scholarly journals An Ounce of Prevention: What Promotes Crisis Readiness and How Does It Drive Firm Performance?

2021 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 90-113
Author(s):  
John A. Parnell
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Firm Performance ◽  
Firm Size ◽  
Small Firms ◽  
Organizational Factors ◽  
The United States ◽  
Performance Results ◽  
Crisis Preparation ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Crisis Readiness

Organizations develop crisis readiness to avoid and mitigate crises. This study investigates several factors that influence crisis readiness, including market dynamism, perceived likelihood of a crisis (PLC), and firm size. It also evaluates the impact of crisis readiness on firm performance. Results from a PLS-SEM assessment of 301 managers in the United States suggest that market dynamism drives firm performance while heightening both PLC and crisis readiness. When compared to large organizations, managers in small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) reported higher PLC but lower crisis readiness, underscoring the challenges faced by small firms regarding crisis preparation. Crisis readiness was also positively linked to both financial and non-financial performance. The model tested in this study supports the influence of external and organizational factors on crisis preparation, as well as subsequent links with firm performance.

scholarly journals A Comparative Analysis of the Determinants of Executive Compensation between Canadian and U.S. Firms

2005 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 297-319 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michel L. Magnan ◽  
Sylvie St-Onge ◽  
Linda Thorne
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Firm Performance ◽  
Executive Compensation ◽  
Firm Size ◽  
Ownership Structure ◽  
The United States ◽  
Firm Ownership ◽  
Size Firm ◽  
The U.S

This study attempts to identify determinants of executive compensation in Canada while comparing how they differ between Canada and the United States. Results suggest that firm size, firm performance, and firm ownership structure all determine executive compensation in Canada. However, several differences between the determinants of executive compensation in Canada and the U.S. are identified.

Firm Size and Industrial Structure in the United States During the Nineteenth Century

1986 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 463-475 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeremy Atack
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Size Distribution ◽  
Firm Size ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Industrial Structure ◽  
The United States ◽  
Clear Trend ◽  
Economic Concentration ◽  
The Impact

This paper investigates the impact of the emergence of large-scale enterprises on industrial structure in America in the mid-nineteenth century and concludes that their impact was ambiguous. In cottons and irons, average scale increased dramatically, but inequality in the size distribution of plants declined and economic concentration showed no clear trend. In other industries, changes in average scale were much smaller and inequality increased, but again there was no clear trend in concentration.

Understanding Ornamental Plant Market Shares to Rewholesaler, Retailer, and Landscaper Channels

2012 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 173-189 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roger A. Hinson ◽  
Krishna P. Paudel ◽  
Marco Velástegui
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Firm Size ◽  
The United States ◽  
Ornamental Plant ◽  
Explanatory Variables ◽  
Market Shares ◽  
Plant Groups ◽  
Channel Diversity ◽  
Ornamental Crops ◽  
The Impact

Market channel alternatives that include garden centers, landscapers, mass merchandisers, and rewholesalers have contributed to the growth of ornamental crops sales in the United States. The impact of growers' business characteristics on shares of sales to these channels by firm size was estimated using the two-limit Tobit model. Important explanatory variables were regions of the United States, sales of plant groups, kinds of contract sales, and channel diversity. There were important differences in behavior by grower size. Overall, the results indicate a stronger than expected role for the rewholesaler channel as a preferred channel for ornamental plant sales.

Wrestling with 9/11: Immigrant Perceptions and Perceptions of Immigrants

2006 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 107-124 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caroline Brettell
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Immigration Policy ◽  
Asian Indians ◽  
World Trade Center ◽  
The United States ◽  
Fort Worth ◽  
Foreign Born ◽  
Immigrant Populations ◽  
Trade Center ◽  
The Impact

Soon after 9/11 a research project to study new immigration into the Dallas Fort Worth metropolitan area got under way. In the questionnaire that was administered to 600 immigrants across five different immigrant populations (Asian Indians, Vietnamese, Mexicans, Salvadorans, and Nigerians) between 2003 and 2005 we decided to include a question about the impact of 9/11 on their lives. We asked: “How has the attack on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 affected your position as an immigrant in the United States?” This article analyzes the responses to this question, looking at similarities and differences across different immigrant populations. It also addresses the broader issue of how 9/11 has affected both immigration policy and attitudes toward the foreign-born in the United States. 

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