The financial statements of a company, especially public are information from perspective for interested parties, potential investors who in investing. One reference investment decisions is the measurement various company performance indicators. company's indicators Return On Assets where net income compared with total assets, so that obtained on how effective utilizing assets to earn its incom...

The social networking plays an important role on the internet in all spheres of activities including technology-assisted learning (TAL). Further online capital built upon sites (SNS) adds significant value to TAL. This study aims compare users’ profile, behavior and two contrasting SNS, namely LinkedIn Facebook. It also discusses possible implications A total number 329 valid responses were rec...

This paper examines the determinants of export performance of firms in the Greek manufacturing industry, using cross-sectional data from 1652 firms in 1999 and a Tobit regression model. The study finds that firms that have larger size, lower unit labor cost and low capital to labor ratio have a higher propensity to export, confirming the fact that in Greece, which has the second lowest capital ...

In science-based industries, world-class scientists drive the most successful firms. These scientists are more likely to follow high-stakes, high-returns R&D strategies instead of more predictable incremental strategies. We develop an options pricing model in which the probability of stock-price jumps increases with knowledge capital. GMM estimates show the probability of stock-price jumps incr...

This paper documents the relationship between capital intensity, the use of advanced manufacturing technology, growth rates, and exit probabilities for a sample of U.S. manufacturing plants. It utilizes data from a unique establishment survey of technology usage that allows us to control for both the quantity and heterogeneity of capital in the plant. The main findings are that capital-intensiv...

This paper examines the interaction between capital structure and advertising competition. Using a sample of firms that raise significant amounts of capital, we find that firms whose financial leverage has decreased as a result of their new funding increase their advertising significantly more than firms whose leverage has increased. We also find that these firms’ industry rivals respond less a...