Export Performance

2019 ◽  
pp. 269-281
Author(s):  
Orlando Lima Rua
Keyword(s):  
Strategic Management ◽  
Survey Data ◽  
Significant Influence ◽  
Textile Industry ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Export Performance ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Business Growth ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Multiple Factors

The purpose of this chapter is to analyze the influence of absorptive capabilities on export performance. The author uses a quantitative research approach by conducting a study based on a survey data from 247 Portuguese small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) from the textile industry. Findings suggest that absorptive capabilities have a positive and significant influence on export performance. This chapter presents further evidences of the strategies that SMEs managers should pursue and policy makers should promote. This study deepens our understanding and provides novel insights into strategic management literature, since it combines multiple factors and has obtained the importance of each construct in SMEs business growth.

Linking Intangible Resources and Competitive Advantage

2019 ◽  
pp. 307-319
Author(s):  
Orlando Lima Rua
Keyword(s):  
Strategic Management ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Significant Influence ◽  
Textile Industry ◽  
Quantitative Approach ◽  
Business Growth ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Cost Leadership ◽  
Multiple Factors ◽  
Intangible Resources

The purpose of this chapter is to analyze the linkage between intangible resources and competitive advantage. The author uses a quantitative approach based on a survey data from 247 Portuguese small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) from the textile industry. Findings suggest that intangible resources have a positive and significant influence on competitive advantage, either by cost leadership or differentiation. This chapter presents further evidences of the strategies that SMEs managers should pursue and policy makers should promote. This study deepens our understanding and provides novel insights into strategic management literature, since it combines multiple factors and has obtained the importance of each construct in SMEs business growth.

scholarly journals The Linkage Between Intangible Resources and Export Performance: the Mediating Effect of Innovation

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 399-410
Author(s):  
Orlando Lima Rua ◽  
Alexandra França
Keyword(s):  
Strategic Management ◽  
Survey Data ◽  
Export Performance ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Business Growth ◽  
Multiple Factors ◽  
Intangible Resources ◽  
Management Literature ◽  
The Relationship

This paper develops a framework to test the relationship between intangible resources and export performance, considering the mediating effect of innovation. Based on survey data from Portuguese small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) exporting footwear findings suggest that: (1) innovation has a direct and positive influence on export performance; and (2) innovation does have a mediating effect on the relationship between intangible resources and export performance. This study deepens our understanding and provides novel insights into strategic management literature, since it combines multiple factors and has obtained the importance of each construct in SMEs business growth.

scholarly journals Absorptive Capabilities and Competitive Advantage: The Linkage

2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 164-172 ◽  
Author(s):  
Orlando Rua
Keyword(s):  
Strategic Management ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Survey Data ◽  
Small Firm ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Cost Leadership ◽  
Multiple Factors ◽  
Management Literature

The main goal of this study is to analyze the influence of absorptive capabilities on competitive advantage. Based on survey data from 247 Portuguese small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) findings suggest that: Acquisition, assimilation and exploitation’s absorptive capabilities are positively associated with cost leadership; Transformation’s absorptive capabilities are not positively associated with cost leadership; Acquisition and transformation’s absorptive capabilities are positively associated with differentiation; and Assimilation and exploitation’s absorptive capabilities are not positively associated with differentiation.This study deepens our understanding and provides novel insights into strategic management literature, since it combines multiple factors and has obtained the importance of each construct in SMEs business competitive advantage. Moreover, this paper presents further evidences of the strategies that small firm managers should pursue and policy makers should promote.

From intangible resources to export performance

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (3/4) ◽  
pp. 373-394 ◽  
Author(s):  
Orlando Lima Rua
Keyword(s):  
Textile Industry ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Export Performance ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Direct Influence ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Intangible Resources ◽  
Tax Benefits ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyse the influence of intangible resources on export performance, considering the mediating effect of absorptive capabilities and innovation. Design/methodology/approach The authors use a quantitative research approach by conducting a quantitative study based on survey data from 247 Portuguese small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) from the textile industry. Findings Findings suggest that: Intangible resources has a positive, significant and direct influence on absorptive capabilities and on export performance; intangible resources has not a significant and direct influence on innovation and on the opposite direction absorptive capabilities has a positive, significant and direct influence on it; innovation has a positive, significant and direct influence on export performance, contrary to absorptive capabilities that has not a significant and direct influence; and innovation has a mediating effect on the relationship between intangible resources and export performance, and the same does not happens on the relationship between absorptive capabilities and export performance. Practical implications This paper presents further evidences of the strategies that textile industry’s small firm managers should pursue, and policymakers should promote within the scope of the strategies associated to the system of tax benefits under negotiation for Portugal 2030. Originality/value While previous authors have attempted to analyse certain aspects of this process (connection between intangible resources and export performance), this research developed a framework that combines these ones with the mediating effect of absorptive capabilities and innovation. This study deepens our understanding and provides novel insights into strategic management and innovation literature, since it combines multiple factors and has obtained the importance of each construct in SMEs business growth.

scholarly journals Travellers’ Satisfaction on the Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Malaysia’s Tourism and Hospitality Industry.

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 38-42
Author(s):  
Tung Soon Theam ◽  
Puvaneswari Veloo ◽  
Nor Haliza Binti Che Hussain ◽  
Yap Kim Luu
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Hospitality Industry ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Travel Experience ◽  
Visa Application ◽  
Tourism And Hospitality Industry ◽  
Tourism And Hospitality

Artificial intelligence (AI) is perceived as being able to transform tourism and hospitality industry’s operations into a greater efficiency and cost-effectiveness while offering travellers unique experiences. This study examines travellers’ satisfaction of AI applications, specifically through e-Hailing, e-Wallet, e-Gate and e-Visa in the tourism and hospitality industry in Malaysia. Quantitative research approach was adopted in the current study. Data was gathered from 200 respondents using self-administrative questionnaires. Local and foreign travellers of age 18 and above who had past travel experience were chosen as samples. The findings indicated that e-Hailing, e-Gate and e-Wallet significantly influence travellers’ satisfaction. However, the outcome shows that e-Visa application has no relationship with travellers’ satisfaction. This study helps to strengthen the tourism ministry’s current initiatives in boosting the tourism and hospitality industry in Malaysia. The outcome of the study might be of interest to the policy makers and regulators to improve on the applications of AI in tourism and hospitality in Malaysia.

scholarly journals Antecedents of Customer Loyalty in the Malaysian Hotel Industry

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
CHENG Boon Liat ◽  
LEW Kaung Chiau
Keyword(s):  
Customer Loyalty ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Hotel Industry ◽  
Corporate Image ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Kuala Lumpur ◽  
Business Growth ◽  
Survey Period ◽  
Perceived Service Quality

Creating and maintaining customer loyalty is critical for the sustainability of a hotel in a competitive environment. This research aims to examine factors that influence customer loyalty in the Malaysian hotel industry. Quantitative research approach has been adapted in this research by distributing questionnaires to 200 respondents at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) during the survey period. Findings of this research have discovered that perceived service quality, perceived value, customer satisfaction and corporate image are the significant factors in predicting customer loyalty. Trust, on the other hand is not significant in predicting customer loyalty in the hotel industry in Malaysia. Findings of this research provide hotel operators with a better understanding on factors that could lead to customer loyalty, which subsequently will enable them to direct effective hotel services strategies to enhance their long-term business growth by building up a strong and loyal client base.

scholarly journals The Influence of and Leadership Style Work Environment on Employee Performance At UPI Serang Campus

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 95-108
Author(s):  
Firli Agusetiawan Shavab ◽  
Fuadi Fuadi ◽  
Rohman B
Keyword(s):  
Work Environment ◽  
Leadership Styles ◽  
Leadership Style ◽  
Significant Influence ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Employee Performance ◽  
Hypothesis Test ◽  
Coefficient Of Determination ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Sample Technique

This research aims to analyze the influence of leadership styles and the work environment on employee performance at UPI Serang Campus. The research approach used is a mix method. The research population is an employee of education personnel at the University of Education Indonesia Kampus Serang, while the sample technique used in this study is purposive sampling using as many as 31 respondents. The method used is quantitative research. The data analysis methods used are decryptive statistical analysis, normality test, multicollinearity test, heteroskedasticity test, autocorrelation test, multiple linear regression test, and hypothesis test. The results of this study showed that: (1) leadership styles did not have a significant influence on employee performance. (2) The work environment has a significant influence on employee performance. (3) Leadership style and work environment have a significant influence on employee performance. The results of the coefficient of determination showed that the contribution of the influence of leadership style and the work environment on employee performance was 76.50%, while the remaining 22.50%, was a contribution from other variables (£) that were not examined in this study

Innovation in the library: Adoption of smartphones in accessing electronic resources in a Ghanaian university

2020 ◽  
pp. 096100062094964 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick Adzobu ◽  
Stephen Okyere ◽  
George Tesilimi Banji
Keyword(s):  
Diffusion Of Innovation ◽  
Significant Influence ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Electronic Resources ◽  
Cape Coast ◽  
Diffusion Of Innovation Theory ◽  
Postgraduate Students ◽  
Perceived Characteristics Of Innovation ◽  
The University

This paper examines the influence of innovation on the adoption of smartphones for accessing electronic resources in the library by postgraduate students at the University of Cape Coast, Ghana. The theoretical model that underpinned this study was the diffusion of innovation theory. Based on a quantitative research approach, a survey research design was used. Questionnaire was employed in the collection of data from 278 postgraduate students. The responses were coded, captured and analysed using IBM’s Statistical Package for the Social Sciences, version 22. The findings of the study show that postgraduate students’ gender and faculty influenced their adoption of smartphones for accessing e-resources at the University of Cape Coast. However, the age of the students did not have any significant influence on the adoption of smartphones. The findings further show that only two of the perceived characteristics of innovation, complexity and compatibility, had a significant influence on the adoption of smartphones among the postgraduate students.

Entrepreneurial Orientation and Business Growth

2021 ◽  
pp. 226-244
Author(s):  
Mugove Mashingaidze ◽  
Mapeto Bomani ◽  
Evelyn Derera
Keyword(s):  
Risk Taking ◽  
Entrepreneurial Orientation ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Business Growth ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Training Programmes ◽  
Gathering Data

The chapter investigated the influence of the entrepreneurial orientation dimensions (i.e., risk-taking, innovativeness, and proactiveness) on SME growth in Masvingo, Zimbabwe. A quantitative research approach using a structured questionnaire was adopted for gathering data. A simple random technique was employed to identify the respondents from the urban area of Masvingo. Descriptive statistics and multiple regression analysis were utilised for data analysis. The results showed that risk-taking and proactiveness have a significant positive impact on business growth while innovativeness had an insignificant negative effect on SMEs' business growth. The chapter recommends more effective training programmes on entrepreneurial orientation and entrepreneurship before providing financial assistance. Furthermore, SMEs should focus on innovation to gain high financial returns. Future research could focus on the mediating variables between entrepreneurial orientation and business growth relationships within and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic.

scholarly journals PENGARUH MODEL TIGA FAKTOR FAMA DAN FRENCH TERHADAP EXPECTED RETURN: STUDI PADA TUJUH SAHAM PERBANKAN KONVENSIONAL DI INDONESIA

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alfi Muflikhah Lestari
Keyword(s):  
Significant Influence ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Research Result ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Market Value ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Expected Return

This research aims to look at the influence of three factors model of Fama and Frencagainst the expected return on a stock of conventional bankaing with seven best performance in Indonesia the period 2010-2014. The data used are secondary data with quantitative research approach by using a classic assumption test. The research result showed that (1) Return the market has a positive influence but not significantly to your expected return, (2) Size SMB has a positive and significant influence against the expected return and (3) Book to market value (HML) has a positive and significant influence against expected return.

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