APM

English translation: medium productivity company

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Italian term or phrase:APM
English translation:medium productivity company
Entered by: Enza Longo

15:34 Jan 11, 2010
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Business/Commerce (general)
Italian term or phrase: APM
This means (azienda di produttivita' media), what is it in English? Is there such a classification. In Italian there are APL (aziende di produttivita' limitata), APS (aziende di produttivita' superiore) and so forth.
Th context provided is Italian meaning in parenthesis.
Thanks
Vincent Lemma
Italy
Local time: 06:40
medium productivity company
Explanation:

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Sunk Costs, Firm Size and Firm Growth ES9SYÏÏ
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by L Cabral - 1995 - Cited by 144 - Related articles
As for the medium-productivity firm, we know that first-period capacity ... Dunne, P. and Hughes, A., 1994, 'Age, Size, Growth and Survival: UK Companies ...
www.marshall.edu/cber/.../15-Sunk_Costs_Firm_Size_and_Firm_...
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SUNK COSTS, FIRM SIZE AND FIRM GROWTH*
The first-period decision problem for the medium-productivity firm is ... DUNNE, P. and HUGHES, A., 1994, 'Age, Size, Growth and Survival: UK Companies ...
www.jstor.org/stable/2950479

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Firm Heterogeneity, Input Specificity, and the Optimal Outsourcing ...
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by GA Schwartz - Related articles - All 4 versions
outsourcing to the South, while medium productivity companies choose generic outsourcing to the. South, and low productivity firms choose generic ...
neumann.hec.ca/cref/sem/documents/051012.pdf
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Enza Longo
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4 +2medium productivity company
Enza Longo
4mid-size/mid-market company
William Murphy
3firm with average productivity
Erika Nagy, Esq.


  

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firm with average productivity


Explanation:
this is how I have been translating it

Erika Nagy, Esq.
Local time: 00:40
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in HungarianHungarian
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
mid-size/mid-market company


Explanation:
In English we refer only to the size of the company. (It's productivity can be inferred from this),
I find that there is an increase in the term mid-market business (for example this is what Microsoft uses on its website).

William Murphy
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
medium productivity company


Explanation:

# [PDF]
Sunk Costs, Firm Size and Firm Growth ES9SYÏÏ
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
by L Cabral - 1995 - Cited by 144 - Related articles
As for the medium-productivity firm, we know that first-period capacity ... Dunne, P. and Hughes, A., 1994, 'Age, Size, Growth and Survival: UK Companies ...
www.marshall.edu/cber/.../15-Sunk_Costs_Firm_Size_and_Firm_...
#
SUNK COSTS, FIRM SIZE AND FIRM GROWTH*
The first-period decision problem for the medium-productivity firm is ... DUNNE, P. and HUGHES, A., 1994, 'Age, Size, Growth and Survival: UK Companies ...
www.jstor.org/stable/2950479

[PDF]
Firm Heterogeneity, Input Specificity, and the Optimal Outsourcing ...
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Quick View
by GA Schwartz - Related articles - All 4 versions
outsourcing to the South, while medium productivity companies choose generic outsourcing to the. South, and low productivity firms choose generic ...
neumann.hec.ca/cref/sem/documents/051012.pdf

Enza Longo
Canada
Local time: 00:40
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  James (Jim) Davis: Not a standard term, but productivity is produttività
1 hr
  -> Thanks, James

agree  Lorraine Buckley (X): haven't come across it, but sounds and looks good to me
16 hrs
  -> Thanks, Lorraine
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