Comparing the financial characteristics of different groups of firms with financial ratios has been a popular methodology in finance. In this paper, we compare the financial characteristics of German and French manufacturing firms with the MANOVA (multivariate analysis of variance) statistical

This paper studies the impact of size on labor cost and productivity for Italian manufacturing firms. The distributions of both labor cost and productivity display a wide support, even when disaggregated by sector of industrial activity. Further, both labor cost and productivity, when considered

This paper examines the importance of courts for trade credit amongst manufacturing firms in the East African community (EAC). The paper finds that high enforcement costs do not deter the use of courts to settle disputes associated with trade credit. The analysis suggests that when courts function

not widely known to auditors are used to help the detection of financial statement fraud. The study is done based on the data from 100 manufacturing firms listed in ISE. The results show that leverage ratio and return on assets ratio are important financial ratios in detecting financial statement fraud. ÖZET

This research details those steps that are involved with choosing the appropriate MRP II software for a small hi-tech manufacturer located in the upper midwestern portion of Wisconsin. The literature reviews and defines the objectives of material requirements planning. It reveals why materials

Dynamics of productivity and cost of labor in Italian

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From service for free to service for fee: business model innovation in manufacturing firms

. In this paper I assess each of these conjectures, drawing on plant and firm-level studies of LDC manufacturers. I find none to be systematically supported. Turnover is substantial, unexploited scale economies are modest, and convincing demonstrations of monopoly rents are generally lacking. Nonetheless I find

manufacturing firms learn by exporting?