Browsing Economic and Social Review by Author "Roper, Stephen"

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  • Benchmarking company profitability and growth: some measurement issues for small firms in Ireland 

    Hewitt-Dundas, Nola; Roper, Stephen (Economic & Social Studies, Dublin, 1998)
    International comparisons of productivity, purchasing power and inflation can depend crucially on differences in national statistical procedures. This paper indicates that even in more localised comparisons of small firm ...

  • Job creation and destruction in Northern Ireland: 1973-1993 

    Roper, Stephen (Economic & Social Studies, Dublin, 2004)
    Job creation and destruction estimates are made for Northern Ireland manufacturing using the ARD database. International comparisons suggest job creation and destruction rates in Northern Ireland were below those elsewhere. ...

  • Manufacturing productivity in Northern Ireland: a re-examination 

    Roper, Stephen (Economic & Social Studies, Dublin, 1995)
    This paper considers the influence of plant-level productivity and industry-mix/plantsize structure on manufacturing productivity in Northern Ireland. It demonstrates that from 1981-91 around two-thirds of the productivity ...