overall, the Italian manufacturing industry exhibits decreasing returns-to-scale. Further, we find many mature firms in the … industry and that endogenous growth will likely lead to reduce productivity. We conclude that higher quality PMS positively and …

comparisons in order to avoid the confounding effect of sectorial and firm size composition of a region's manufacturing industry …

demand and expectations influences have significantly affected reported price changes in Australian manufacturing industry … industry categories tested, however, certain excess demand variables (involving, for example, finished good inventories …, unfilled orders and industry operating rates) and various cost and inventory expectations variables have been significant …

behaviour. Results for Total Manufacturing Industry, for all three data sets, show prices respond to both actual cost movements … contributions seem far from trivial. Industry results are frequently sensitive to the survey used and/or to the method used to …