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Country and Industry Factors as Determinants of Corporate Performance: Research Methodology

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Corporate Performance

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Abstract

Corporate performance diversity has long been the subject of a number of studies performed with various research methods in such areas as finance, accounting or industrial economics. Researchers focus on different aspects of this diversity, for example, depending on geographical region, industry, company size or strategy.

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Notes

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    Nomenclatures des Activites de Communite Europeenexx.

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    \( {d_{(x,y) }}=\sum\nolimits_i {({x_i}} -{y_i}{)^2} \).

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    \( D(X,Y)=\frac{{m\cdot k}}{m+k}\cdot {{(d(\bar{x},\bar{y}))}^2} \), where m, k – numbers of objects in clusters X and Y.

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    \(V = \frac{\sigma }{\mu }\), where \( \sigma \)– standard deviation, \( \mu \)– mean.

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    \({r_{xy }}=\frac{{\operatorname{cov}(x,y)}}{{{\sigma_x}{\sigma_y}}}\).

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Koralun-Bereźnicka, J. (2013). Country and Industry Factors as Determinants of Corporate Performance: Research Methodology. In: Corporate Performance. Contributions to Management Science. Springer, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00345-0_2

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