The purpose of this study is to understand the effect company growth and profitability on firm value with capital structure as a moderating variable in coal mining sub-sector companies listed Indonesia Stock Exchange for 2017-2020 period. This research method descriptive quantitative. population analysis are 25 Exchange. sampling technique chosen was by using purposive so that there were sample...

This paper utilizes unique survey data on labor union coverage at the firm level to examine union effects on the profitability of 705 U.S. companies during the 1970s. Market value and earnings are estimated to be about 10%-15% lower in an average unionized company than in a nonunion company, following extensive control for firm and industry characteristics. Deleterious union effects on firm pro...

Taking an evolutionary view of markets, Harold Demsetz hypothesized that firms ., differ persistently in efficiency and that industry concentration results from growth of ., efficient firms at the expense of inefficient ones. We test the hypothesis with high quality microdata from the US hospital industry, an industry of keen policy and scientific interest. We measure efficiency by firm in the ...

With the rise of the Internet as an important dimension of business, fierce competition is resulting in industries that fit skew distributions, where those few firms that can best leverage the digital economy accrue the majority of the revenues. Porter points out that the Internet erodes industrial profitability and intensifies the need for sound strategy. As a tool for modeling the growth of f...

This study analyzes the influence of profitability, liquidity, firm size, profit growth and audit quality on earnings quality. Theresearch population is mining sector companiesn isted Indonesia Stock Exchange for 2017-2021. The sampling metode used purposive sampling, in which 19 samples were obtained with five years observation. data source secondary form company's annual financial report. ana...

In this paper we use micro data on both trade and production for a sample of large Chinese manufacturing firms in the footwear industry from 2002-2006 to estimate an empirical model of export demand, pricing, and market participation by destination market. We use the model to construct indexes of firm-level demand, cost, and export market profitability. The empirical results indicate substantia...

We examine the stock market reaction to inter-corporate (984 contractors and 575 contractees) and corporate-government (1963 contractors) contract announcements reported by Dow Jones between January 1, 1990 and December 31, 2000. Around contract announcement dates, we find statistically significant positive average abnormal return for contractors, but insignificant average abnormal returns for ...

The extant operations management literature has extensively investigated the associations among quality, customer satisfaction, and firm profitability. However, the influence of employee attributes on these performance dimensions has rarely been examined. In this study we investigate the impact of employee satisfaction on operational performance in highcontact service industries. Based on an em...

Based on data from firms in the personal computer industry, we study the effect of new product introductions on three key drivers of firm value: profit rate, profit-rate persistence, and firm size as reflected in asset growth. Consistent with our theoretical development, we find that new product introductions influence profit rate and size; however, we find no effect on profit-rate persistence....

Workforce downsizing through employee layoffs has become commonplace in American businesses over the last 20 years. While these initiatives are typically undertaken in the quest for improved firm performance and competitiveness, empirical research to date has been equivocal in supporting the efficacy of these initiatives. In addition, extant research has not thoroughly examined factors or condi...