Current Issue : April - June Volume : 2017 Issue Number : 2 Articles : 5 Articles
Generally, this study was conducted to investigate the impacts of information technology\ncapabilities (ITCs) on small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and large enterprises in Malaysia\nby measuring their competitiveness. A new empirical framework was designed to assist\ndomestic companies to determine appropriate ITCs such as dynamic, integrating, and utility\ncapabilities to attain competitive advantage (CA). A questionnaire is developed, tested in a\npilot study, and finally distributed to a sample of 500 domestic companies in Malaysia. A total\nof 295 respondents have provided their answers to the questionnaire. The dynamic,\nintegrating and utility capabilities account for 60.9% of the variance in the competitive\nadvantage of SMEs and the dynamic and integrating capabilities account for 67.8% of the\nvariance in the CA of large enterprises in Malaysia. This study proposes an empirical research\nframework that is important for SMEs and large enterprises to reap competitive advantage.\nApart from contributing to the literature of knowledge management, this study would assist\nin developing appropriate recommendations to adopt ITC for domestic companies. This\nresearch is one of the limited studies in Asia and Malaysia that examines how to adopt ITC to\nreap CA in SMEs and large enterprises in Malaysia....
Under the current increased interdependence and market globalization product and service markets have been\nin constant change. These changes in their turn contributing to the rise of the level of competition putting enormous\npressures on enterprises of all sizes to respond quickly to the changes and developments in market affairs. One of the\ncrucial factors of survival in this highly competitive world economy is to find the way to increase the productivity and\nefficiency while reducing the costs. Thus, the key for success has become enterprise�s capacity to innovate and come\nup with innovative solutions to the production processes. It is nowhere as obvious as in the case of small and medium\nsized enterprises (SMEs) whose share and contribution to the overall economy have been increasing, especially, in the\ndeveloping or transition economies....
Sustainable innovation is critical because it is a driver for sustainable development, and it is a\ncore business concept for creating and maintaining a sustainable competitive edge. However,\nmaintaining sustainable innovation over the long run is difficult in the current turbulent and\ncomplex environment. The article contributes to the literature by presenting an open system\nperspective of sustainable innovation with practical applications for organizational redesign.\nThis will require the engagement and the integration of the parts of the organization, its\nculture, purpose, structure, processes, functions and manner by which it interaction with its\ncontaining system. It also necessitates redesigning and transforming organizations from their\ncurrent deterministic and animated forms into social systems. Directions for further research\nand theory development are presented....
This paper investigates the extent to which R&D alliance participation affects the survival\nperformance of newly listed high tech firms. The estimation strategy identifies the impact\nthrough changes on a firm�s alliance status. Using longitudinal data on high tech firms that\nhad an initial public offering in the United States, results suggest that R&D collaborating\nfirms experience greater survival, relative to non-R&D collaborating firms. In particular,\nparticipation in an R&D alliance is associated with an attenuation of delistment due to poor\nfinancial performance....
Accounting is an important component of the management tools system of finance in the economy. Therefore, each\nenterprise must build its own complete accounting system, including financial accounting and management accounting\nfor accounting to provide full information for the inspection of the manager.\nIn fact, the Ministry of Finance of Vietnam issued Circular No. 53/2006/TT-BTC dated June 12, 2006, guiding the\napplication of management accounting in enterprises, but the application of management accounting in general and\ncost management accounting in particular in each business has its own different characteristics to suit the production\nprocess and management of the enterprise.\nThis study explores and assesses the actual use of management accounting of the small and medium enterprises\n(SMEs) in Thai Nguyen Province, identifying and analyzing the factors affecting the tendency to use management\naccounting in the SMEs in Thai Nguyen Province to propose the solutions to improve the management accounting role\nin the SMEs in Thai Nguyen Province....
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