Trade, productivity and profitability: On profit levels and profit margins

Berg, Marcel van den; Marrewijk, Charles van; Tamminen, Saara

doi:10.1111/twec.12630

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“…Only recent studies have dealt with the relationship between presence in international markets and profitability. This gap does not seem logical since the survival of the company is largely linked to its profitability (Alarussi & Alhaderi, 2018;van den Berg et al, 2018;Wagner, 2012aWagner, , 2014. It seems normal to accept a positive relationship between international trade and profitability.…”

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What are the determinants affecting cooperatives’ profitability? Evidence from Spain

Ríos

2023

Ann Public Coop Econ

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This study focuses on the analysis of the determinants of Spanish cooperatives’ profitability. We inspect several variables, whose influence on firms’ profitability has been verified by prior literature, and we assess whether these results are confirmed in cooperatives. The data span 13 years (2008–20). We approach the analysis including: (i) firm‐specific factors, (ii) industry‐specific factors, and (iii) location factors. There is a main research question: Are there significant differences in cooperatives’ profitability depending on firm‐specific, industry‐specific and/or location factors? The results emphasize that firm‐specific effects are the most important for cooperatives’ profitability. Summarizing our findings, cooperatives’ profitability is positively affected by size, liquidity, indebtedness, regional specialization in cooperatives, location economies, and lagging profitability, and negatively affected by age and presence in international markets.

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Section: Presence In International Marketsmentioning

confidence: 99%

What are the determinants affecting cooperatives’ profitability? Evidence from Spain

Ríos

2023

Ann Public Coop Econ

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“…Comparing import sources showed that intermediate costs from higher-income countries were more beneficial and facilitated exports to more demanding and profitable G7 markets. Van den Berg et al (2018) examined the link between imports and firms' productivity, where productivity is an intermediate factor in importexport relations. Scientists note that the connection between the company's import and export performance has not yet been fully explored (Van den Berg et al 2018).…”

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“…Van den Berg et al (2018) examined the link between imports and firms' productivity, where productivity is an intermediate factor in importexport relations. Scientists note that the connection between the company's import and export performance has not yet been fully explored (Van den Berg et al 2018). Wagner (2012) research shows that importing firms are more productive than non-importing because importers themselves enter international and global supply markets and buy higher quality intermediate products at lower costs, which contributes to the competitiveness of their products.…”

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Import Risks of Agricultural Products in Foreign Trade

Baranauskaitė

Jurevičienė

2021

Economies

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This paper aims to identify the main risk groups according to their significance on imports of agricultural products. After analysis of the scientific literature, eight groups of risks associated with agricultural products import were determined: supply risks, demand risks, production risks, management plus operational risks, logistical plus infrastructural risks, political risks, policy plus regulatory risks and financial risks. In order to assess the importance of all import risk groups, three Multicriteria decision support methods (MCDM)—SAW, TOPSIS and Geometric means—for expert evaluation are used. The article introduces a new import risks assessment framework CIRA (Country’s Imports Risk Assessment) contributing to the systematic approach of a country’s international trade risks management. The results order risk groups according to their importance in the following order: production (the most crucial risk group), logistical plus infrastructural, financial, management plus operational, political, supply, policy plus regulatory and demand risks.

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“…(Otter and Halasi, 2018) Effective receivables management is one of the possible tools against insolvency, payment incompetence or payment unwillingness on the part of the customer, which lead to the emergence of secondary insolvency in the company providing trade credits. (Kljucnikov et al., 2017;Salamon and Mesko, 2016) We distinguish three basic parts of receivables management: (Novytska, 2012)  Prevention  Monitoring  Recovery Some of the authors (Cornille et al, 2019;Soto-Scosta et al, 2016;Van Den Berg et al, 2018) state that the first partprevention is the most important. This phase helps to prevent the emergence of difficult, badly recoverable, or bad debts and helps to save costs related to these types of receivables.…”

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Provision of trade credits in relation to corporate payment ability: A case study of the Visegrad four

Krištofík¹,

Horák²,

Šuleř³

2019

EMS

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The contribution is focused on the issue of payment discipline and providing trade credits. Providing trade credits has become a common business practice. In contribution, our attention is paid to receivables in particular trade receivables, also known as trade credits. Advantageous payment terms can be considered as a competitive advantage. If a supplier does not request immediate payment for a good or service but provides its customers a possibility for invoice payment, we can talk about advantageous payment terms. In a functioning and efficient market economy, providing trade credits is a necessity. Nevertheless, trade credits need to be provided very carefully. The main aim of the contribution is to evaluate the current state of payment discipline of enterprises in the Visegrad Four together with the identification of factors affecting the solvency and at the same time to propose solutions to this crucial issue of the business environment. Within the practical part of the contribution, the authors focus on the importance of proactive management of receivables and the comparison of surveys of chosen agencies. The first part of the contribution is focused on the analysis of payment discipline. The key results of the chosen survey were analyzed. Atradius-European Payment Practices Barometer: Eastern Europe 2018, EOS-Payment Practices 2018 and Intrum Justitia-European Payment Report 2018 were used. The authors also test a hypothesis about existing a statistically significant relationship between payment discipline and selected indicators. The last part is focused on designing possible solutions for more effective receivables management, which will result in partial recovery of the business environment.

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Trade, productivity and profitability: On profit levels and profit margins

Cited by 9 publications

References 50 publications

What are the determinants affecting cooperatives’ profitability? Evidence from Spain

What are the determinants affecting cooperatives’ profitability? Evidence from Spain

Import Risks of Agricultural Products in Foreign Trade

Provision of trade credits in relation to corporate payment ability: A case study of the Visegrad four

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