the number of lambs sold per ewe mated in the breeding flock has a considerable impact on sheep operation profitability. this depends primarily on fertility, prolificacy (# of lambs), and lamb survival, mothering ability, milk production of the ewe and lamb growth rate. optimal reproduction does vary by environment and management system – some sheep operations don’t want a lambing rate over 200...

Given the unprecedented reach of social media, firms are increasingly relying on it as a channel for marketing communication. The objective of this study is to examine the effect of firm-generated content (FGC) in social media on three key customer metrics: spending, cross-buying, and customer profitability. The authors further investigate the synergistic effects of FGC with television advertis...

A conceptual framework for analyzing the credit rationing and the link between credit access and profitability is developed. The empirical analysis using data from manufacturing firms in Bulgaria, provides direct estimates of credit rationing and its impact on profitability in transition economies. The results from the switching regression suggest that the presence of credit market constraints ...

The study of dividend policy has captured the attention of finance scholars since the middle of the last century. There is a literature gap as very few studies have been carried out in the UAE and no study investigated the determinants of dividend payout policy in the UAE banking sector. The objective of this study is to investigate the impact of liquidity and profitability on the dividend poli...

We examine a variety of fixed asset investment theory approaches and show that, despite apparent differences, all contain a common ‘gene’ – the profitability gap. This finding is equally applicable to the paradigms of neoclassical general equilibrium in logical time and post-classical fullyadjusted stationary and steady states in historical time. The generic investment function and its characte...

This paper utilizes unique survey data on labor union coverage at the firm level to examine union effects on the profitability of 705 U.S. companies during the 1970s. Market value and earnings are estimated to be about 10%-15% lower in an average unionized company than in a nonunion company, following extensive control for firm and industry characteristics. Deleterious union effects on firm pro...

Readers of Wine East are familiar with the "French Paradox," a report that aired on the CBS television news program "60 Minutes" on November 17, 1991. The report suggested that the lower per capita heart failure of French people with diets similar to Americans may be explained by their greater levels of red wine consumption. The reaction to the broadcast in the United States was dramatic. Over ...

Performance Data envelopment analysis Managerial efficiency Profitability efficiency A two-stage approach in data envelopment analysis (2S-DEA) methodology is used towards decomposing a typical two-stage operation process of general insurance companies, which is conducted in a single operation involving intermediate. Specifically, we evaluate the managerial efficiency and profitability efficien...