scholarly journals Unionization and Profitability in the Canadian Manufacturing Sector

2005 ◽  
Vol 51 (4) ◽  
pp. 756-777 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pasquale Laporta ◽  
Alexander W. Jenkins
Keyword(s):  
Bargaining Power ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Manufacturing Sector ◽  
Industry Concentration ◽  
Entry Barriers ◽  
Structural Factors ◽  
Resource Misallocation ◽  
Canadian Manufacturing ◽  
Redistribute Income

This study looks at the effects of unions on profitability in the Canadian manufacturing sector, taking into account structural factors such as concentration and entry barriers. The authors find that, although there is a moderately positive relationship between unionization and profitability at low tevels of concentration, at higher levels of concentration unions are able to extract an increasing proportion of incrémental profits that the firm (industry) may earn, until any incrémental profit (rent) associated with further increases in industry concentration is completely captured by the union. This may reflect a greater ability on the part of unions to organize and exercise bargaining power in concentrated industries and redistribute income from capital to labour, but it also leads to underproduction and resource misallocation.

Imperfect Information and Strikes: An Analysis of Canadian Experience, 1967–82

ILR Review ◽  
1986 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 377-387 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-Michel Cousineau ◽  
Robert Lacroix
Keyword(s):  
Bargaining Power ◽  
Imperfect Information ◽  
Manufacturing Sector ◽  
Probit Analysis ◽  
Relative Power ◽  
Collective Agreements ◽  
Canadian Experience ◽  
Canadian Manufacturing ◽  
Relative Bargaining Power ◽  
Over Time

To test their hypothesis that the propensity to strike is affected less by the actual balance of bargaining power than by the parties' uncertainty about their relative power, the authors perform a probit analysis of data on 1,871 collective agreements negotiated in the Canadian manufacturing sector between 1967 and 1982. They find, consistent with their hypothesis, that some characteristics of individual bargaining units, the relevant industries, and the economy as a whole that affect both the quantity and reliability of information needed to assess relative bargaining power do have significant value in predicting strike incidence across industries and over time.

scholarly journals The effect of duality/non-duality of CEO, board size, meeting, committee on domestic shareholdings: Empirical evidence from Sri Lanka

2014 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 329-337
Author(s):  
Nadarajah Sivathaasan ◽  
Sivapalan Achchuthan
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Manufacturing Sector ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
Board Meeting ◽  
Board Size ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Test Correlation

This paper seeks to investigate the effect of duality/non-duality of CEO, board size, meeting, committee on domestic shareholdings of manufacturing companies listed on Colombo Stock Exchange over a three-year period from 2011 to 2013. The study employs the independent samples t-test, correlation and regression analyses to assess the relationships as well as the impact on domestic shareholdings using a sample of 32 quoted companies ( n =32). It is found that duality & non-duality of CEO structure do not differ in relation to domestic shareholdings that are inconsistent with the hypothesis formulated. Board size (+) and board meeting (+) have shown positive relationship and board committee (-) is negatively associated with domestic shareholdings. As per the empirical results, board committee and board size have significant (p < 0.05) impact on domestic share holdings and insignificant impact is observed by board meeting. The present study concentrates only on the manufacturing sector quoted on Colombo Stock Exchange. This paper has taken an effort to this area of research on emerging share holdings held by local individuals and institutions in Sri Lanka and the findings could be generalized to the companies similar to this category.

scholarly journals The Impact of Organizational Learning Capability on Product Innovation Performance: Evidence from the Turkish Manufacturing Sector

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 70-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
Özlem Yaşar Uğurlu ◽  
Mustafa Kurt
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Learning ◽  
Empirical Data ◽  
Product Innovation ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Manufacturing Sector ◽  
Innovation Performance ◽  
Learning Capability ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

This study aims to examine the effect of organizational learning capability on product innovation performance in the manufacturing sector using empirical data. A survey was conducted with 120 firms that were on the list of Top 1000 Firms of Turkey and registered with the Istanbul Chamber of Industry, to examine the relationship between the dimensions of organizational learning capability and the dimensions of product innovation performance. The findings of the study indicate a positive relationship between organizational learning capability and product innovation performance.

scholarly journals Distinctive Capabilities and Performance: Empirical Evidence from Malaysian SMEs

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohd Khairuddin Hashim
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Manufacturing Sector ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
General Notion ◽  
Research Issue ◽  
Significant Positive Relationship ◽  
Strategic Variable ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Functional Areas

Despite the general notion that distinctive capabilities are crucial to the success affirms, empirical studies that focused on this strategic variable in SMEs remains limited. This study seeks to address this research issue by empirically investigating 100 SMEs in the Malaysian manufacturing sector. The findings of the study suggest that the SMEs studied established capabilities in several business functional areas. In addition, the results of the correlations indicate statistically significant positive relationship between distinctive capabilities and the performance of the SMEs in this study.  

Testing the bargaining hypothesis in the manufacturing sector in developing countries

1987 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 609-638 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen J. Kobrin
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Host Country ◽  
Bargaining Power ◽  
Manufacturing Sector ◽  
National Study ◽  
Global Integration ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Relative Bargaining Power ◽  
Cross National Study ◽  
Over Time

The bargaining power model of HC–MNC (host country–multinational corporation) interaction conceives of economic nationalism in terms of rational self-interest and assumes both inherent conflict and convergent objectives. In extractive industries, there is strong evidence that outcomes are a function of relative bargaining power and that as power shifts to developing HCs over time, the bargain obsolesces. A cross-national study of the bargaining model, using data from 563 subsidiaries of U.S. manufacturing firms in forty-nine developing countries, indicates that while the bargaining framework is an accurate model of MNC–host country relationships, manufacturing is not characterized by the inherent, structurally based, and secular obsolescence that is found in the natural resource industries. Shifts in bargaining power to HCs may take place when technology is mature and global integration limited. In industries characterized by changing technologies and the spread of global integration, the bargain will obsolesce very slowly and the relative power of MNCs may even increase over time.

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