Industrial Dependence and Export Manufacturing in Kenya

1986 ◽  
pp. 181-212
Author(s):  
Steven Langdon
Keyword(s):  
Export Manufacturing

scholarly journals The performance of export manufacturing firms: roles of international entrepreneurial capability and international opportunity recognition

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Md Imtiaz Mostafiz ◽  
Murali Sambasivan ◽  
See Kwong Goh
Keyword(s):  
Firm Performance ◽  
Financial Performance ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Manufacturing Firms ◽  
Opportunity Recognition ◽  
Entrepreneurial Firms ◽  
Marketing Capability ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Export Manufacturing

PurposeThe international entrepreneurial capability has achieved its legitimacy in international business literature. Leveraging capabilities to recognise opportunities is considered a pivotal strategy to achieve success. Drawing on the entrepreneurship literature and opportunity perspective, this study aims to investigate the role of international entrepreneurial capability in enhancing the international opportunity recognition (IOR) process and the performance of export manufacturing firms.Design/methodology/approachStructural equation modelling has been used to test the hypothesised relationship on 388 export manufacturing entrepreneurial firms operating in the apparel industry of Bangladesh.FindingsThe results signify that three international entrepreneurial capabilities, namely, international networking, learning and marketing capability, positively enhance the IOR process of export manufacturing firms. The IOR process positively mediates the relationships between these international entrepreneurial capabilities and firm performance.Originality/valueMerely having the international entrepreneurial capability is not sufficient to escalate the firm performance. It must be amplified by various strategic actions such as the IOR process. Entrepreneurs need to capitalise on the international entrepreneurial capability to leverage the IOR process and generate non-financial performance success. Entrepreneurial firms that focus more on stimulating non-financial performance can secure better financial performance.

scholarly journals Impacts of dynamic managerial capability and international opportunity identification on firm performance

2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 339-363 ◽  
Author(s):  
Md Imtiaz Mostafiz ◽  
Murali Sambasivan ◽  
See Kwong Goh
Keyword(s):  
Financial Performance ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Manufacturing Firms ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Opportunity Identification ◽  
Developed Country ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Export Manufacturing

Purpose This paper aims to investigate the antecedents and outcomes of international opportunity identification (IOI) in export-manufacturing firms. The fundamental question addressed in this research is: How does dynamic managerial capability (DMC) of entrepreneurs contribute to IOI and success of the firms? Design/methodology/approach The research model was tested through structural equation modeling among the readymade garment manufacturing firms in the least developed country, Bangladesh. A survey was conducted with a random sampling approach and responses were collected from 390 firms. Findings The salient findings are: DMC has direct and indirect impacts through IOI on financial and non-financial performance; IOI mediates the relationship between managerial social capital and non-financial performance and between managerial cognition and non-financial performance; IOI has a negative relationship with the financial performance of the firms; and scope of accelerated internationalization positively moderates the relationship between IOI and financial performance of firms. Originality/value This paper notably shows that DMC of export-manufacturing entrepreneurs leads to the identification of the right kind of opportunities, which, in turn, generate better performance. It is advantageous for this type of firm to operate a business in multiple countries.

Effect of Government R&D Programs on Innovation by Export Manufacturing Firms

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 37-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hyae-Chong Shim ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Manufacturing Firms ◽  
Export Manufacturing

scholarly journals China: Migrant Workers Want ‘Decent Work’

2009 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 60-81 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kate Hannan
Keyword(s):  
Working Conditions ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Second Generation ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Young Workers ◽  
Decent Work ◽  
Urban Migrant ◽  
Export Manufacturing

China now has a second generation of rural-to-urban migrant workers. An estimated eighty percent of these workers were born in the 1980s or after. Many of these young workers are unwilling to follow their parents in acquiescing to dirty, exhausting backbreaking work. China’s young migrant workers are demanding ‘decent work’. They want increased wages that are paid in full and on time. They also want improved working conditions and some are expecting work that will provide them with ‘self-fulfilment and self-esteem’. In this contribution to the journal I discuss the reasons young migrant workers are unhappy with the employment and conditions on offer in China’s export manufacturing hubs.

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