Essays about: "declining industries"

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1. 16. Growth Strategies in Declining Industries

   University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/Internationella Handelshögskolan

   Author : Christoffer Sundberg; Gustaf Sundberg; Miikka Lilja; [2015]
   Keywords : Declining KIndustries; Growth Strategies; Strategy; Strategic Management;

   Abstract : The phenomenon of declining industries has been sparsely researched and few scholars have investigated whether firms pursue, or should pursue, growth in industries that are in decline. This study aims to find out if and how firms pursue growth when they perceive the industries in which they operate as experiencing a decline. READ MORE

3. 17. The Swedish forest industries' view on the future market potential of nanocellulose

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Products

   Author : Johan Eklund; [2014]
   Keywords : nanocellulose; innovations; strategy; resources; alliances;

   Abstract : General concerns about environmental issues may mean that the demand for bio-based products will increase. Opportunities that arise on markets, together with the declining demand for newsprint, may trigger firms in the Swedish forest industry to increase their development of new products. READ MORE

4. 18. A Value-at-Risk Analysis of Credit Default Swaps and Stocks: Evidence from the European and North American Market

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

   Author : Valeria Collu; Denise Bretlaender; [2014]
   Keywords : Value-at-Risk; credit risk; equity risk; historical simulation; credit default swaps;

   Abstract : This thesis analyzes credit and equity risk during the period from September 2006 to September 2014. The sample includes pairs of credit default swap (CDS) spreads and stock prices for 113 European and 93 North American companies. READ MORE

5. 19. Technology, distribution, and long-run profit rate dynamics in the U.S. manufacturing sector, 1948-2011: evidence from a Vector Error Correction Model (VECM)

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Themistoklis Kalogerakos; [2014]
   Keywords : U.S. manufacturing sector; technical change; capital accumulation; real wages; falling rate of profit; Marx; cointegration; VECM; Business and Economics; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The examination of the determining factors of long-run profitability in the manufacturing sector has been largely neglected in the literature. Existing studies either overlook the internal profit dynamics of the sector for the sake of international developments or do not go beyond the application of descriptive statistics. READ MORE

6. 20. Hard Times Call for Strategic Measures : A study of how SMEs seek to increase performance in a declining industry

   University essay from Institutionen för marknadsföring (MF)

   Author : Emma Blomberg; Malin Mansikka; [2013]
   Keywords : Industry life cycle; declining industries; SME; end-game strategies; competitive strategies; international activities; niche strategy; differentiation; scale and scope of internationalisation; commitment;

   Abstract : An industry is constantly affected by its environment and the changes that occur within it. These environmental forces are the drivers of the industry’s evolution and throughout its life an industry undergoes irreversible transformations, which creates an industry life cycle. READ MORE