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IT alignment and firm performance in small manufacturing firms
The Journal of Strategic Information Systems, 2002The concept of IT alignment has been discussed in the literature, but almost always in the context of large firms. Similarly, attempts to measure alignment and relate it to performance have been made, but primarily based on work in larger firms. This study focused on measuring the alignment of business strategy and IT strategy (ITS) among small UK ...
Paul B. Cragg +2 more
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The role of services for manufacturing firm exports [PDF]
Review of World Economics, 2013 Manufacturing firms have been increasingly focusing on services, a trend that is evident in their composition of bought-in input and in-house production. The services intensity of firms may affect their productivity and thereby their competitiveness abroad; services are also instrumental in connecting firms to foreign markets and can help them to ...
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Strategic Direction, 2023
Purpose This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context.
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Purpose This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context.
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Organizational Learning in Smaller Manufacturing Firms
International Small Business Journal: Researching Entrepreneurship, 2006This article describes the development and validation of a measure of a firm's organizational learning orientation and considers the relationships between this and firm performance. The measure assesses owner-managers’ perceptions of their organizations’ orientation to learning in terms of higherorder (active) and lower-order (passive) levels of ...
Spicer, DP, Sadler-Smith, E
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The Birth of New Firms In Italian Manufacturing [PDF]
Journal of Industry Studies, 1994 This paper is concerned with the dynamics of new firm formation in Italian manufacturing industry. New firms, which tend to be of small size, need to be examined with the help of specific measures of entry and their formation explained by means of specific determinants.
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Evolution stages of aircraft manufacturing firms
Systems Engineering, 2019Abstract Aeronautics is one of the highest value‐adding industrial sectors in an economy, and many regions have sought to develop aeronautics industries for economic diversification. Aircraft production, however, is complex and capital‐intensive, and efforts to establish aircraft manufacturing firms have led to mixed results. Here, we
Anabela Reis +2 more
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Competitive priorities of manufacturing firms in Thailand
Industrial Management & Data Systems, 2007PurposeThis paper seeks to identify competitive priorities, based on the opinions of top executives of manufacturing firms belonging to the Federation of Thai Industry (FTI). It is also to evaluate the implications and applicability of these findings for Thai manufacturers.Design/methodology/approachA survey is used as a data‐collection tool to gather ...
Kongkiti Phusavat, Rapee Kanchana
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Small-Firm Entry in US Manufacturing
Economica, 1989A cross-section empirical analysis examining the entry behavior of small firms is provided in this paper. While the authors find that certain traditional market structure characteristics and entry barriers have a strong impact on small-firm entry behavior, the reliance upon innovative strategy by small firms also explains a significant amount of the ...
Acs, Zoltan J, Audretsch, David B
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Renewal of Manufacturing Firms Through Innovation
2016Renewal of manufacturing firms in the advanced economies is necessary to keep them competitive in the international field. Renewal of manufacturing is caused by internal factors and involve incremental changes, or by external forces, such as economic crisis or market changes involving radical changes. The purpose of this study is to analyse the role of
Heikkilä Jussi +2 more
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Strategic Resource Dynamics of Manufacturing Firms
Management Science, 2009We conceptualize strategic decision-making processes within a manufacturing firm as streams of resources allocated to short- and long-term changes. The analogous ecological model, referred to as the Lotka-Volterra model, captures this dynamic tension between decisions made by the firm and its manufacturing operations.
Shekhar Jayanthi +3 more
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