The study primarily investigated whether there has been a tangible shift in the activities of the Indian software firms towards higher end of the value chain and factors that helped the firms to make transitions. The objectives were examined by broad examination of thirty nine software firms and deeper investigation based on case study of three firms derived from the above selected firms. It wa...

従来のユーザ・イノベーションは，ユーザの情報発信力は限定され，個別のユーザの情報は企業が集約して拾い集めることを前提として，ユーザを巻き込みながらも，製品や製品に関する情報は企業が統制し，市場に提供するという形態であった．

The export sector is considered an important sector for developing countries; hence it is important to understand the behavior of exporting firms. This paper looks at the financial structure of such firms and investigates plausible relationships between export status and leverage. If product demand from abroad has a low correlation with domestic demand, we would expect export-intensive firms to...

Research has established that R&D-intensive firms are characterized by substantial future risk-adjusted stock returns. The reasons for this phenomenon and its policy implications, however, are widely debated. Some attribute the excess returns to investors‘ systematic undervaluation of R&D firms and argue for improved disclosure to mitigate the mispricing, while others claim that the excess retu...

This study examines the abandonment of organizational practices. We argue that firm choices in implementing practices affect how firms experience a practice and their subsequent likelihood of abandonment. We focus on utilization of the practice and staffing, i.e. career backgrounds of managers, as two important implementation choices that firms make. The findings demonstrate that practice utili...

As many larger secondary woodworking firms have moved production offshore and been adversely impacted by the recent housing downturn, smaller firms have become important to driving U.S. hardwood demand. This study compared and contrasted small and large firms on a number of factors to help determine the unique characteristics of small firms and to provide insights into useful areas for support....

Using data on listed and unlisted firms in the U.K., this study documents systematic changes of profitability with age. In their early years, firms realize substantial profitability increases, on average, while mature firms face slow declines in profitability. A model of endogenous profitability changes arising from product development captures this pattern. Investment in product development ge...