This paper examines the role of sustainability as a major driver innovation, and assesses its affect on firms’ performance. study was based companies listed in Forbes list 100 most innovative BCG’s 50 companies. The sample firms had higher ESG component scores than matched control firms, with statistical significance. In terms distinctiveness governance, larger boards, independent board members...

competitiveness is considered as a key criterion for assessing the success of countries, industries and companies. world economic forum defines competitiveness as the set of institutions, policies and factors that determine the level of productivity. moreover, competitiveness can be defined as acquisition more market share, greater profitability and long-term stability and growth of these indic...

The movement for a national pharmacare plan in Canada is growing, but at the same time the multinational pharmaceutical companies and their supporters are critical of such a move. The three major arguments that they make are that all that is needed is to “fill in the gaps,” ie, cover those who currently are uninsured or underinsured, that private drug plans are superior to public ones because t...

This paper has provided "out of sample" evidence of stock returns predictability in Tehran Stock Exchange. 68 qualified companies over the period from 2002 to 2015 were selected and for five different "forms of returns", five superior predictive models have been designed by applying "General to specific" approach of modeling technique. Then "out of sample" analysis, based on rolling regressions...

Reliable software demand has been increasing for the past two decades but still there exists a gap between the demands placed on the software industry and what the state-of art currently can deliver. There has been lot of work in mechanics of program construction but there has been little progress in improving the practice of software development. Competitive pressures are causing companies to ...