Current Issue : July - September Volume : 2015 Issue Number : 3 Articles : 4 Articles
Leather sector competitiveness encompasses fundamental aspects that provide the thrust to\nthe sector. The prerequisites that are required include entrepreneurial-ship, harnessing of\ntechnology acquisition and transfer, research and development, appropriate policies and\ninvestment. In addition, these aspects through appropriate opportunity management and value\ncreation initiative creates ambience in becoming competitive. The study also found out that\nproductivity driven on efficient and effective resource management strategies are key for\nenterprises to be competitive in Africa. It is with this background that the study analyzed the\nresponses from the leather strata in Kenya and related this to competitiveness. Moreover, the\nresearch evaluated the significance of the interrelationship between various stratums that\ninterphase in the value creation process of the leather sector and also determined the impact\nof activities identified towards competitiveness. The study used a quantitative approach\n(n=244), descriptive analysis including an aggregate score to ascertain the top activities\nimpacting on competitiveness in Kenya. The results indicated that producers and butchers\nwere impacted with enterprise competitiveness and as a preference that followed, required the\ngovernment to encourage investment. Traders were mostly concerned with price\ncompetitiveness and this was closely, associated with stiff competition in sourcing for raw\nmaterials in the country. However, tanners, leather goods and footwear required investments\nto improve on the leather and leather products with a concern raised for the flooding of\nleather products. This was deemed to stifle leather goods and footwear stratums�\ncompetitiveness. In general, responses of the study were significant with the study depicting\nthat with appropriate value-addition initiatives it is feasible to transform the leather strata to\nbecome competitive. Thusly, the overall results indicated that activities were significant\n(p<0.05) to the value chain stratum towards competitiveness. Therefore, this observation\nstrengthened the aspect of considering competitiveness as key to spur tangible results in the\ndevelopment and growth of the leather sector in Kenya....
The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship among supply chain justices\n(procedural, distributive and interactional), trust and inter-firms supply chain process\nintegration in mainland Pakistan. The study variables have considerable importance in the\nliterature of supply chain management (SCM). The conceptual model comprises four\nhypotheses. Then hypotheses are tested via an empirical study in which data are collected\nfrom 170 manufacturers, distributors, suppliers and retailers of mainstream spectrum\nindustries in Pakistan. We used exploratory factor analysis (EFA), confirmatory factor\nanalysis (CFA) to test the validity and reliability of the measurement model, and structural\nequation modeling (SEM) to test the hypotheses. The findings delineate that supply chain\njustices can encourage process integration through developing trust among partners.\nMoreover, this study reveals interesting implications of supply chain justices, trust and\nprocesses integration that is useful to both academicians and practitioners....
Frequent occurrence of food safety incidents in recent years has made analyzing safety of agricultural product in view of contract\ntheory become academic research focus. Based on incentive theory, in this paper we establish a static game under the condition\nof asymmetric information and analyze how the ââ?¬Å?company + farmerââ?¬Â contract is influenced by a complete quality tracing system\ncomposed of ex-ante inspection and ex-post traceability.Meanwhile, we find out that a complete quality tracing system can increase\nthe safety level of agricultural product and that ex-ante inspection and ex-post traceability can replace each other in the process.\nFinally, we put forward policy suggestion for the policy-maker to solve the problem of food safety....
This research develops and tests a model of the effects of\nresources bundling on third-party logistics (3PL) provid?\ners� performance. Based on data from a survey of Malaysian\n3PLs, basic and advanced technology and equipment\nresources, knowledge and relational resources, and\ndemand management interfaces are identified. The\nbundling of advanced technology, knowledge resources,\nand demand management interface capability are found to\nenhance 3PLs� customer service innovation. Similar\nresource bundling (excluding advanced technology) is\nrequired to achieve cost leadership. The effects of other\nresources on performance are mediated mainly by the\ndemand management interface capability and knowledge\nresources. This is a novel attempt to justify the interaction\nand mediation effects of resources and capabilities on\nperformance. The research highlights the needs for 3PL\nmanagers to focus on developing and bundling their\ndemand management interface capability and knowledge\nresources in order to achieve cost leadership, and further\ncombine advanced technology into such bundling of\nresources and capabilities to achieve innovation in custom?\ner service. It advances the application of resource-based\nview (RBV) theory in logistics research by identifying\nresources that play supporting roles and examining the\ncapabilities for enhancing 3PLs� competitive performance....
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