scholarly journals Government Subsidies and Enterprise Innovation: Moderation Effect of Absorbed Slack

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 78
Author(s):  
Ren Na ◽  
Wen Cheng
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Moderating Effect ◽  
Government Subsidy ◽  
Moderation Effect ◽  
Government Subsidies ◽  
Enterprise Innovation ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Absorbed Slack

It is worth studying whether enterprises receiving government subsidies can transform them into innovative achievements under the constraints of enterprise resources. The data from the three industries of electronics, pharmaceuticals, and information technology during 2013-2016 were empirical tested to verify the moderating effect of the absorbed slack on the relationship between government subsidies and enterprise innovation. The results show that government subsidies can promote enterprise innovation; absorbed slack promotes enterprise innovation; the absorbed slack of enterprises plays a positive moderation role in the relationship between government subsidy and enterprise innovation. In other words, the enterprises with high absorbed slack can promote the innovation of enterprises by government subsidies. The conclusions provide theoretical guidance for government departments to select the most suitable enterprises which accept innovative subsidies.

scholarly journals The Moderation Effect of Resource Implementation Factors on Performance Contracting and Public Service Delivery in Huduma Centres in Kenya

2020 ◽  
pp. 68-77
Author(s):  
Wesonga Justus Nyongesa ◽  
Samson Ntongai ◽  
Charles Ondoro
Keyword(s):  
Service Delivery ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Interactive Effect ◽  
Policy Formulation ◽  
Moderating Effect ◽  
Performance Contracting ◽  
Moderation Effect ◽  
Delivery Performance ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Implementation Factors

The Kenyan Government has pressures from its citizens to improve on service delivery and be responsive to citizen’s needs. Attempts such as privatization, voluntary early retirement and restructuring failed to improve the service delivery. Performance contracting was introduced to address the decline and is now being used together with Huduma Centres. The centres serve 30,000 customers daily against a target of 60,000 customers. On revenue, the centres collect Kshs 12 billion annually against a target of Kshs 30 billion according to a Government report of 2020. Focus from previous studies in resolving this around performance contracting have majorly been case studies and not surveys. Further from reviewed literature, performance contracting influence service delivery, performance and accountability. However other studies reveal that it does not result in increased customer care activities, effectiveness and efficiency and reduction in the number of customer complaints. These are mixed findings from case studies, an indicator of a moderation effect yet to be tested. Additionally, reviewed studies show that resource factors influence service delivery. The purpose of this research was to establish the moderating effect of resource implementation factors on the relationship between performance contracting and service delivery in the Huduma Centres of Kenya. The study was anchored on Vroom’s Expectancy Theory and Goal Setting Theory and utilized correlational survey research design. The target population was 276 workers at the 5 Huduma Centres in Western Region in a census survey. Pilot results (N=10) revealed 20-item instrument overall mean reliability α=0.898. Validity was checked and confirmed by expert review. Results revealed proportion of variance in the Service delivery explained by the resource implementation factors (∆R2=0.088; p=0.000) positively and significantly moderated the relationship significantly implying the interactive effect of resource implementation factors improved service delivery levels by 8.8%. The study concluded that performance contracting practices are significant predictors of service delivery levels; resource factors has a positive moderating effect (B= 0.197, p=0.000) on the relationship between performance contracting and service delivery. Recommendations were that firms should continue enhancing performance contracting practices by providing resource implementation factors as these efforts enhance service delivery in Huduma Centres in Kenya. The study’s significance is in contributing new literature and in government policy formulation by isolating resource implementation factors as key variables for improving public sector service delivery.

The moderating effect of operator type: the impact of information technology (IT) expenditures on hotels’ operating performance

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (8) ◽  
pp. 2519-2541
Author(s):  
Nan Hua ◽  
Arthur Huang ◽  
Marcos Medeiros ◽  
Agnes DeFranco
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Operating Performance ◽  
Moderating Effect ◽  
Holistic View ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Operating Income ◽  
Operator Type ◽  
Research Outcome ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose This study aims to examine how operator type moderates the relationship between hotel information technology (IT) expenditures and operating performance. Design/methodology/approach By adapting and extending O’Neill et al.’s (2008) and Hua et al.’s (2015) research, this study constructed an empirical model and tested proposed hypotheses, with Newey and West (1994) errors computed to accommodate potential heteroscedasticity and autocorrelation issues. Findings Operator type moderates the impact of hotel IT expenditures on operating performance. In particular, it appears that the operator type of franchising exerts a stronger moderating effect compared with other operator types explored. Practical implications This study, as the first of its kind, shows that the choice of operator type shapes how a hotel can effectively use IT expenditures to improve operating performance. This finding can be beneficial for hotel owners when making operator type decisions. In addition, operator type moderates the direct impact of IT expenditures on revenues and gross operating income. This study’s results show that franchised hotels seem to use IT expenditures more effectively compared with independently owned hotels. Originality/value This study contributes both theoretically and practically to understand how operator type moderates the relationship between IT expenditures and hotel performance. The research outcome provides a more holistic view that governs the relationships between IT expenditures, operator type and operating performance.

scholarly journals The Role of Borrowers Living Area and Its Moderation Effect of Relationship of Microfinance and Poverty Alleviation in Sri Lanka: Multi –Group CFA

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
J.A Prasansha Kumari ◽  
Dr. S.M. Ferdous Azam ◽  
Prof. Siti Khalidah
Keyword(s):  
Poverty Alleviation ◽  
Moderating Effect ◽  
Moderation Effect ◽  
Affected Area ◽  
Quantitative Results ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Living Area

This article highlights the moderating effect of living areas of the borrowers on the impact of microfinance programs on poverty alleviation. The study has utilized the data from 497 borrowers of Samurdhi microfinance in five disaster-affected districts in the country to examines that two different living areas (disaster-affected and non-disaster affected area) of borrowers moderate the relationship between microfinance services and poverty alleviation. The Multi- Group CFA analysis was performed to identify the moderating effect using AMOS 21. Quantitative results were finding revealed that the moderation tests were significant for all the three microfinance services on poverty alleviation. The effect of microfinance services of borrowers in the disaster-affected area higher than the borrowers in non-disaster area.

scholarly journals Technology Anxiety on Attitude Towards Technology: The Moderating Effect of Age-friendly Environment

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 662-662
Author(s):  
Do Kyung Yoon ◽  
Seol Ah Lee ◽  
DaeEun Kim ◽  
Chang Oh Kim ◽  
Hey Jung Jun
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Sex Education ◽  
Perceived Control ◽  
Positive Attitude ◽  
Moderating Effect ◽  
Municipal Services ◽  
Wearable Robot ◽  
Moderation Effect ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Technology Anxiety

Abstract The purpose of this study was to examine the moderating effect of an age-friendly environment on the relationship between technology anxiety and attitude towards technology among Korean older adults. We collected data by online surveys in February 2021, and the sample was 324 Korean older adults aged 65 and above. The dependent variable was the attitude towards technology, which meant the appraisal about using a wearable robot for exercise. The independent variable was technology anxiety, meaning an individual’s apprehension of using a wearable robot. The moderating variable was age-friendly environment, which comprises domains of the physical environment, social environment, and municipal services. The higher the score is, the more age-friendly the environment was perceived. Control variables were age, sex, education, household income. The moderation effect was estimated by bootstrapping and PROCESS macro. Results showed that when older adults showed a higher level of technology anxiety, their attitude towards technology was less positive. Moreover, the moderation effect of an age-friendly environment was significant. Concretely, in the case of living in a less age-friendly environment, older adults with a higher level of technology anxiety were more likely to report a less positive attitude towards technology. However, the effect of technology anxiety on attitude towards technology was not significant among older adults living in a more age-friendly environment. It suggested that a practical intervention to reduce the level of technology anxiety is in need in order to promote a positive attitude towards technology, especially for older adults living in a less age-friendly environment.

scholarly journals Government Subsidies and Firm Technological Innovation Performance: An Empirical Study Based on Panel Data of High-tech Firms

2021 ◽  
Vol 275 ◽  
pp. 03070
Author(s):  
Kun Xie ◽  
Zhengluan Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Technological Innovation ◽  
Market Competition ◽  
Economic Transformation ◽  
Moderating Effect ◽  
Innovation Performance ◽  
Ownership Concentration ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Government Subsidies ◽  
Enterprise Innovation ◽  
The Government

Can government subsidies improve enterprises’ technological innovation performance? Based on the A-share high-tech listed enterprises in Shanghai and Shenzhen Stock Exchange from 2015 to 2019, this paper empirically tests the micro policy effect of government subsidies on innovation performance of enterprises under the background of economic transformation, and the moderating effect of regional corruption, market competition and enterprise ownership concentration on this effect. The results show that the high quality signal transmitted by government subsidies is helpful for innovative enterprises to broaden the source of innovation resources and encourage enterprises to actively carry out innovative activities. Moderate level of regional corruption will promote the government subsidy effect, too high or too low level of corruption is not conducive to enterprise innovation; The higher the degree of market competition, the weaker the promoting effect of government subsidies on enterprise innovation; Corporate ownership concentration has a U-shaped moderating effect on government subsidies and innovation performance. Therefore, to improve the independent innovation ability of enterprises, on the one hand, we should continue to strengthen the government innovation subsidy and improve the subsidy system; on the other hand, we should strictly crackdown on corruption activities and supervise the establishment and improvement of the internal control system of enterprises, so as to give full play to the effect of government subsidies.

scholarly journals The Moderating Effect of Organizational Characteristics on The Relationship Between Information Technology Integration and Performance: Empirical Evidence from Selected Public Hospitals in Kenya

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
pp. 3359-3367
Author(s):  
Kenneth Iloka Malongo ◽  
Stephen Muathe ◽  
Stephen Titus Waithaka
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Technology Integration ◽  
Third World ◽  
Moderating Effect ◽  
Public Hospitals ◽  
Organizational Characteristics ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Study Results ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Relationship

With the continuing digital revolution steered by the Internet, organizations are moving towards information technology integration to improve their performance. Regrettably, these developments have in no way been all-inclusive. The health gap between public institutions in first, second and third world nations has broadened. Public organizations in second and third world nations are characterized by poor performance. This study sought to establish the moderating effect of organizational characteristics on the relationship between information technology and performance of public hospitals in Kenya.  The study used Technology Organization Environment (TOE) theory. The study was guided by explanatory and cross-sectional research design. The target population was 98 public hospitals in Kenya. Multi-stage sampling technique was used to select a sample size of 294 respondents. Primary data was collected using semi-structured questionnaires. For data analysis, descriptive statistics and multiple regression analyses were used. The study results established that organizational characteristics moderated the relationship between information technology integration and performance of public hospitals in Kenya. Therefore, study concluded that organizational characteristics play a major role in an organization’s adoption and utilization of information technology integration. The study recommends technologies should be customized to fit the type of organizational characteristics for better performance.

The Timing of Prison Sanctions and the Odds of Returning to Prison After Release

2021 ◽  
pp. 001112872110547
Author(s):  
Christopher D’Amato ◽  
Ian A. Silver ◽  
John Wooldredge ◽  
Jamie Newsome
Keyword(s):  
Logistic Regression ◽  
Regression Models ◽  
Moderating Effect ◽  
Moderation Effect ◽  
Logistic Regression Models ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Release From Prison

A sample of 48,930 inmates was examined to estimate the direct and moderating effect of the timing of prison sanctions on recidivism. Logistic regression models demonstrated that number of sanctions was positively associated with recidivism but timing of an inmate’s last sanction before release did not significantly influence recidivism. However, timing of an inmate’s last sanction moderated the association between number of sanctions and recidivism. This moderation effect suggested that as time between an inmate’s last sanction and release from prison increased, the effect of the total number of sanctions on recidivism decreased in magnitude. The results of this assessment suggest that the number and timing of sanctions matter in explaining the relationship between prison sanctions and recidivism.

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