The design of Agilent Cary 600 FTIR Series spectrometers focuses on performance. This is achieved through innovative optics design, with an emphasis on optical throughput. The result is an FTIR series that offers unrivalled sensitivity and performance. A larger footprint is required, but this is a negligible compromise for the customer, given the vast increase in productivity and profitability ...

A positive correlation between productivity and export market participation has been well documented in producer micro data. Recent empirical studies and theoretical analyses have emphasized that this may reflect the producer’s other investment activities, particularly investments in R&D or new technology, that both raise productivity and increase the payoff to exporting. In this paper we devel...

Regio~lal variations in labor costs attract a great deal of attention because of their poterttial to affect the regional distribution of eco~lomic activity. Because of the tnajor role that labor costs play in total production costs, regional differences in labor costs Inay translate into dramatic regional differences in profitability. Profitability, in turn, is a major determinant of a~hether o...

Exports, Imports and Profitability: First Evidence for Manufacturing Enterprises This paper documents for the first time the relationship between profitability and three types of international trade activities – exports, imports and two-way trade. It uses unique new representative data for manufacturing enterprises from Germany, one of the leading actors on the world market for goods, that merg...

Agriculture plays predominant role in Indian economy. More than two thirds people in rural areas are engaged in agriculture and its allied activities. Presently agriculture is treated as an industry; cost benefit analysis is required for benefits of farmers. Most of the farmers are not maintaining proper accounting record and not using statistical and financial tools to study profitability of t...

Inorganic fertilizer use across Sub-Saharan Africa is generally considered to be low. Yet, the notion that fertilizer use is too low is predicated on the assumption that it is profitable to use rates higher than currently observed. There is, however, limited empirical evidence to support this. Using a nationally representative panel dataset, this paper empirically estimates the profitability of...

There are relatively few industrial applications of process systems to the specialty batch process industry (as compared to bulk continuous or even bulk batch process industry). However, inherent flexibility of these processes can be exploited to increase productivity and product quality. This study is based on a real industrial example of fed-batch polymerisation of ethylene oxide with a base ...

In China, more firms in the textile and apparel industry adopt environmental management systems compared to firms that manufacture other products. It is important to know how the firms’ financial and real performances are affected. We study the changes of firms’ performance in profitability, sales, and operational efficiency after environmental management system (EMS) adoption using an event st...