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Showing 1 to 20 of 56 for “"Sales growth"”.
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Assessing existing financing models amongst black entrepreneurs in the South African wine industry, case of Western Cape
… both public and private sectors to promote wine sales growth within the wine industry. The objectives of the study are, to describe the socio-economic characteristics of Black wine entrepreneurs, assess the existing financing models amongst the black wine entrepreneurs, to describe the trend …
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Firm growth, innovation and access to finance: Evidence from European SMEs
… SMEs. Chapter Two examines how sustainable growth firms obtain external finance during and after the 2008 financial crisis. Although sustainable growth firms have past growth records and future growth aspirations; however, those firms may face challenges in obtaining external finance. We …
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Supplement versus Supplant: A case study of the effect of internet lottery sales on traditional lottery sales
… to examine the impact internet lottery sales have on traditional lottery sales. The thesis builds on work that explored what motivates policy makers to approve innovative policy solutions, such as a new internet delivery method for lottery sales, and how that decision impacts the overall …
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The impact of leverage on firm performance: evidence from start- ups in Swedan
… with statistically significant declines in both sales growth and the industry-adjusted operating income ratio (adjOIR). Specifically, a one-unit increase in lagged leverage corresponds to reductions of approximately 0.280–0.232 percentage points in sales growth and 0.039–0.034 percentage points …
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Assessing the Impact of Financial Literacy and Digital Capability on the Performance of Small and Medium Enterprises in Ghana
… on the performance of SMEs in the areas of sales, employment and profitability. Secondly, the effect financial behaviour construct using variables such as savings (SB), risk management (RMB), budgeting (BB), and record keeping (RKB) were also examined on the performance of the sampled SMEs. …
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In the Groove: A Documentary about Vinyl
… been the only musical format to record positive sales growth. </p> <p>For many musicians today, pressing their music to vinyl records yields the greatest return on investment. However, vinyl remains a niche market, supported by a devoted fan base. </p> <p>This film focuses on a group of artists …
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The Impact of Adapting Fair Trade on Organisational Performance in Sialkot Sports Balls Industry, Pakistan
… of the firms was measured using the performance sales growth indicator. The study focused on the relationship between fair trade and conventional sports balls sales. The indicators covered 11 years of data from 2009 - 2019 to calculate the ten years of sales growth, including sales of fair trade …
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Understanding high-powered incentives in organizations
… compensation correlates with higher growth in total shareholder return; particularly for small firms, a higher level of incentive-based compensation correlates with significantly higher total asset growth, sales growth and employment growth as well. To explore whether the level of …
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Do Investors Over-react to Patterns of Past Financial Performance Measures?
… this dissertation examines whether patterns (growth and consistency in growth) of firms' past financial performance influence investors' perceptions about stock values and future performance of these firms. Second, multiple estimation horizons of past performance variables (ranging from one to …
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Driving Growth Through Sales and Operations Planning, Inventory Management, and Supply Chain Expansion
Exponential sales growth creates unique challenges for manufacturing companies. An increasing backlog directly increases lead times unless production capacity can be scaled at the same rate. Lead times greater than the industry average threaten future growth as customers begin choosing substitutes …
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The Relationship Of Market Orientation, Absorptive Capaci-Ty, Organizational Learning, And Positional Advantage To Corporate Performance In Turbulent And Non-Turbulent Environments
… measured by managers' perceptions of Sales Growth, Market Share Growth, and Market Position. Further, I investigate the impact of Turbulence on these relationships. The link between Organizational Learning and Market Orientation increases as Market Turbulence increas-es. The link …
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Ownership Structure and Characteristics of Earnings
… as firm size, book-to-market, risk, leverage, sales growth, and regulatory environment. These findings suggest that the presumable incentive alignment effect that prompts firms to provide stock ownership to a larger set of executives come at a cost to investors, namely that of diminishing …
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The impact of Information Technology (IT) on the financial performance of organizations in a developing country
… assets, gross margin/turnover, profit growth rate and sales growth rate) were used. The study also established the importance of perceived risk in any organization's and managers' daily activities. The study further investigated the close link between calculated organizational risk and …
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How do foreign auto suppliers need to compete differently in China market?
… in China, and expecting most of their global sales growth to come from China in the next decade. Following the move of foreign OEMs, many foreign auto suppliers also entered the China market, either to serve their traditional OEM customers, or to look for new business opportunities. Among …
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Essays in macroeconomics
… estimator of the variance of firms' real sales growth rate (proxy for idiosyncratic volatility) based on the cross-sectional properties of firms' distribution. I use optimal structural break tests and long-run relationship tests to study the relationship between aggregate and idiosyncratic …
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Strategies for next-generation fixed line service in Japan
… carriers, NTT East and NTT West, prospects for sales growth are slim, making cost reductions vital if those companies hope to remain profitable. It is imperative for NTT East and NTT West to expand into the broadband-related business as well as to slash costs further. In this thesis, I analyze …
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Strategic and financial factors in business failure, bankruptcy and reorganization
… bankruptcy, but they pursued more aggressive growth strategies. The firms were approximately equally divided between four groups based on firm sales growth or decline and industry growth or decline. The typical decline pattern observed was asset and debt growth followed by decline in …
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The promise of digital technology in brick and mortar retail
… component of the U.S. economy. U.S. retail sales in the United States were $4.36 trillion USD in 2012. The greatest portion of retail sales growth has come from online sales, which is 5.2% of total retail sales. The line between brick-and-mortar and online retail is beginning to blur. At the …
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Measuring the value of a responsive supply network
… to unpredictable market demand and minimize lost sales. Reduction in lost sales leads to growth in sales. LargeCo is interested in finding out if its responsive supply chain is contributing to sales growth. In particular, LargeCo would like to determine whether improvement in KPIs, driven by …
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An exploration of automotive platinum demand and its impacts on the platinum market
… high prices. A significant driver of this demand growth for the last several decades is demand automotive sector, which is responsible for almost 60% of total primary platinum demand, due to the use of platinum in three way catalysts. Platinum is one of the materials utilized to catalyze reactions …
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