scholarly journals E-Procurement Practices and Performance of Manufacturing Firms in Bogota, Colombia

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 21-31
Author(s):  
María José
Keyword(s):  
Manufacturing Firms ◽  
And Performance

scholarly journals Firm Level Strategy, Organization Culture and Performance of Food and Beverage Manufacturing Firms in Kenya

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 224 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zachary B. Awino ◽  
Dominic C. Muteshi ◽  
Reginah K. Kitiabi ◽  
Ganesh P. Pokhariyal
Keyword(s):  
Policy Formulation ◽  
Manufacturing Firms ◽  
Organization Culture ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Food And Beverage ◽  
Improved Performance ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

The study tested the impact of organization culture on the on the relationship between firm-level strategy and performance of food and beverage manufacturing firms in Kenya. The opinion of the CEO/MDs from 125 firms in this sector was sought by application of a structured questionnaire; the collected data was analysed using hierarchical regression analysis. The paper stated hypothesis that organizational culture has a significant effect on the relationship between firm-level strategy and performance. The results supported the hypothesis. Therefore, firm development of strong organization culture to support firm-level strategy for higher performance is paramount. These findings will contribute to government policy formulation for sector’s expansion and competitiveness and management drives in building a positive organization culture to support firm-level strategy for improved performance.

scholarly journals Stakeholders approach on corporate governance and performance of Vietnamese manufacturing firms

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 61-73
Author(s):  
Thi Thanh Binh Dao ◽  
Thi Kim Anh Tran
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Production Function ◽  
Functional Form ◽  
Manufacturing Sector ◽  
Manufacturing Firms ◽  
External Factors ◽  
Executive Board ◽  
Internal Factors ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Relationship

Corporate governance is one of the most vital issues in this compound environment at present, which is indicated by the fact that the success or failure of firms strongly depends on performance of the control that board of directors and executive board, take on corporations’ activities. This issue has attracted a variety of researches worldwide, and become a popular buzz lately, however there is still limited researches on this topic in Vietnam. In this paper, we focus on manufacturing sector, one of the most important industries in Vietnam economy, which account for 41.2% of total GDP in 2012. By using stakeholder theory and Kitamura’s paper as a corner stone, a model using OLS regression and log functional form for production function, showing the relationship between some external factors and internal factors including corporate governance is built. From the result of the research, it has been found out that internal factors (corporate governance) significantly affect the firm’s performance, whereas external factors (market share) do not really show any influence. In term of production function, this manufacturing sector still benefits from an increase of capital but not that of labor.

scholarly journals Correlates To Export Involvement Of Manufacturing Firms In A Less Industrialized Country

2011 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 48
Author(s):  
Dimitris Bourantas ◽  
John Halikias ◽  
Peter Malliaris
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Manufacturing Firms ◽  
Fundamental Question ◽  
Large Share ◽  
Exporting Firms ◽  
Domestic Markets ◽  
Clear Cut ◽  
Export Activity ◽  
The Past ◽  
And Performance

Over the past twenty years, considerable attention has been paid to the export behavior and performance of firms. A large share of the literature dealing with this matter consists of empirical studies whose purpose has been to identify the profile of exporting firms, in order to estimate the export potential. Although the environment is the same for all firms within a certain country, some distinguish themselves as exporting firms while others, do not. Thus a fundamental question arises: in what ways do exporting firms differ from non-exporting ones? This paper concludes that the distinction between exporting and on-exporting firms as a clear cut dichotomy is insufficient, and that a firms export activity is, to a large extent, related to its international competitiveness. This is especially true for countries such as Greece, where domestic markets are rather limited.

scholarly journals Fostering knowledge creation to improve performance: the mediation role of manufacturing flexibility

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (7) ◽  
pp. 1871-1892 ◽  
Author(s):  
José Pinheiro ◽  
Graça Miranda Silva ◽  
Álvaro Lopes Dias ◽  
Luis Filipe Lages ◽  
Miguel Torres Preto
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Creation ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Business Performance ◽  
Manufacturing Firms ◽  
Manufacturing Flexibility ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Technological Turbulence ◽  
And Performance

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to examine the mediating role of manufacturing flexibility in the relationship between knowledge creation, technological turbulence and performance. In an increasingly competitive and changing environment, firms need to boost their technological and management know-how to adequately develop manufacturing flexibility.Design/methodology/approachThis study analyzes survey data collected from 370 manufacturing firms. Validity and reliability analyses were conducted using SPSS and Amos. The research hypotheses were tested using covariance-based structural equation modelling.FindingsThe main findings show that knowledge creation positively and significantly affects business and operational performances directly, and indirectly, through manufacturing flexibility. Moreover, technological turbulence has a positive and significant effect on it. This finding contributes to understanding why some firms get better outcomes from manufacturing flexibility than others, a disputed issue in the literature.Practical implicationsThis study highlights the need for manufacturing firms to foster cultures of knowledge creation, to better educate and train employees and to develop other instruments of knowledge creation.Originality/valueThis study makes several contributions to manufacturing flexibility literature: (1) establishing a link between technological turbulence and knowledge creation to develop manufacturing flexibility; (2) add empirical evidence on the relation between manufacturing flexibility and performance and (3) contributes to consolidating the mediation role of manufacturing flexibility in the relations between knowledge creation and business performance, as studies focussing on such a role are scarce in the literature.

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