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Technological capabilities and rent eroding battles: Scandinavia centric evidence on firm profitability
Abstract : This paper furthers our understanding towards determinants of firm profitability using the data of listed firms from Scandinavia over the
period from 2002 to 2015. Applying robust generalised method of moments (GMM) and ANCOVA techniques, we show that firm size, capital
intensity, leverage, and growth are the major drivers of firm profitability in Scandinavia. A predominantly positive effect of size over profitability is in line with the broader prior evidence while a simultaneous negative capital intensity-profitability relationship is in contrast with the evidence from rest of the Europe. This contrasting effect may potentially be explained as an outcome of a suboptimal deployment of technological investments and/or rent-eroding battle among the incumbent firms operating in Scandinavia. Our results are robust to reverse causality and alternate proxies of capital intensity.
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Submitted on : Monday, February 24, 2020 - 4:29:10 PM
Last modification on : Wednesday, March 11, 2020 - 9:12:57 AM
Contributor : Steven Gouin <>
Submitted on : Monday, February 24, 2020 - 4:29:10 PM
Last modification on : Wednesday, March 11, 2020 - 9:12:57 AM