Effects of buyer-supplier relationship on social performance improvement and innovation performance improvement

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Usama Awan
Keyword(s):  
Performance Improvement ◽  
Social Performance ◽  
Innovation Performance ◽  
Supplier Relationship

scholarly journals The impact of relational governance on performance improvement in export manufacturing firms

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 349 ◽  
Author(s):  
Usama Awan ◽  
Andrzej Kraslawski ◽  
Janne Huiskonen
Keyword(s):  
Performance Improvement ◽  
Cultural Intelligence ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Social Performance ◽  
Manufacturing Firms ◽  
Innovation Performance ◽  
Exporting Firms ◽  
Performance Improvements ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Export Manufacturing

Purpose: This paper seeks to identify the factors affecting social performance improvemens in the Pakistan export manufacturing firms and investigae inter-relationships existing among them.Design/methodology/approach: This study used a cross-sectional survey; data were collected using self-administered survey questionnaire. Using data collected from 239 small- and medium-sized direct exporters manufacturing firms in Pakistan. We used structural equation modelling (SEM) approach to test structural model, and mediation analysis was conducted with regression analysis.Findings: The results support that meta-cognitive dimensions of cultural intelligence effect on social performance improvements, while the social performance improvement significant associated with innovation performance improvements. We suggest that cultural intelligence is a key to maintaining a relationship through development better cultural understanding and creating harmony among suppliers and buyers through minimizing the differences and disputes, requires developing social cohesion. Our results reveal that exporting firms need to adapt, reconfigure cultural knowledge and integrate resources into the operations to build learning capability, in turn, they can improve social performance and achieve superior innovation performance.Practical implications: Through the application of cultural intelligence capabilty, a firm could increase its ability to sense cultural differences, seize and adapt globally scattered cultural practices on social issues and allows for the development of unique knowledge resources and capabilities, impact on firm social performance and innovation performance improvements.Originality/value: The study conducted in Pakistan cultural context, which can be extended to other Asian countries. We argue that in a globalising world it is pertinent for exporting firms to have a better understanding of the various facets of cultural when dealing with inter-organisational relationships.

INTERORGANISATIONAL COLLABORATION FOR INNOVATION IMPROVEMENT IN MANUFACTURING FIRMS’S: THE MEDIATING ROLE OF SOCIAL PERFORMANCE

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (05) ◽  
pp. 2050049 ◽  
Author(s):  
USAMA AWAN ◽  
ROBERT SROUFE
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Structural Model ◽  
Social Performance ◽  
Manufacturing Firms ◽  
Innovation Performance ◽  
Necessary Condition ◽  
Performance Practices ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
The Impact

The impact of collaboration on innovation performance has been investigated in many studies. This study provides a unique view on innovation performance by exploring the mediating role of social performance between collaboration and innovation performance. For this, a structural model was tested through an empirical investigation with partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) using a sample made up of 239 export manufacturing firms. The results of the empirical study show that social performance appears to be a necessary condition for innovation performance. Our findings confirm the great potential of addressing social concern increasingly drive innovation performance. The next decade is likely to be a period of rapidly expanding social performance practices in the manufacturing firms. The managers could foster sustainable innovation by collaborating customers and enhance their firm social performance.

DETERMINANTS OF INNOVATION INTENSITY IN DEVELOPED AND IN DEVELOPING ECONOMIES: THE CASE OF FRANCE AND CROATIA

2015 ◽  
Vol 19 (05) ◽  
pp. 1550049 ◽  
Author(s):  
SANJA PEKOVIC ◽  
ANDJELKO LOJPUR ◽  
MIRJANA PEJIC-BACH
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Performance Improvement ◽  
Developing Economies ◽  
Innovation Performance ◽  
Environmental Strategy ◽  
Empirical Examination ◽  
Innovation Activities ◽  
National Economies ◽  
Innovation Intensity ◽  
And Training

Motivated by differences in the intensity of innovation across national economies, this paper presents an empirical examination of the determinants of a firm's likelihood to invest in different innovation intensity levels in both France and Croatia which represent developed and developing countries, respectively. We used a theoretical framework, which considers the firm's characteristics, internal strategic behaviours and external strategic features, to guide an empirical exploration into the determinants of innovation performance across two countries. The comparison between results from France and Croatia indicates that the incentives of the innovation activities differ between two countries mainly due to a firm's characteristics (size) and external strategic features (export and firm performance). On the other hand, firm's internal strategic behaviours (quality strategy, environmental strategy, R&D and training) have the same role in innovation performance improvement in both developed and developing countries. Consequently, we conclude that managers of firms should customise strategies which aim to improve innovation performance according to the specificities of national economies.

scholarly journals Improve the Innovation Performance of J pharmaceutial Through the Adjustment of Innovation Strategy Driven by Digtil Economy

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yongfeng Qiu
Keyword(s):  
Performance Improvement ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Current Situation ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Pharmaceutical Innovation ◽  
Innovation Performance ◽  
Innovation Strategy ◽  
Environment Adaptation ◽  
Innovation Ability ◽  
Key Resources

This thesis reviews and fully understands the current situation of J pharmaceutical according to a empirical research,which has been carried out by corresponding investigation and research on the design of questionnaires for Jingfeng Pharmaceutical's investment in innovation resources, the construction of innovation capabilities, digital transformation, innovation environment adaptation and facing, and innovation performance improvement. After research, it is found that there is a lot of space for improvement in the adaptation and facing of the innovation environment of J pharmaceutical, and the construction of innovation ability is also a short board. The digital transformation needs to be broken through urgently. Enhance J pharmaceutical innovation ability, comprehensively build J pharmaceutical innovation ability of culturally, technically, and managerially; Accelerate digital transformation, and then continue to increase the input of key resources, especially the training and introduction of talents, and key facilities. In order to adapt to and face the rapidly changing market environment under the digital economy, J pharmaceutical can improve the corporate performance.

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