Science and technology parks have been a major driver of both the commercialization of agricultural innovation and the financial success of many farm and agribusiness firms. Therefore, the main purpose of this study was to explain the factors affecting commercialization of agricultural innovation in Kermanshah Science and Technology Park. The experts of this center were sampled by the census me...

this paper measures event risk which is introducing by the ball committee to measure the effect of sudden news. this study calculates event risk by using the data of registered firms in tehran stock market between 1993 and 1994. for computing event risk, we use daily market capitalization for 80 firms during 1993-2009, then dividing these firms to three baskets; big, medium and small. the model...

The purpose of this study is to find the relationship between lending to Small and Medium-size Exporter Enterprises (E-SMEs) and the use of Basel II Capital Accord for the first time in the banking system of Iran. Results showed that 96.69 percent of small firms were in the very low risk category of credit portfolio. This proof explains a consistent and balanced relationship between risk- weigh...

Serial innovators are long-lived, small firms with a substantial, public record of innovative success. This paper argues that such firms are often specialist suppliers of technology. We draw on Arora, Fosfuri and Gambardella's framework concerning markets for technology to explain the patenting characteristics of these firms. We find that the firms produce technology that in comparison to large...

Small firms that offer health insurance to their employees may face variable premiums if the firm hires an employee with high-expected health costs. To avoid expensive premium variability, a small firm may attempt to maintain a workforce with low expected health costs. In addition, workers with high-expected health costs may prefer employment in larger firms with health insurance rather than in...

Article history: Received 10 April 2006 Received in revised form 4 August 2009 Accepted 20 August 2009 Available online 28 August 2009 This paper uses both linear and nonlinear causality tests to reexamine the causal relationship between the returns on large and small firms. Consistent with previous results, we find that large firms linearly lead small firms. We also find a significant linear c...

ver since its discovery by Banz (1981), the size effect has remained an enigma. Although the empirical fact that firms with low market values earn higher returns than firms with high market values is beyond dispute, a theoretical explanation of this regularity has eluded the profession for almost 15 years. Because this empirical regularity is almost universally interpreted as evidence that smal...

i Interested in guest editing a special theme issue of IRMJ? Contact the editor at [email protected] Small and medium-sized firms (SMEs) are a vibrant part of all economies. Although the definition of an SME varies, for most economies, the focus is on firms with less than than 250 employees. The changes engendered by large corporations that focus on their core compe-tencies have fostered a re...

This paper focuses on information systems (IS) competences in small firms. The paper draws on prior IS research that has used resource-based theory. The literature was used to identify many types of IS resources and competences, predominantly based on research in large firms. The paper reports evidence gained from interviews within nine small manufacturing firms using the Peppard & Ward (2004) ...