The paper is based on a synthesis of a "product variety" version of the firm life cycle model developed by Klette and Kortum (2004) and an equilibrium search model of the labor market with job to job flows introducted by Mortensen (2003). In the construction, a continuum of intermediate product and service varieties are produced with labor that serve as inputs in the production of a final good....

Purpose In this research, collaboration attributes related to the firm's intrinsic and extrinsic facets at pertinent levels (i.e. enterprise, strategic, operational, tactical levels) for construction equipment OEMs (original manufacturers) operating in India have been quantified modeled. Design/methodology/approach For modeling intra-firm respective organizational levels, relevant populated emp...

Vertical integration refers to a combination of several or all functions in the value chain under a single firm. Many researchers have suggested that vertical integration facilitates the development and implementation of systemic innovations. As opposed to autonomous innovations that can be introduced as such without any major changes or modifications to the rest of the business system, systemi...

Purchasing and suppliers are of major strategic importance to most companies today. This is because a substantial amount of the resources used by a company are made available through its suppliers. Purchases from suppliers account for more than half of total costs for most companies and in some industries, such as electronics, telecommunications, construction, and automotive, this portion is no...

Textiles for apparels are constructed by innovative methods in construction by weaving or knitting to get the end product requirements of better strength, extension, elasticity, hand and resistance to abrasion. Woven and knitted fabrics are widely used and known for their respective properties of firm shape and elastic properties. Their drawback of rigidity and deformation of shape are overcome...

This paper analyzes the effect of productivity on profitability at the firm level through the construction of an anticipatory framework/model, based on Gold’s model. It is a Total Productivity Measurement (TPM) model, which directly measures and relates productivity with long-term profitability (defined as the Shareholder Value AddedSVA) and uses dynamic productivity ratios and their effects on...

Personnel economics has put forward conflicting arguments concerning the impact of increased wage dispersion within a firm on the productivity of its workers. Besides giving more incentives, bigger wage differentials might also give rise to less cooperation and more politicking amongst workers resulting in worse outcomes. We try to shed light on these issues using panel data for Austrian firms....