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This paper investigates the relationship between contract manufacturing and quality risk — a term defined as the … and other outgoing product quality failures, there is a neither a strong coherent theory in operations and supply chain … management nor empirical evidence that considers whether and when CMs pose a differential quality risk in contrast to internal …
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Using firm-level data for up to 707 Swiss hotels and restaurants we evaluate the economic impact of the EURO 2008 … the surveyed companies. Notably the reported effects of the individual firms are very heterogeneous. For instance, hotels …
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Do private equity buyouts disrupt company operations to maximize short-term goals? We document significant operational changes in 103 restaurant chain buyouts between 2002 and 2012 using health inspection records for over 50,000 stores in Florida. Store-level operational practices improve after...
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Productivity is the ultimate driver of sustainable increases in living standards. While Ireland is a high productivity country, it has not been immune from the global productivity slowdown, with the pace of growth on a downward trend throughout the 2000s. Little research has been carried out as...
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