Introduction: Economic performance and small business

Small Business and Economic Development for Nebraska

Relationship between Economic Integration and Business

One of the basic tenets in recent international trade literature is about the effect of trade integration on business cycle synchronization (BCS) among trading countries. The objective of this paper is to explore the main determinants of business cycle synchronization, with emphasis on trade integration. To this end, we have specified two simultaneous regression equations which were estimated b...

(Small) Business Activity and State Economic Growth: Does Size Matter?

(Small) Business Activity and State Economic Growth: Does Size Matter? Donald Bruce a; John A. Deskins b; Brian C. Hill c; Jonathan C. Rork d a Center for Business and Economic Research, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA b Department of Economics and Finance, Creighton University, Omaha, NE, USA c Department of Economics and Finance, Salisbury University, Salisbury, MD, USA d Departme...

State-business relations and economic performance in India

F rom independence and till the early 1990s, the Indian economy was characterised by a command and control regime, whereby the state essentially shaped the investment decisions of the private sector and the public sector occupied the 'commanding heights' of the economy. Most commentators are of the view that such a dirigiste regime led to a collusive and rent-seeking relationship between the st...

Market Orientation and Business Economic Performance: a Mediational Model

Previous studies have found that market orientation significantly predicts economic performance. The present study attempts to provide a necessarily partial model for how this impact takes place using innovation degree, innovation performance and customer loyalty as intermediate variables. The study targets the insurance industry in the European Union. Our sample accounted for 22% of the compan...