TYPESETTING SAMPLES

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What Do We Know About Variance in Accounting Profitability?\\
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Anita M. McGahan \\
{\it Boston University School of Management}, \\{\it 595
Commonwealth Avenue},\\
{\it Boston, Massachusetts 02215}\\
{\it amcgahan@bu.edu}\\
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Michael E. Porter\\
{\it Harvard Business School},\\
{\it Soldiers Field},\\
{\it Boston, Massachusetts 02163}\\
{\it mporter@hbs.edu}\\
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{\abs{\dropletter{I}n this paper, we analyze the variance of
accounting profitability $~~~~$among a broad cross-section of
firms in the American economy from 1981--1994. The purpose of the
analysis is to identify the importance of year, industry,
corporate-parent, and business-specific effects on accounting
profitability among operating businesses across sectors. The
findings indicate that industry and corporate-parent effects are
important and related to one another. As expected,
business-specific effects, which arise from competitive
positioning and other factors, have a large influence on
performance. The analysis reconciles the results of previous
studies by exploring differences in method and data. We also
identify the broad contributions and limitations of the research,
and suggest avenues for further study. New approaches are
necessary to generate significant insights about the relationships
between industry, corporate-parent, and business influences on
firm profitability.}}
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