Product quality cues and firm performance enhancement: the case of the auto industry

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (1) ◽  
pp. 12306
Author(s):  
Seung-Hyun Lee ◽  
Soo Jung Kim ◽  
Yun Dong Yeo
Keyword(s):  
Firm Performance ◽  
Product Quality ◽  
Performance Enhancement ◽  
Auto Industry

scholarly journals Study of Operating and Marketing Strategy Factors in the Formulation of Strategies of Small Manufacturers

2011 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 74-78
Author(s):  
Seyed Mohammad Abdollahi
Keyword(s):  
Firm Performance ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Marketing Strategy ◽  
Product Quality ◽  
Customer Service ◽  
Relative Importance ◽  
Product Cost ◽  
Production Strategy ◽  
Small Manufacturers

The main purpose of this research is to measure the relative importance of a selected number of primary operating and marketing factors which may be involved in the formulation of strategies of small manufacturers. One hundred manufacturing owner-managers in Iran were investigated. The marketing factors emphasized most often were improvement in product quality and reduction in product cost. However, improvements in customer service and in scheduling appeared to contribute more to actual firm performance. Overall, there seemed to be more emphasis on the production strategy factors than marketing factors as a means to gaining competitive advantage.

scholarly journals Environmental practices and firm performance in emerging markets: the mediating role of product quality

2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 315-328 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Usman Ahmed ◽  
Ismail Gölgeci ◽  
Erkan Bayraktar ◽  
Ekrem Tatoglu
Keyword(s):  
Firm Performance ◽  
Emerging Markets ◽  
Product Quality ◽  
Environmental Practices ◽  
Mediating Role

Market orientation, job satisfaction, product quality, and firm performance: evidence from China

2008 ◽  
Vol 29 (9) ◽  
pp. 985-1000 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin Zheng Zhou ◽  
Julie Juan Li ◽  
Nan Zhou ◽  
Chenting Su
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Firm Performance ◽  
Product Quality ◽  
Market Orientation

Entrepreneurial Orientation and Firm Performance: Is Product Quality a Missing Link?

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yang Yang ◽  
Xiao Feng Ju
Keyword(s):  
Firm Performance ◽  
Product Quality ◽  
Entrepreneurial Orientation ◽  
New Ventures ◽  
Linear Effect ◽  
Linear Relationships ◽  
Increase Product Quality ◽  
Competitive Aggressiveness ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Contingency Framework

AbstractPrior literatures have argued that the relationship between entrepreneurial orientation and firm performance may be not as straightforward as expected. With EO–performance contingency framework, this study investigates how product quality mediates the relationship between EO and firm performance. Using survey data from 153 new ventures, we find that EO dimensions have non-uniform and non-linear, rather than merely linear, relationships with product quality. Specifically, the results reveal that innovativeness and autonomy may lead to superior product quality, however, risk-taking would decrease, not increase, product quality. Proactiveness has U-shaped, not inverse U-shaped, effect on product quality and competitive aggressiveness has U-shaped, not positive linear, effect on product quality. Our results enrich the EO-performance contingency framework and highlight the significance of concerning independent and unique effects of individual EO dimension.

Leveraging Environmental Practices for Improving Firm Performance: The Key Role of Product Quality

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 (1) ◽  
pp. 16482
Author(s):  
Muhammad Usman Ahmed ◽  
Erkan Bayraktar ◽  
Ismail Golgeci ◽  
Ekrem Tatoglu
Keyword(s):  
Firm Performance ◽  
Product Quality ◽  
Environmental Practices

scholarly journals Open innovation: a new classification and its impact on firm performance in innovative SMEs

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 33-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joon Mo Ahn ◽  
Tim Minshall ◽  
Letizia Mortara
Keyword(s):  
Firm Performance ◽  
Survey Data ◽  
Open Innovation ◽  
Performance Enhancement ◽  
User Involvement ◽  
Public Research ◽  
New Classification ◽  
Research Institutes ◽  
Adoption And Implementation ◽  
The Relationship

This paper attempts to deepen understanding of the relationship between open innovation (OI) and firm performance in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Based on survey data from 306 Korean innovative SMEs, the results of this study show that: (1) broad and intensive engagement in OI and cooperation with external partners are positively associated with firm performance; (2) technology and market-oriented OI modes (Joint R&D, user involvement and open sourcing), involving relatively low level of changes, can positively contribute to performance enhancement; and (3) innovative SMEs benefit from working with non-competing partners, such as customers, consultancy/intermediaries and public research institutes. This work has broadened the evidence available on SMEs’ OI adoption and has proposed a new way to study OI adoption and implementation.

Exploring dimensions of firm competencies and their impact on performance

2014 ◽  
Vol 21 (6) ◽  
pp. 1003-1022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rameshwar Dubey ◽  
Tripti Singh ◽  
Sadia Samar Ali ◽  
V.G. Venkatesh ◽  
Omprakash K. Gupta
Keyword(s):  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Firm Performance ◽  
Product Quality ◽  
Preventive Maintenance ◽  
Manufacturing Firms ◽  
Superior Performance ◽  
Response Error ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Product Pricing ◽  
The Impact

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the dimensions of Indian manufacturing firms’ competencies and to study the impact of these competencies on firm performance. Design/methodology/approach – The authors have adopted a literature survey to identify variables and gaps in the research. Based on the construct and its item identified through the literature review the authors have developed a structured questionnaire which was pre-tested before being used for the final survey. The authors have collected data from 100 firms out of 275 targeted firms in two phases which represents a 36.36 per cent response rate. The data have been subjected to exploratory factor analysis (EFA) using varimax rotation, which reduced the data into seven parsimonious and orthogonal factors. The authors then carried out regression analysis using EFA output to test the relationship between six independent variables, representing competencies of the firm and performance. Findings – Findings show that EFA has reduced the data into seven factors, out of which six represent firm competencies and one represents firm performance. The competencies which have been identified are supply-demand coordination and product pricing, logistics, marketing, procurement, manufacturing simplicity and product quality and preventive maintenance. The EFA output was further tested using multiple linear regression analysis which shows that out of six competencies, four are positively supporting, except procurement which is negatively supporting and logistics which is found to be statistically insignificant. Research limitations/implications – The conclusive model suggests that there is considerable impact from other deterministic variables which are not assumed in the present study, and some of the variance has been accounted for by stochastic variables and response error. However, utmost care has been taken to minimise response error by personal follow-up with each of these firms. The outcome of the quantitative analysis provides an insight into firm competencies and their impact on firm performance. It is very important for the managers who are interested in deriving superior performance from their firm and focusing on supply-demand coordination and product pricing, manufacturing simplicity, marketing and product quality and preventive maintenance practices. Originality/value – This original study has been carried out by researchers in India on Indian manufacturing firms and adopted an EFA technique to identify dimensions which are unique in their contribution.

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