their individual effect on performance at the firm level. Design/methodology/approach – The empirical study is based on … with performance, knowledge acquired from general information sources, other firms beyond the core business and patents and … displays an inversed U-shaped effect on firm performance. Research limitations/implications – Conclusions can only be …

firm performance. Design/methodology/approach A theoretical framework for knowledge diversity and firm performance is … diversity of knowledge in a company can improve average company performance and reduce performance variations. Research … performance. A limitation is that the sample size is relatively small, which may limit the generalizability of the findings …

This paper studies the effect of managerial ownership on performance and the determinants of managerial ownership for … for the years 1997-2000. Managerial ownership up to around 80 per cent has a positive impact on firm performance … determinants of performance and ownership are estimated simultaneously. …

This paper investigates the relationship between different classes of institutional investors and firm performance … joint determination of firm performance and institutional ownership. We account for this issue in the context of a system of … firm performance and institutional equity ownership. However, this effect is not symmetric. We find that institutional …

paper, we evaluate the effectiveness of public programs whose aim is to enhance the performance of firms located in … Catalonia (Spain). We compare the performance of publicly subsidised companies (treated) with that of similar, but unsubsidised … the respective performance of each firm. As a result, we find that recipient firms, on average, change their business …

We examine why firms change their main bank and how this affects loans, interest payments and firm performance after … to be one of the main drivers of firm switching behavior. Furthermore, we find that firms have lower performance after …

between group affiliation and firm performance on the basis of a large panel of manufacturing firms for the period 1999 …

productivity performance. The empirical distributions and the associated persistence over time are explored through a set of … of performance, that is firm growth. We find that, independently from the particular sector of activity and from …

- continues to be negatively associated with firm performance through FY2004. Regression estimates suggest that firms with strong …