vorpommern finden sich zwei staatliche (Voll-)Universitäten, drei staatliche Fachhochschulen und eine staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Theater. Im Vergleich zu den Einnahmen des Landes steigen die Finanzmittel der Hochschulen überproportional. Im Rahmen des...

The 2014 "EU Industrial R&D Investment Scoreboard" (the Scoreboard) contains economic and financial data for the world's top 2500 companies ranked by their investments in Research and Development (R&D). The sample contains 633 companies based in the EU and 1867 companies based elsewhere. The...

The 2014 "EU Industrial R&D Investment Scoreboard" (the Scoreboard) contains economic and financial data for the world's top 2500 companies ranked by their investments in Research and Development (R&D). The sample contains 633 companies based in the EU and 1867 companies based elsewhere. The...

This paper examines the actions and strategies of Germanyś leading energy companies - E.ON, RWE, EnBW and Vattenfall - in the light of a changing regulatory framework and other circumstances. The liberalization of the German electricity market, measures to promote renewable energies, market...

This report presents the results of the 2013 "EU Industrial R&D Investment Scoreboard" (the Scoreboard). The Scoreboard contains economic and financial data for the world's top 2000 companies ranked by their investments in research and development (R&D). The sample consists of 527 companies...

The EU Industrial R&D Investment Scoreboard is published annually by the European Commission (DG Research and Innovation and Joint Research Centre). The 2012 Scoreboard is based on a sample of 1500 companies, the world's top investors in R&D and representing equivalent to almost 90% of the total...

The EU Industrial R&D Investment Scoreboard is published annually by the European Commission (DG Research and Innovation and Joint Research Centre). The 2012 Scoreboard is based on a sample of 1500 companies, the world's top investors in R&D and representing equivalent to almost 90% of the total...

Insurance companies and pension funds are part of complex systems of private insurance and public social protection created to reduce the cost of economic hazards. In the current phase of the business cycle, with many OECD countries struggling with low economic growth, high public deficits and...

Cover -- Zum Inhalt / Zu den Autoren -- Titel -- Vorwort -- Inhaltsverzeichnis -- Abkürzungsverzeichnis -- Autorenprofile -- 1 Methoden der Unternehmensbewertung -- 1.1 Einzelbewertungsverfahren -- 1.1.1 Substanzwertverfahren auf Basis von Reproduktionswerten -- 1.1.2 Substanzwertverfahren auf...

This book is the first book that provides comprehensive economic analysis of cross-border outsourcing by Japanese manufacturing firms based on microdata. Previous literature on many other countries has often been constrained by limited data availability about outsourcing, but research contained...

We use a unique database on family relationships between CEOs, board members and owners of private Norwegian firms to examine earnings management priorities of private family firms. Consistent with agency theory we find that private family firms generally manage earnings downward compared with...

In this paper, we consider the relationship between performance and ownership concentration in a large number of publicly traded and privately held companies located in smaller European economies (Austria, Belgium, Finland, Ireland, and Ukraine). These countries represent the five legal families...