Regulations are shown to have a significant impact on entrepreneurial activity, especially startups by smaller firms. Higher compliance costs deter small firms entering new industry. In this study, using state-level regulation data in the U.S., we examine whether different types of regulations (including “health and safety regulations”, “employment “tax code”, “licensing “environmental “zoning ...

The purpose of this study is to empirically examine the influence firm characteristics (size, age, industry type, and ownership) on a firm’s strategic orientation. business environment, namely market uncertainty competition intensity, also analysed in association with Furthermore, implication orientation for performance tested. used 1024 data sets 128 manufacturing firms listed Indonesia stock ...

The aim of this exploratory study is to examine the importance of measurement and use of environmental performance indicators (EPIs) within manufacturing firms. Two research questions are investigated: (i) To what extent are firm characteristics associated with the importance of measurement of various categories of EPIs? (ii) To what extent are firm characteristics associated with global and sp...

Many advertisements inform the consumer about product characteristics, while others give price information with very little product information, and some provide both types of information. We propose a framework to analyze the incentives for firms to provide various types of information. We consider the case of a single seller. There is no incentive to provide information on product characteris...