New Methods for Ex Post Evaluation of Regional Grouping Schemes in International Business Research: A Simulated Annealing Approach

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul M. Vaaler ◽  
Ruth V. Aguilera ◽  
Ricardo G Flores
Keyword(s):  
Simulated Annealing ◽  
International Business ◽  
Business Research ◽  
New Methods ◽  
Post Evaluation ◽  
Ex Post ◽  
International Business Research ◽  
Regional Grouping

Metrics for International Business Research

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Randall Morck ◽  
Bernard Yeung
Keyword(s):  
International Business ◽  
Performance Measures ◽  
Productivity Growth ◽  
Empirical Work ◽  
Market Value ◽  
Business Research ◽  
Growth And Survival ◽  
Ex Post ◽  
International Business Research ◽  
Cross Country

This article focuses on performance measures. It starts with the usual focus on profitability and market value as performance measures, followed by alternative performance measures based on firm productivity, growth and survival. It then discusses issues on survey data, and the problem of ex post reasoning in empirical work. There are several important themes in this discussion. First, it discusses the definitional and variable construction issues. Second, it addresses the analytical contents in these variables as performance measures. Third, it highlights the statistical and empirical difficulties in using these performance measures, especially in an international cross-country context.

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