the study examines the relationship between the size of firms and their growth in iranian food and beverages industries. the study utilizes iranian industrial data, classified on the base of isic with 4-digit code. the study evaluates the validity of gibrat's law in the selected firms. the validity of the law has been examined by two methods. first, the panel analysis is applied and second...

The paper concentrates on the positive development dynamics of « industrial districts » based on the network of small and medium-sized firms, in opposition to the decline of industrial centres of mass production in transition countries. The crux of the matter is to establish whether or not industrial districts constitute a model for the regeneration of local and regional economies in central Eu...

Firms are embedded in networks of inter-organizational relationships which influence the behaviors and performance of firms and the flow of resources among them. The purpose of the study is to develop a conceptual framework of Cross-border industry networks with the focus on competitive and collaborative elements. First, we identify simultaneously the collaborative and competitive elements of t...

The main purpose of this study is to examine the incremental information content of operating cash flows in predicting financial distress and thus develop reliable failure prediction models for UK public industrial firms. Neural networks and logit methodology were employed to a dataset of fifty-one matched pairs of failed and non-failed UK public industrial firms over the period 1988–97. The fi...

Using a resource-based view model, this paper examines the main factors influencing Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise (SME) international entry mode selection. In addition, a possible relationship between firms belonging to industrial districts and the entry mode choice has been verified. Data for the analysis of this study were collected interviewing 221 owners/managers of SMEs in Italy. Resul...

This paper investigates the link between economic de-regulation–domestic as well as trade de-regulation–and firm-level productivity using two unique data sets. We use the industrial licensing regime in India (operating from the 1950s onwards) and its gradual relaxation during the 1980s and 1990s to test whether industrial de-regulation that leads to more competition domestically, affects firm-l...

The new trade theory, which emerged in the early 1980s, emphasised economies of scale and market failures as driving forces behind international trade. As opposed to the earlier theory, which mainly assumed perfect competition, the new trade theory provided a rationale for industrial policy. This article shows how industrial policy targeting specific firms or industries may be socially desirabl...

Small-medium firms represent more than 90% of Italian firms, 50% of Italian production and 2/3 of employment and they need support in innovation process especially in known technology. The Italian small-medium firm, in fact, operates chiefly in medium to low technology sectors. They are often too small to make the necessary investments in training, computer systems, research and development, bu...

Abstract: We assess the effectiveness of China’s Two Control Zones (TCZ) policy, an environmental policy that tightens the control of acid rain and the emission of sulfur dioxide (SO2) in targeted areas. To identify the effect of the policy on industrial activities, we use the difference-in-differences (DID) method to study industry-level activities in China’s prefectures based on a unique firm...