The influence of chief data officer presence on firm performance: does firm size matter?

2019 ◽  
Vol 119 (3) ◽  
pp. 495-520 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu Nie ◽  
John Talburt ◽  
Serhan Dagtas ◽  
Taiwen Feng
Keyword(s):  
Firm Performance ◽  
Firm Size ◽  
Performance Indicator ◽  
Moderating Effect ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
Rank Test ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Size Matter ◽  
The Relationship

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between the chief data officer’s (CDO) presence and firm performance, and the moderating effect of firm size.Design/methodology/approachThe performance data for 64 treatment firms with CDOs and 64 control firms without CDOs is collected from Compustat database. The Wilcoxon signed-rank test is used to analyze the performance differences between treatment firms and control firms. Hierarchical regression method is used to test the moderating effect of firm size.FindingsThe results indicate that the profit ratios of treatment firms are significantly improved after the appointment of CDOs, and the profit ratios of treatment firms are significantly higher than that of the control firms. For the cost ratios, the findings provide some empirical evidence revealing two of the cost ratios are lower and only one ratio is higher for the treatment firms after CDOs’ appointment. Firm size moderates the relationship between the CDO’s presence and firm performance indicator, ROS, in the same direction. Firm size has no moderating effect on relationships between CDO’s presence and other performance indicators.Practical implicationsThe findings provide practical insights that will help managers to realize the importance of CDOs and their work. CDOs would bring some cost to the firms, but they would bring more profit to firms. In addition, if for large firms, the CDO’s presence would bring more ROS.Originality/valueThe study explores the relationship between the CDO’s presence and firm performance. It is the first attempt to explore the CDO’s presence and the cost performance in the specific time period, and the study is also the first attempt to analyze the moderating effect of the firm size on the relationship between the CDO’s presence and firm performance.

The moderating effect of firm size on relational capital and firm performance

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 510-532 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonio Corvino ◽  
Francesco Caputo ◽  
Marco Pironti ◽  
Federica Doni ◽  
Silvio Bianchi Martini
Keyword(s):  
Firm Performance ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Firm Size ◽  
Resource Dependence ◽  
Resource Dependence Theory ◽  
Moderating Effect ◽  
Relational Capital ◽  
Ongoing Debate ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the ongoing debate regarding the relationship between relational capital (RC) and firm performance, by investigating the moderation effect of firm size and its key role in defining conditions for competitive advantage. Design/methodology/approach The paper uses the interpretative lens of the resource dependence theory, and refreshes consolidated studies rooted in RC. It identifies a set of variables to measure the influence of RC on firm performance, including the cost of goods sold, interest expenses and earnings per share. Content analysis was used to capture specific features of corporate disclosure tools using 51 items pertinent to RC. The authors used a specific disclosure index drawing on data collected from 73 listed firms in France, Germany, Italy and the UK. Data covering the period from 2011 to 2013 were analyzed using six regression models. Findings Firm size has a moderating effect on the relationship between RC and some variables linked to firm performance. Originality/value The study combines an internal and external perspective to investigate the interplay between firms and market environments, and therefore, enriches the ongoing debate concerning the relationship between RC and firm performance. It outlines possible ways through which RC can become an effective source of competitive advantage.

Factors influencing the alignment of technological diversification and firm performance

2017 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 451-470 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cheng-Yu Lee ◽  
Yen-Chih Huang ◽  
Chia-Chi Chang
Keyword(s):  
Firm Performance ◽  
Firm Size ◽  
Manufacturing Firms ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Performance Effect ◽  
Financial Slack ◽  
Technological Diversification ◽  
The Us ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose Although scholars have paid considerable attention to the relationship between technological diversification and firm performance, research on this relationship has produced mixed findings. To reconcile these inconsistent findings, this study, thus, aims to revisit the performance effect of technological diversification by considering two organizational characteristics as crucial moderators, namely, firm size and financial slack. Design/methodology/approach To test the research hypotheses, the research sample covers manufacturing firms in the 2008 Standard & Poor (S&P) 500 index. Data regarding the characteristics and patent information of the sample firms were obtained from Compustat and the US Patent and Trademark Office. The hypotheses were tested by using hierarchical regression models. Findings In a sample of 168 S&P 500 manufacturing firms, this study finds that technological diversification has a positive effect on firm performance. The relationship between technological diversification and firm performance is also found to be positively moderated by firm size, financial slack and their configuration. Originality/value The findings of this study further suggest that firms should be aware that the effect of technological diversification on performance can be enhanced or hindered in specific contexts.

Strategic orientations, firm performance and the moderating effect of absorptive capacity

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Manuel-Alejandro Ibarra-Cisneros ◽  
María del Rosario Demuner-Flores ◽  
Felipe Hernández-Perlines
Keyword(s):  
Firm Performance ◽  
Market Orientation ◽  
Absorptive Capacity ◽  
Entrepreneurial Orientation ◽  
Manufacturing Firms ◽  
Moderating Effect ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Strategic Orientations ◽  
The Relationship

PurposeThe purpose of this article is to study the moderating effect of absorptive capacity, defined as the set of organizational routines and processes through which companies acquire, assimilate, transform and exploit knowledge to produce a dynamic organizational capacity (Zahra and George, 2002), in three strategic orientations: market orientation; technology orientation and entrepreneurial orientation and their positive relationship in the performance of the medium and large Mexican manufacturing firms. Likewise, it is determined whether these three combined SOs influence firm performance.Design/methodology/approachThe data was collected from 171 medium and large-sized Mexican manufacturing firms. The proposed hypotheses are tested using partial least square structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM).FindingsDespite the importance of knowledge for the development of firms, the results indicate that the moderating effect of absorptive capacity is only present in the relationship between entrepreneurial orientation and firm performance. That is, firms cannot take advantage of knowledge simultaneously between the three strategic orientations. For their part, market orientation and entrepreneurial orientation exert a positive influence on firm performance.Practical implicationsThe main practical implication for the manufacturing industry is that they must develop mechanisms to detect what kind of knowledge affects each strategic orientation, in this way it can make the absorptive capacity influence the relationships between SO and FP.Originality/valueThe main contribution consists of studying the moderating effect of the absorptive capacity on the relationship between three strategic orientations and firm performance, and not concentrating solely on the simultaneous use of these strategies as is commonly done.

scholarly journals The Contingency Effect of Relational Competency on the Relationship between Information Technology Competency and Firm Performance

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shaobo Wei ◽  
Kwok-Kee Wei
Keyword(s):  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Firm Performance ◽  
Moderating Effect ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
Technology Competency ◽  
Interorganizational Communication ◽  
It Knowledge ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
It Operations ◽  
Contingency Effect

AbstractDrawing upon the resource-based and relational view, this study examines how the three types of IT competencies (i.e., IT objects, IT operations, and IT knowledge) differentially affect firm performance and how such effects are moderated by interorganizational communication (IOC). We test the hypotheses of interest with data collected from 258 firms in China. The results of hierarchical regression analysis reveal that IT operations and IT knowledge significantly improve firm performance, while IT objects are found to be insignificant. In addition, the moderating effect of IOC on the relationship between the three types of IT competencies and firm performance varies across diffenent types of IT competencies. Specifically, IOC positively moderates the relationship between both IT operations and IT knowledge and firm performance. However, the moderating effect of IOC on the relationship between IT objects and firm performance is not significant.

The effect of Zhong-yong thinking to employee survival ability: taking Chinese employees as an example

2020 ◽  
Vol 40 (11/12) ◽  
pp. 1319-1336
Author(s):  
Chunyu Zhang ◽  
Chunshuo Chen
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Code Of Conduct ◽  
Moderating Effect ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Knowledge Sharing Behavior ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Sharing Behavior

PurposeZhong-yong thinking is a code of conduct of the Chinese people. The purpose of this study is to explore the relationship among Zhong-yong thinking, social capital, knowledge sharing behavior, and employee survival ability.Design/methodology/approachZhong-yong thinking including multi-thinking, integration and harmony, taking a case study of private enterprise in Guangxi of China. Based on the literature, the establishment of the theoretical model and hierarchical regression analysis are explored.FindingsThe multi-thinking, integration and harmony of Zhong-yong thinking have a significant positive effect on social capital and employee survival ability. In addition, employee survival ability is positively affected by social capital. Moreover, knowledge sharing behavior has a positive moderating between the multi-thinking dimension of Zhong-yong thinking and social capital, and the remaining dimensions have no moderating effect. Knowledge sharing behavior has no moderating effect on the relationship between social capital and employee survival ability.Practical implicationsZhong-yong thinking and social capital are actively affecting employee survival ability. Therefore, companies need to work harder to improve their employees' Zhong-yong thinking and social capital.Originality/valueThe paper extends Zhong-yong thinking, social capital and employee survival ability literature to fill gaps in how China people require to both access employee survival ability. The policy value of the work is in suggesting ways to facilitate employee survival ability of China.

Industry innovation spending and openness to collaboration as levers for firm performance

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 617-638 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luiz Fernando de Paris Caldas ◽  
Fabio de Oliveira Paula ◽  
T. Diana L. van Aduard de Macedo-Soares
Keyword(s):  
Firm Performance ◽  
Knowledge Spillovers ◽  
Moderating Effect ◽  
Firm Innovation ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Innovation Activities ◽  
Industry Collaboration ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Italian Manufacturing Firms ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze to what extent spending on innovation activities and collaboration at the industry level affects the relationship between firm innovation and performance. Design/methodology/approach A conceptual model was proposed and empirically tested using multiple linear regression. The data were obtained from the Community Innovation Survey 2012, composing a sample of 890 Italian manufacturing firms. Findings The results provided full support for the positive moderating effect of intra-industry innovation spending and partial support for the positive moderating effect of intra-industry collaboration, both regarding the relationship between firm innovation spending and performance. Knowledge spillovers derived from intra-industry innovation spending and intra-industry collaboration affect firm performance. While this finding corroborates other studies that have found that the intra-industry R&D spending influences firms’ innovation and performance, it also contributes to improve the understanding about the complementarity of internal innovation activities and knowledge spillovers. Originality/value This study contributes to theory by filling a gap concerning the complementarity of internal innovation activities and the effect of knowledge spillovers to improve firm performance. Our findings suggested that intra-industry openness to collaboration and innovation spending, as proxies of knowledge spillovers, plays an important role in complementing firm level innovative efforts, even in the case of firms that spend less on innovation and have a lower degree of collaboration. This is especially relevant for small and medium enterprises, which can take advantage of access to the necessary information to overcome their internal resource constraints for R&D and innovation. The originality of these findings adds value in terms of furthering the understanding of this phenomenon.

The moderating role of Shariah supervisory board on the relationship between board effectiveness, operational risk transparency and bank performance

2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 325-349
Author(s):  
Souhir Neifar ◽  
Bassem Salhi ◽  
Anis Jarboui
Keyword(s):  
Interaction Effect ◽  
Supervisory Board ◽  
Operational Risk ◽  
Moderating Effect ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
Board Structure ◽  
Board Effectiveness ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Structure Relationship ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of board effectiveness (BE) on financial performance and operational risk (OR) disclosure and the interaction effect of a bank’s Sharia Supervisory Board quality (SSB) with religious and ethical principles. Design/methodology/approach The data were collected from the annual financial reports of 25 Islamic banks (IBs) in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries over 2008-2017. The OR disclosure, the SSB quality and BE were measured using self-developed indices. The Tawhidi string relation methodology was used to establish the circular causal model. The moderating effect of the SSB quality on the performance, OR disclosure and board structure relationship was examined using the hierarchical regression analysis. Findings The main finding of this study is related to the positive moderating effect of SSB quality on the relationship between performance, OR disclosure and BE. This result seems to indicate that at a high level of SSB quality, even when the performance increase the IBs engage in complying with OR disclosure to inform the stakeholders on the real situation of the bank. Practical implications The finding of this research would be of great support to stakeholders and policymakers to make more pressure on IBs to improve the quality of their SSB structure and show more compliance with the governance recommendations. As an extension to this research, further study can examine other Islamic governance mechanisms such as Sharīʿah-compliant banks. Originality/value The present study provides a new addition to the prior literature by investigating the relationship between performance, BE, OR disclosure and the interaction effect of SSB quality. From an Islamic ethical, this research can also contribute to the growing discussion on SSB quality and performance.

The impacts of brand personality and self-congruity on consumers' intention to stay in a hotel: does consumer affinity matter?

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sheng-Hshiung Tsaur ◽  
Fu-Sung Hsu ◽  
Hsiao-Wei Ching
Keyword(s):  
Purchase Intention ◽  
Brand Personality ◽  
Moderating Effect ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
Intention To Stay ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Practical Implications ◽  
Country Specific

PurposeThe purposes of this study were to explore the moderating effect of consumer affinity on brand personality and consumers' intention to stay in a hotel, as well as on self-congruity and consumers' intention to stay in a hotel.Design/methodology/approachThis study collected data from 386 inbound tourists to Taiwan. Hierarchical regression analysis was applied to analyze the data.FindingsThe results showed that brand personality, self-congruity and consumer affinity have significant positive effects on consumers' intention to stay in a hotel, respectively. Moreover, consumer affinity has significant moderating effect on brand personality and intention to stay in a hotel, as well as on self-congruity and intention to stay in a hotel.Practical implicationsConsumer affinity is a construct that identifies national attributes, and it strengthens the relationships between brand personality or self-congruity and consumers' intention to stay in a hotel from the level of country-specific affect. The results of this study can provide hotel marketers with reference for marketing management.Originality/valueAlthough past studies have examined the relationship between consumer affinity and purchase intention or behavior, the effect of consumer affinity construct on hotel consumers' intention to stay remains sparse in the hotel context. This study confirmed that consumer affinity has significant moderating effect on brand personality and intention to stay in a hotel, as well as on self-congruity and intention to stay in a hotel.

The autonomous side of EO and firm performance: the role of professional experience and entrepreneurial engagement

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tesfaye Leta Tufa ◽  
Aselefech Hailgiorgis Belete ◽  
Ashwinkumar A. Patel
Keyword(s):  
Firm Performance ◽  
Small Firms ◽  
Addis Ababa ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
Professional Experience ◽  
Ols Regression ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Relationship

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to investigate the direct and indirect role of autonomy on firm performance. It also determines the role of professional experience in the relationship.Design/methodology/approachThe authors analyzed data collected from 124 small firms in Addis Ababa city using the ordinary least square (OLS) regression and hierarchical regression analysis.FindingsThe result of the OLS regression revealed that autonomy directly and indirectly (through entrepreneurial engagement) influences the firm's performance. Besides, professional experience moderates the relationship between autonomy and performance, as well as the relationship between autonomy and entrepreneurial engagement.Practical implicationsEntrepreneurs should tend to engage in the works that they have professional experience than involving in jobs that they have no experience.Originality/valueThis study examines the relationship between autonomy and firm performance in established firms. It is among the first studies that tested the moderation influence in the relationship. That is, determining the role of professional experience is a novel contribution of this study, which is forgotten previously.

Employee response to CSR in China: the moderating effect of collectivism

2019 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 839-863 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lifang Zhao ◽  
Jiman Lee ◽  
Sungok Moon
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Identification ◽  
Moderating Effect ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Multiple Dimensions ◽  
Workplace Attitudes ◽  
Strategic Csr ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between employees’ corporate social responsibility (CSR) perception and their organizational identification in a Chinese context. The moderating effect of employees’ collectivist orientation on the relationship between CSR perception and organizational identification is also examined. Design/methodology/approach Data were collected from 308 employees of 7 firms in Zhejiang Province, located in southeast China. Hierarchical regression analyses were utilized to test the hypotheses. Findings The results indicate that all three dimensions of CSR perception in this study, specifically, economic, philanthropic and strategic CSR perception, are strongly and positively related to the organizational identification of employees. Employees’ collectivist orientation positively influences the relationship between strategic CSR perception and organizational identification. In contrast, collectivist orientation negatively influences the relationship between economic CSR perception and organizational identification. However, no moderating effect of collectivism on the relationship between philanthropic CSR perception and organizational identification was found. Research limitations/implications The findings highlight the positive relationship between employees’ CSR perception and their workplace attitudes, shedding particular light on how employees’ personal values influence their responses to CSR in Chinese organizations. Originality/value This study extends the current understanding on the relationship between CSR and organizational identification. Particularly, the authors include multiple dimensions of CSR (economic, philanthropic and strategic CSR) in the research model, demonstrating that the link between CSR perception and organizational identification is influenced by employees’ collectivist orientation.

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