U.S. REIT INDUSTRY PROFITABILITY: A BENNET DECOMPOSITION OF INDUSTRY DYNAMICS

Profitability, Growth and Efficiency in the US Life Insurance Industry

This study explores the relationship between operational efficiencyand profitability and growth in the US life Insurance industry, and provides a frameworkfor linking operating performance and financial success.Earnings and growth have particular importance to life insurance companies;earnings and capital determine the viability of the insurer, while growth is paramount toth...

The US biotechnology industry: industry dynamics and policy

The inseparability of the biotechnology industry and the state is a central theme in the analysis of the location and performance of biotechnology industry in the US and elsewhere. This paper reports on the results of a survey of US biotechnology companies looking particularly at their assessment of needs, barriers, strategies, and government programs. The paper shows that although there is an ...

Dynamics Emission For A Polluting Industry

R&D Investment Link to Profitability: A Pharmaceutical Industry Evaluation

This paper is an in depth analysis of the influence that investment into research and development has on a firm’s profitability in the pharmaceutical industry in the United States. The pharmaceutical industry is chosen due to its high intensity of research and development expenditures. The top 16 companies in the pharmaceutical industry are analyzed through regression analysis. The argument mad...

Industry Effects in Firm and Segment Profitability Forecasting: Corporate Diversification, Industry Classification, and Estimation Reliability1

Academics and practitioners have long recognized the importance of a firm’s industry membership in explaining its financial performance. Yet, contrary to conventional wisdom, recent research shows that industry-specific profitability forecasting models are not better than economy-wide models. This paper re-examines the incremental advantage of industry-specific models. We find considerable indu...