Demand Chain Strategy and Chinese Firm Performance

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 94-119
Author(s):  
Bingfeng Bai ◽  
Junjun Gao ◽  
Weili Yin
Keyword(s):  
Firm Performance ◽  
Product Life Cycle ◽  
Effective Rate ◽  
It Strategy ◽  
Fashion Industry ◽  
Resource Based View ◽  
Supply Chain Strategy ◽  
Chinese Firm ◽  
Demand Chain ◽  
Strategy Performance

The purpose of this research is to enhance the extant understanding of the information technology (IT)-strategy relationship. The study aims to test the robustness of the relationships among the concepts of IT analytic capability, demand chain strategy, and firm performance besides investigating the interaction effects of product life cycle (PLC) management on the IT-strategy relationship. Based on the resource-based view (RBV) of the firm and the research paradigm of “capability-strategy-performance,” 300 Chinese fashion firms were surveyed to collect data by Demand Chain Research Institute of Shanghai University. In order to test the hypothetical relationship in the conceptual model, valid questionnaires from 185 firms were collected in this study, and the effective rate reached 61.7%. Findings suggest that IT analytic capability associates positively with demand chain strategy, and PLC plays a moderation role between IT analytic capability and demand chain strategy. The findings further support the link between demand chain strategy and better firm performance. This study contributes to existing information systems and operation management literature by the above effects in the retail context. Overall, these results reflect recent business and transformation changes from supply chain strategy to demand chain strategy for the Chinese fashion industry.

scholarly journals Does the ‘Process’ of Process Capital Matter to Performance? Evidence from Kenyan Commercial Banks

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 105-114
Author(s):  
Peter Nderitu Githaiga ◽  
Joyce Kiomosop Komen ◽  
Josephat Cheboi Yegon
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Firm Performance ◽  
Panel Data ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Commercial Banks ◽  
Product Life Cycle ◽  
Dynamic Environment ◽  
Resource Based View ◽  
Customer Expectation ◽  
And Performance

Globalization, changing customer expectation and shrinking product life-cycle depict process capital as a source of competitive advantage in modern economies. Consequently, organizations are gradually becoming more process oriented to cope with a dynamic environment. However, the process capital and performance causality is scanty in extant literature. Besides, previous studies overlooked the process aspect of process capital. Thus, the objective of this study was to determine whether the “process” of process capital matters to firm performance. The hypothesis was tested using panel data for the years 2008-2017 extracted from 31 commercial banks in Kenya. The findings showed that process capital had a positive and significant effect on performance (β = 0.275, ρ-value 0.000<0.05). Consistent with the resource based view theory; the study concluded that the process of process capital influences firm performance.

scholarly journals Determinants of Firm Performance: Evidence from Romanian Listed Companies

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sebastian Lazăr
Keyword(s):  
Firm Performance ◽  
Fixed Effects ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Listed Companies ◽  
Sales Growth ◽  
Fixed Effects Model ◽  
Resource Based View ◽  
Firm Profitability ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Positive Effect

AbstractThe paper investigates firm-specific determinants of firm profitability for Romanian listed companies over the 2000-2011 period within the framework of resource based view of the firm. The results show that tangibles, leverage, size and labour intensity have negative effect on firm performance, while sales growth and value added have a positive effect. The results prove robust when introducing two-way fixed effects model and industry year effects model (in order to simultaneously account for specific industry characteristics and time effects).

Contrasting IT Capability and Organizational Types

2012 ◽  
pp. 1-24
Author(s):  
Terry A. Byrd ◽  
Linda W. Byrd
Keyword(s):  
Firm Performance ◽  
Performance Measures ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Resource Based View ◽  
It Capability ◽  
Market Requirements ◽  
It Resources ◽  
Different Dimensions ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Inside Out

The Resource-Based View (RBV) has become one of the most popular ways to examine the impact of IT on firm performance. An increasing number of researchers are using the theoretical underpinning of the RBV to ground their research in investigating this relationship. This paper follows in this tradition by developing multidimensional measures for two dimensions of IT capability, inside-out IT capability and spanning IT capability. In this regard, the authors relate these dimensions to firm performance as profit ratios and cost ratios. Inside-out capability is the IT resources deployed from inside the firm in response to market requirements and opportunities. However, spanning IT capability involves both internal and external analysis and is needed to integrate the firm’s inside-out and outside-in IT competences. This study also makes an exploratory comparative assessment of the relative impact of inside-out IT capability and spanning IT capability, while analyzing the differences on the impact of IT capability in diverse types of organizations. Finally, the authors give evidence that different dimensions of IT capability may have different effects on performance measures.

Contrasting IT Capability and Organizational Types

2010 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Terry Anthony Byrd ◽  
Linda W. Byrd
Keyword(s):  
Firm Performance ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Comparative Assessment ◽  
Theoretical Underpinning ◽  
Resource Based View ◽  
It Capability ◽  
Market Requirements ◽  
Different Dimensions ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Inside Out

The Resource-Based View (RBV) has become one of the most popular ways to examine the impact of IT on firm performance. An increasing number of researchers are using the theoretical underpinning of the RBV to ground their research in investigating this relationship. This paper follows in this tradition by developing multidimensional measures for two dimensions of IT capability, inside-out IT capability and spanning IT capability. In this regard, the authors relate these dimensions to firm performance as profit ratios and cost ratios. Inside-out capability is the IT resources deployed from inside the firm in response to market requirements and opportunities. However, spanning IT capability involves both internal and external analysis and is needed to integrate the firm’s inside-out and outside-in IT competences. This study also makes an exploratory comparative assessment of the relative impact of inside-out IT capability and spanning IT capability, while analyzing the differences on the impact of IT capability in diverse types of organizations. Finally, the authors give evidence that different dimensions of IT capability may have different effects on performance measures.

Does Knowledge Management Improve Firm Performance? The Effect of Knowledge Distinctive Competences

2011 ◽  
pp. 27-46
Author(s):  
Cesar Camison Zornoza ◽  
Daniel Palacios Marques ◽  
Fernando Jose Garrigos Simon
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Firm Performance ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
Resource Based View ◽  
Knowledge Assets ◽  
Theoretical Innovation ◽  
Unknown Factor ◽  
Distinctive Competences ◽  
Research Studies

In the resource-based view (RBV) approach, the knowledge border rests on the understanding of the distinctive competences creation and recreation process. Moreover, in spite of the importance of knowledge assets, how knowledge is generated in organizations is still an unknown factor. This research studies the effect of introducing knowledge management programs in the development of knowledge distinctive competences, as well as their capability to create economic rents. In addition, we established a conceptual delimitation of knowledge management as a directive system through a set of principles and practices, which is a theoretical innovation in this research line. The theoretical relationships we propose are tested in an empirical study carried out in 222 firms from the Spanish biotechnology and telecommunication sectors.

scholarly journals Re-evaluating supply chain integration and firm performance: linking operations strategy to supply chain strategy

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 540-559 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank Wiengarten ◽  
Huashan Li ◽  
Prakash J. Singh ◽  
Brian Fynes
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Firm Performance ◽  
Supply Chain Integration ◽  
Operations Strategy ◽  
Competitive Priorities ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Supply Chain Strategy ◽  
Performance Improvements ◽  
Strategic Perspective ◽  
The Impact

Purpose This paper aims to explore the performance implications of supply chain integration (SCI) taking a strategic perspective. Thus, this paper is set to provide answers to the following research questions: Does a higher degree of SCI always lead to greater firm performance improvements? As the answer to this question is likely to be no, the authors explore the performance implications from a strategic perspective: Is the SCI–performance relationship contingent on a company’s competitive priorities (i.e. operations strategy)? Design/methodology/approach The authors explore their questions through multiple quasi-independent data sets to test the impact of SCI on firm performance. Furthermore, the authors provide a more nuanced conceptual and empirical view to explore the previously uncovered contradictory results and contingent relationship challenging the “more integration equals higher firm performance” proposition. Findings The results only provide partial support for the proposition that more integration is always beneficial in the supply chain context. The authors also identified that the impact of SCI on financial performance is contingent on a company’s competitive priorities. Originality/value This study provides a much-needed comprehensive assessment of the SCI–performance relationship through critically re-evaluating one of the most popular propositions in the field of supply chain management. The results can be extrapolated beyond the dyad, as the authors conceptualise integration simultaneously from an upstream and downstream perspective.

scholarly journals In pursuit of supply chain fit

2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 821-844 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yasmine Sabri
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Supply Chain ◽  
Firm Performance ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Organisational Structure ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Supply Chain Strategy ◽  
Corporate Groups ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to develop exploratory propositions and a conceptual framework on the interaction between organisational structure (decision-making centralisation and internal coordination) and the relationship between supply chain fit and firm performance. Design/methodology/approach Through a case study, two corporate groups with distinctive organisational structures were examined; both are undergoing a critical moment of changes to their top management and are reshaping their corporate and supply chain strategies. Data on decision-making centralisation, internal coordination mechanisms, supply, demand and innovation uncertainties, and supply chain strategies were collected from key respondents. Findings The analysis conducted suggests the need to consider the joint interaction between organisational structure and supply chain fit in offsetting the implications of a potential misfit on firm performance. Furthermore, the context sensitivity of a supply chain is often overlooked, hence simply modifying supply chain strategy does not necessarily lead to a variation in firm performance. Practical implications This research is of particular importance to most organisations in the testing times of uncertainty in the global landscape. It guides supply chain practitioners to better understand which elements of the organisational structure interact with the uncertainty of supply, demand and innovation. Originality/value This paper is one of the first to investigate the interaction between elements of organisational structure and supply chain fit and identify decision-making centralisation and coordination as the internal uncertainty factors that are most relevant to supply chain fit research. A conceptual framework has been built for future testing, in which the organisational structure moderates the relationship between supply chain fit and firm performance.

THE MODERATING EFFECTS OF ADAPTIVE AND INTELLECTUAL RESOURCE CAPABILITIES ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ENTREPRENEURIAL ORIENTATION AND FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (03) ◽  
pp. 1850026 ◽  
Author(s):  
SAMUEL ADOMAKO
Keyword(s):  
Firm Performance ◽  
Financial Performance ◽  
Entrepreneurial Orientation ◽  
Dynamic Capabilities ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Moderating Effects ◽  
Resource Based View ◽  
Intellectual Resource ◽  
The Relationship

Extant entrepreneurial orientation (EO) literature suggests that EO positively affects firm performance, but several factors influence the potency of this relationship. However, the influence of adaptive and intellectual resource capabilities on the EO–performance linkage lacks theoretical clarity. Accordingly, deriving insights from the resource-based view and dynamic capabilities framework, this paper argues that variations in financial performance are a function of degree of EO and levels of adaptive and intellectual resource capabilities. Using primary data gathered from 245 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) operating in Ghana, the study finds that when a firm’s adaptive and intellectual resource capabilities are well developed and deployed, the potency of EO as a driver of financial performance is enhanced.

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