Offshoring and Firm Performance: Evidence from French Manufacturing Industry

World Economy ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 507-524 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liza Jabbour
Keyword(s):  
Firm Performance ◽  
Manufacturing Industry

Does investment in innovation impact firm performance in emerging economies? An empirical investigation of the Indian food and agricultural manufacturing industry

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 233-248
Author(s):  
Manogna R.L. ◽  
Aswini Kumar Mishra
Keyword(s):  
Firm Performance ◽  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Emerging Market ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Emerging Economy ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Agricultural Industry ◽  
Indian Food ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose The study aims to analyze the impact of Research & Development (R&D) intensity on the firm’s performance, measured by growth of sales in the emerging market like India. Innovation strategy and its outcomes for firms may be different in developing countries as compared to developed countries. Thus, a study that focuses on the emerging economy like India, with a majority of the population dependent on agriculture, is of prime importance to the firm performance in the food and agricultural manufacturing industry. For this study, the broader focus will be on one widely recognised factor which may influence the growth rate of firms, i.e. investment in innovations which is in terms of R&D expenditure. Design/methodology/approach The paper investigates the relationship between the R&D efforts and growth of firms in the Indian food and agricultural manufacturing industry during 2001–2019. To empirically test the relationship between firm’s growth (FG) and R&D investments, system generalised method of moments technique has been used, hence enabling to avoid problems related to endogeneity and simultaneity. Findings The findings reveal that investments in innovations have a positive effect on the growth of firms in the Indian food and agricultural manufacturing industry. Investment in R&D also enables the firms to reap benefits from externalities present in the industry. Further analysis reveals that younger firms grow faster when they invest in R&D. More specifically, this paper finds evidence in the case of the food and agricultural industry that import of raw materials negatively affects the FG and export intensity positively affects the growth in the case of R&D firms. Research limitations/implications This study suggests that the government should encourage the industries to invest optimally in R&D projects by providing favourable fiscal treatments and R&D subsidies which are observed to have positive effects in various developed countries. Originality/value To the best of the author’s knowledge, the current paper is the first to analyse the impact of innovation in food and agricultural industry on firm’s performance in an emerging economy context with the latest data. This paper agrees that a government initiative to increase private R&D expenditure would have favourable effects on FG as growing investments in R&D lead to further growth of the firms.

The effects of HRM practices on firm performance in Thailand's manufacturing industry

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 250
Author(s):  
Sorasak Tangthong ◽  
Jirasek Trimetsoontorn ◽  
Nuttawut Rojniruttikul
Keyword(s):  
Firm Performance ◽  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Hrm Practices

scholarly journals PERAN CORPORATE GOVERNANCE DALAM MENURUNKAN KEBANGKRUTAN PADA PERUSAHAAN DI INDONESIA

2017 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 391
Author(s):  
Tasya Hilaliya ◽  
Farah Margaretha
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Firm Performance ◽  
Financial Distress ◽  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Z Score ◽  
Panel Data Regression ◽  
Data Regression ◽  
Governance Practices

This research examines the influence of Corporate Governance on Firm Performance measured by Tobin's Q and Financial Distress measured by Z-score. The samples used were 72 companies engaged in the manufacturing industry are listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (BEI) for five years from 2011 to 2015. The analytical methods used in this research is panel data regression, discriminant analysis, and logistic regression. The results showed that (I) there is no significant impact between corporate governance practices on firm performance. (2) there is negative impact between corporate governance practices on financial distress. Then, the companies need to increase corporate governance in order to avoid possibility of financial distress and for the investor before making an investment should consider the factors that affect the firm performance and financial distress

Is Corporate Social Responsibility and Firm Performance Moderated by Employees’ Individual Beliefs of Social Responsibility?

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 338
Author(s):  
Sayedeh Parastoo Saeidi ◽  
Mohd Shahwahid Haji Othman ◽  
Sayyedeh Parisa Saeidi
Keyword(s):  
Firm Performance ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Performance Measure ◽  
Capital City ◽  
Sales Growth ◽  
Path Modeling ◽  
Individual Perception ◽  
High Level

Many studies reported in the literature to date, have looked into the benefits of CSR, specifically focusing more on the financial aspect but relatively less on employees. Therefore, CSR research with regards to employees’ perspective can be considered as almost an uncharted path. Accordingly, our key research objective in this study is to find out whether employees’ individual perception and beliefs of social responsibility can play a moderating role on CSR-sales growth relationship. A total of 328 SMEs in consumer product and manufacturing industry from Tehran (capital city of Iran) were engaged in this study. Structural equation methodology based on AMOS path modeling was applied to test all hypotheses of the study. The first part of the results reveals that the CSR has a positive but weak effect on sales growth as firm performance measure. The second part discloses that the positive effect of CSR on sales growth is improved when moderator (high level of employees’ individual beliefs of social responsibility) is included.

Corporate Governance, Corporate Entrepreneurship and Firm Performance: Evidence from the Rwandese Manufacturing Industry

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 103-121
Author(s):  
Etienne Ndemezo ◽  
Charles Kayitana
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Firm Performance ◽  
Financial Performance ◽  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Corporate Entrepreneurship ◽  
Manufacturing Firms ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activity ◽  
Organisational Form ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activities

This study aims to determine effects of corporate governance on corporate entrepreneurship of Rwandese manufacturing firms, and to evaluate effects of corporate governance on performance of Rwandese manufacturing firms. We used two complementary methodological approaches: one which links corporate governance to corporate entrepreneurship; another which uses an augmented Cobb–Douglass production function to associate corporate governance with the firm performance. This study resulted in four main outcomes: first, the background—education and experience—and motivation of top managers contribute significantly to both corporate entrepreneurship and corporate performance; second, the sole proprietorship organisational form harms significantly the firms’ entrepreneurial activities and impacts negatively their financial performance; third, electricity and raw materials expenses are positively and significantly related to financial performance of manufacturing firms; and fourth, even if informal competition has no effect on entrepreneurial activity of manufacturing firms, it harms their financial performance.

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