Sala Ríos, Mercé; Torres, Teresa; Farré, Mariona - In: Journal of industrial engineering and management : JIEM 7 (2014) 4, pp. 961-994
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to characterize the cyclical phases of the manufacturing industry in Spain and … examine the disaggregated quarterly IPI data of 16 manufacturing industries. Our methodology follows three steps. Firstly, we … phases of the manufacturing industries in terms of duration, amplitude, deepness and steepness. We also determine the degree …