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A general framework for analysing endogenous trade divergences
Walsh, Patrick - London School of Economics (LSE) - 1991
determined by the maximum potential profitability of the home industry. It is argued that interpretations based on ?profit …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884498
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The interrelationship between HR, strategy and profitability in service SMEs: empirical evidence from the UK tourism hospitality and leisure sector
Georgiadis, Andreas; Pitelis, Christos N. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2010
We investigate the strategies, HR attributes and their synergies that are associated with superior performance in service SMEs using data from the UK Tourism Hospitality and Leisure (THL) sector. A major advantage of our analysis is that our sample includes information also on very small firms...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884576
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The impact of the diffusion of a financial innovation on company performance: an analysis of SWIFT adoption
Scott, Susan V.; Zachariadis, Markos - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2010
1,689 SWIFT adopters) between 1998 and2005. We find that adoption appears to have large effects on profitability, but it … between new technologies and firm organization. The profitability effectoperates by both raising sales and decreasing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010744922
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Minimum wages and firm profitability
Draca, Mirko; Machin, Stephen; Van Reenen, John - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2006
other aspects of firm behaviour. In this paper we consider the impact of minimum wages on firm profitability by exploiting … firm profitability was significantly reduced (and wages significantly raised) by the minimum wage introduction. This … residential care homes, and a second on firms across all sectors). Interestingly, we find no evidence that the profitability …
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