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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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Determinants of firm exit in Slovenian manufacturing
Industrial Management & Data Systems, 2007PurposeThis paper sets out to present the determinants of firm exit at the micro firm‐level of Slovenian manufacturing derived from the results of pooled and panel probit models.Design/methodology/approachEmpirical research is conducted on the basis of the Slovenian firm registry data which include virtually all the firms in manufacturing.
Stefan Bojnec, Ana Xavier
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Wage structure in Italian manufacturing firms [PDF]
, 2007 This paper jointly considers some pieces of evidence regarding peculiarities of industries' structure which are often separately addressed. Italian industrial sectors are known to be characterized by a high proportion of small enterprises that suffers from constraints to growth.
Giulio Bottazzi, Marco Grazzi
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Lean manufacturing practices in Indonesian manufacturing firms
International Journal of Lean Six Sigma, 2016PurposeContradictory findings regarding the implication of Lean manufacturing (LM) implementation to business performance (BP) have been observed in prior studies. Hence, more studies are required to be capable of finding the status of LM implementation and its impacts on BP.
Gusman Nawanir +2 more
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The use of design in Finnish manufacturing firms [PDF]
, 2006 This study analyzes the use of design and the position of the design function in Finnish manufacturing firms. We also study the impact of design on companies’ business performance. The paper is based on a survey directed to the member companies of the Confederation of Finnish Industries (EK) in November‐December 2005.
Lindström, Maarit, Pajarinen, Mika
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The antecedents of IT-business alignment in manufacturing firms
International Journal of Business Information Systems, 2011Aligning information systems to business strategy is regarded as one of the most important issues in the MIS field. Successful IT strategic alignment means developing and sustaining a mutual relationship between IT strategy and business strategy – a relationship that benefits both parties.
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Firm Boundaries, Information Processing Capacity, and Performance in Manufacturing Firms
Journal of Management Information Systems, 2016AbstractWe analyze the alignment between information processing needs and capacities. First, we explore the relationship between firms’ vertical and horizontal boundaries and information technology (IT) capabilities. The literature postulates that less internalization leads firms to invest more in information technology.
Jaime Gómez +2 more
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Digital transformation of manufacturing firms
2021Enrico Pieretto, Andreas Hinterhuber
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