The Relationship between Competitive Strategy and Firm Performance in Micro and Small Businesses in Ghana: The Moderating Role of Managerial and Marketing Capabilities

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 172-193 ◽  
Author(s):  
Moses Acquaah ◽  
Ahmed Agyapong
Keyword(s):  
Firm Performance ◽  
Small Businesses ◽  
Competitive Strategy ◽  
Marketing Capabilities ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Moderating Role

scholarly journals HUBUNGAN ORIENTASI PASAR, STRATEGI BERSAING, KEWIRAUSAHAAN KORPORASI DAN KINERJA PERUSAHAAN

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 39
Author(s):  
Sri Hartini
Keyword(s):  
Firm Performance ◽  
Market Orientation ◽  
Competitive Strategy ◽  
Hypothesis Test ◽  
Corporate Entrepreneurship ◽  
Research Gap ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Moderating Role

This study aims to explain the research gap in the relationship of market orientation on firm performance. To explain the gap, this study focused on the role of moderator variables, that are competitive strategy and corporate and entrepreneurship. Unit analysis in the study is Small Medium Entreprise (SMEs) in East Java. This study used 250 samples, but only 120 companies are responded. Hypothesis test by MRA analysis and sub-groups analysis. MRA analysis is used to test the moderating role corporate entrepreneurship on relationship market orientation on firm performance. The study found that higher corporate entrepreneurship increasing the influence of market orientation on firm performance. Sub-groups analysis is used to examine the role of the firms competitive strategy as moderated variables in the relationship of market orientation on firm performance. The study found that the influence of market orientation on firm performance will be different on each difference competitive strategy. The competitive strategy moderating the relationship market orientation on firm performance. 

scholarly journals HUBUNGAN ORIENTASI PASAR, STRATEGI BERSAING, KEWIRAUSAHAAN KORPORASI DAN KINERJA PERUSAHAAN

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sri Hartini
Keyword(s):  
Firm Performance ◽  
Market Orientation ◽  
Competitive Strategy ◽  
Hypothesis Test ◽  
Corporate Entrepreneurship ◽  
Research Gap ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Moderating Role

This study aims to explain the research gap in the relationship of market orientation on firm performance. To explain the gap, this study focused on the role of moderator variables, that are competitive strategy and corporate and entrepreneurship. Unit analysis in the study is Small Medium Entreprise (SMEs) in East Java. This study used 250 samples, but only 120 companies are responded. Hypothesis test by MRA analysis and sub-groups analysis. MRA analysis is used to test the moderating role corporate entrepreneurship on relationship market orientation on firm performance. The study found that higher corporate entrepreneurship increasing the influence of market orientation on firm performance. Sub-groups analysis is used to examine the role of the firms competitive strategy as moderated variables in the relationship of market orientation on firm performance. The study found that the influence of market orientation on firm performance will be different on each difference competitive strategy. The competitive strategy moderating the relationship market orientation on firm performance.

scholarly journals An assessment of the moderating role of employees’ cultural orientations amongst foreign manufacturing multinational companies in Kenya

2013 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Beatrice A. Dimba ◽  
Robert Rugimbana
Keyword(s):  
Firm Performance ◽  
Power Distance ◽  
Multinational Companies ◽  
Uncertainty Avoidance ◽  
Cultural Dimensions ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Cultural Orientations ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Moderating Role

Orientation: This article investigates the question, of whether culture really matters in implementing international strategic human resource management (SHRM) practices.Research purpose: Specifically, this study sought to investigate the extent to which employee cultural orientations moderate the link between SHRM practices and firm performance in large foreign manufacturing multinational companies in Kenya. Motivation for the study: Large foreign multinational companies have generally applied SHRM practices without adaptation when trying to improve employee performance even though resource based perspectives argue for the consideration of employees’ cultural orientations. Research design, approach and method: SHRM practices were conceptualised as independent variables measured through distinct practices. Organisational performance as a dependent variable was measured using constructs of image, interpersonal relations, and product quality. Cultural dimensions adopted for this study were power distance, uncertainty avoidance, individualism or collectivism, and masculinity or femininity. The above conceptual framework was tested by the use of both quantitative and qualitative techniques with data from fifty (50) large foreign multinational companies operating in Kenya. Main findings: Findings indicated that the relationship between SHRM practices and firm performance depend to a greater extent on employee cultural orientations when power distance is considered. Power distance (PD) refers to the extent of people accepting that power in institutions and organisations when distributed unequally. The greater the PD, the greater the acceptance of this inequality. Practical/managerial implications: The study supported the notion that the relationship between SHRM practices and firm performance is moderated by power distance through motivation but not by the other three bipolar dimensions namely, Uncertainty Avoidance, Masculinity or Femininity and Individualism or Collectivism. Contribution/value-add: This is the first large-scale empirical article that has focused on the moderating role of employees’ cultural orientations in large foreign manufacturing companies operating in Kenya.

The Effect of Internationalization on Firm Performance: A Moderating Role of Heterogeneity in TMTs’ Nationality

2020 ◽  
pp. 193896552095870
Author(s):  
Sujin Song ◽  
Seoki Lee
Keyword(s):  
Firm Performance ◽  
Hierarchical Linear Modeling ◽  
Top Management Teams ◽  
Linear Modeling ◽  
Return On Assets ◽  
Upper Echelons Theory ◽  
Comprehensive Examination ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Moderating Role

The effect of internationalization on firm performance has been investigated in the hospitality literature in a relatively extensive manner. However, the literature has still provided mixed findings. Furthermore, the moderating role of top management teams (TMTs) on the relationship between internationalization and firm performance has not been explored yet in the hospitality literature. Considering the increasing importance of internationalization in the hospitality industry and a significant role of TMTs in implementing this internationalization, this study performs a comprehensive examination on the effect of internationalization on firm performance using three different internationalization measures (i.e., degree, diversification, and speed) and three different performance measures (i.e., Tobin’s q, return on assets, and international returns). This study also tests the moderating role of heterogeneity in TMTs’ nationality based on the upper echelons theory, employing hierarchical linear modeling (HLM) to test the proposed hypotheses.

scholarly journals Towards Strategic Business Performance of the Hospitality Sector: Nexus of ICT, E-Marketing and Organizational Readiness

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 1346
Author(s):  
Muhammad Khalid Anser ◽  
Zahid Yousaf ◽  
Muhammad Usman ◽  
Seemab Yousaf
Keyword(s):  
Firm Performance ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Business Performance ◽  
Bootstrap Method ◽  
Organizational Readiness ◽  
Strategic Performance ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Moderating Role

Purpose: This study aims to present a strategic business performance (SBP) model for firms operating in the hospitality industry by providing them guidance on how to use information and communication technologies (ICTs) and e-marketing to attain strategic performance. This paper also explores the moderating role of organizational readiness in the relationship between ICT and e-marketing. Methodology: Data were collected from the top, middle, and operational managers in 4-star and 5-star hotels. To test the mediating role of e-marketing in the relationship between ICT and SBP, Preacher and Hayes’s (2008) approach was used along with the bootstrap method. Regression analysis was carried out to examine the moderating role of organizational readiness. Findings: ICTs provide opportunities to execute e-marketing activities for achieving competitiveness. The empirical findings proved that the use of ICTs provides a basis for establishing a successful e-marketing mechanism that helps hotels to achieve SBP. Furthermore, ICTs’ influence on e-marketing is strengthened by organizational readiness. Originality/value: This paper adds to previous literature on ICTs, SBP, and e-marketing by examining the role of e-marketing and ICTs in positively contributing to the hotels’ SBP, which is a broader measure of firms’ business performance, as compared to the traditional financial or operational measures of a firm’s performance. Since previous studies on the links between ICTs, e-marketing, and firm performance are based on conventional measures of firm performance, this study offers new insights into the nexus of ICTs, e-marketing, and firm performance.

scholarly journals Does CEO power matter for the performance of retrenchment strategy?

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rayenda Khresna Brahmana ◽  
Hui Wei You ◽  
Maria Kontesa
Keyword(s):  
Firm Performance ◽  
Agency Theory ◽  
Ceo Power ◽  
Resource Based View ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Emerging Country ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Circulation Theory ◽  
Moderating Role

PurposeThis research aims to examine the moderating role of CEO power on the relationship between retrenchment strategy and firm performance by framing the relationship under an agency theory, and power circulation theory.Design/methodology/approachThis study focuses on a sample of 319 non-financial public listed companies in Malaysia from the year 2011–2016 and estimates the model under two-step GMM panel regression to eliminate the endogeneity issue.FindingsThe results show that the retrenchment strategy increased firm performance. Meanwhile, greater CEO power changes that retrenchment effect into increased performance. This study also indicates the CEO power strengthens the relationship between firm performance and retrenchment. However, CEO power does not have any effect on the performance of low retrenchment, and the performance of big firm size.Research limitations/implicationsThe findings show that the higher CEO power cause higher firm performance and higher retrenchment. This research suggests that CEO power can make retrenchment strategy works and the decision made can affect the firm performance significantly.Originality/valueThis study examines the effect of CEO power on the performance of retrenchment strategy implementation by contesting agency theory, power circulation theory, and resource-based view theory within the emerging country context.

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