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Distribution of supply chain capabilities and firm's sustainable development

  • TO, Tha Hien;THAN, Thuy Trong;NGUYEN, Duyen Thi Kim;NGUYEN, Dat Ngoc
    • Journal of Distribution Science
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    • v.19 no.5
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    • pp.5-12
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    • 2021
  • Purpose: Research on supply chain sustainability is important for exporters When the factor of sustainable development is considered by the businesses as well as governments of all countries. Research on supply chain sustainability is important for exporters. Sustainable supply chain management and supply chain dynamics will help enterprises adapt to changes in the business environment. This study analyzes the impact of sustainable supply chain management, and supply chain dynamic capabilities on the sustainable development of exporting enterprises in Vietnam. Research design, data, and methodology: The research model and survey are designed based on previous studies after surveying export enterprises. With 185 samples collected from export enterprises. The Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) analysis technique is used. Data analysis is performed on SPSS and AMOS software (Reliability test, Confirmatory Factor Analysis, SEM). Results: Sustainable supply chain management and supply chain dynamic capabilities all have positive effects on the sustainable development of businesses (sustainable development is measured by distribution: measuring economic efficiency, social efficiency, and environmental performance). Conclusions: From the results of this study, the authors also made several recommendations to help export enterprises develop sustainability based on sustainable supply chain management and supply chain dynamic capabilities.

Effects of Smart Factory Quality Characteristics and Dynamic Capabilities on Business Performance: Mediating Effect of Recognition Response

  • CHO, Ik-Jun;KIM, Jin-Kwon;YANG, Hoe-Chang;AHN, Tony-DongHui
    • The Journal of Industrial Distribution & Business
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    • v.11 no.12
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    • pp.17-28
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    • 2020
  • Purpose: The purpose of this study is to confirm the strategic direction of the firm regarding the capabilities of the organization and its employees in order to increase the utilization and business performance of employees by that introduce smart factories in the domestic manufacturing industry. Research design, data, and methodology: This study derived a structured research model to confirm the mediating effect of recognition responses between the quality characteristics of smart factories and dynamic capabilities. For the analysis, a total of 143 valid questionnaires were used for 200 companies that introduced smart factories from domestic SME's. Results: Quality Characteristics of Smart Factory and Dynamic Capabilities had a statistically significant effect on Usefulness. Recognition Response had a statistically mediating on the relationship between quality characteristics of smart factory and business performance. Recognition Response had a statistically significant effect on business performance. Conclusions: It suggests that firms introducing smart factory reflect them in their empowerment strategic because the recognition responses of its employees differ according to the quality characteristics and dynamic capabilities of smart factories. It also means that the information derived from the smart factory system is useful and effective to business performance and employees.

Antecedents and Consequences of Multinational Service Ventures' Social Responsibility Engagement with Local Allies: A Focus on Propositional Development

  • Oh, Han-Mo;An, Sang-Bong
    • Asia-Pacific Journal of Business
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    • v.10 no.1
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    • pp.135-147
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    • 2019
  • Despite the importance of multinational service ventures' alliances with local firms for CSR engagement, research is little interested in this issue. Because many multinational service ventures have increasingly allied with local firms for their CSR performance, it is important to explain the role of the alliance between a multinational service venture and a local firm. Our study addressed an issue of multinational service ventures' CSR performance through alliances with local firms. Based prominently on the resource-based theory of the firm, the competence-based theory of the firm, and the resource-adavantage theory of competition, we attempted to predict how a multinational service venture can be successful in CSR engagement based on an alliance with a local firm. Our study posited that local firms' CSR knowledge and CSR orientation positively influence multinational service ventures's CSR capabilities. In addition, we posited the positive moderating roles of alliance competence in the relationships between local firms' CSR resources and multinational service ventures' CSR capability. Moreover, our study posited that multinational service ventures' CSR capability is a source of competitive advantage. Finally, we concluded this manuscript with a discussion of scholarly and managerial implications, limitations of the study, and directions for a further study.

Catching-Up and National Environment: The Case of the Korean Aircraft Industry

  • Hwang, Chin-Young
    • Proceedings of the Korea Technology Innovation Society Conference
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    • 2000.11a
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    • pp.227-245
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    • 2000
  • Korean firms have attempted to catch up in the aircraft industry during last quarter century. Korean firms have built up their capabilities by moving from parts manufacturing through subassembly to system integration. The number of projects carried out and the intensity of technological effort undertaken by firms strongly influences market position and firm performance. However, successful catching up is not simply dependent on capability building within the firm. The national environment (Porter, 1990) in which firms are located plays a pivotal role. The Korean government has been effective in creating a favorable environ-ment in many areas, but has not been able to replicate this success in the aircraft industry. Opportunities for learning in the aircraft industry have been hampered by the small size of the Korean civilian aircraft market and the sophisticated requirements of military systems. A policy of domestic rivalry in airframe manufacture has created too many firms for such a small market. The ability of Korean firms to catch up in the aircraft industry depends on both the internal capabilities of firms as well as appropriate government policies and the involve- ment of government research institutions and universities over an extended period of time. There have been many studies about the catching up of developing countries in mass production (such as automobile, consumer electronics, and recently DRAM), but few in complex systems, such as aircraft.

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The Effect of Market·Technology Orientation on Firm Performance of Southeast Region Manufacturing Company : Focusing on the Dynamic Capacities for SCM (시장·기술지향성이 동남권 제조기업의 성과에 미치는 영향 : 전략적 공급사슬관리를 위한 동적역량의 매개효과를 중심으로)

  • Kwon, Hoi Soon;Hwang, Sang Don;Lee, Woon-Seek
    • Journal of the Korean Data Analysis Society
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    • v.20 no.6
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    • pp.3101-3116
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    • 2018
  • The objective of this study is to find out the direction and strategies of dynamic capacity utilization for the strategic supply chain management (SCM), which is an innovative means for enhancing the efficiency of the firm, and to create an optimal management environment for the competitiveness of firms. The market and technology will be able to generate higher business performance when adapting the strategic direction and culture to the formal dynamic capacities possessed by the firm and reflecting the technology related to the dynamic capacities for the strategic SCM in the process. In this study, we empirically analyze the effect of market and technology orientations on the firm performance and how dynamic capacities affects firm performance. The results of this study show that market and technology orientations have positive effects on dynamic capacities and dynamic capacities have positive effect on firm performance. In addition, it is proved that dynamic capacities mediated the relationship between market orientation, technology orientation, and firm performance.

Knowledge Creation Perspective on Technological Capability Accumulation of a High-tech SMEs : Comparative Case Study and Strategic Implications (중소기업(中小企業)의 선진(先導) 기술능력(技術能力) 축적과정(蓄積過程)에 관(關)한 연구(硏究) - LCD 제조(製造) 장비업체(裝備業體)를 중심(中心)으로-)

  • Lee, Pan-Gook;Chung, Dae-Yong
    • Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Venturing and Entrepreneurship
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    • v.4 no.3
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    • pp.1-22
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    • 2009
  • A firm's competitive capabilities become greater when the firm has a specific knowledge. There are many studies have been examined how to accumulate the firm specific knowledge and to get the competitive capability on the various perspectives. This study suggest that the conceptual framework on the absorptive capability through reviews on the knowledge management theory. And it also suggests that the proposition about the technological capability building process through the in depth case study on a small and medium sized company in a LCD industry. This study found the following major characteristics about the absorptive capability building and knowledge creating process. First, it is required to building an absorptive capability rapidly that the harmony of local capabilities, integrative capabilities, and intensity of effort. And the most important factor is the intensity of effort in a small and medium sized firm with a weak knowledge base. Second, it is required to develop an innovative new product that the utilization of expeditious learning mechanism based on the exploration and exploitation process. Finally, complementary assets are needed to proactive exploration and exploitation. Based on the findings, the theoretical and managerial implications are derives and the further research directions are proposed.

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Knowledge Creation Perspective on Technological Capability Accumulation of a High-tech SMEs : Comparative Case Study and Strategic Implications (중소기업(中小企業)의 선도(先導) 기술능력(技術能力) 축적과정(蓄積過程)에 관(關)한 연구(硏究) -LCD 제조(製造) 장비업체(裝備業體)를 중심(中心)으로-)

  • Lee, Pan-Gook;Chung, Dae-Yong
    • 한국벤처창업학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2009.08a
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    • pp.67-88
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    • 2009
  • A firm's competitive capabilities become greater when the firm has a specific knowledge. There are many studies have been examined how to accumulate the firm specific knowledge and to get the competitive capability on the various perspectives. This study suggest that the conceptual framework on the absorptive capability through reviews on the knowledge management theory. And it also suggests that the proposition about the technological capability building process through the in depth case study on a small and medium sized company in a LCD industry. This study found the following major characteristics about the absorptive capability building and knowledge creating process. First, it is required to building an absorptive capability rapidly that the harmony of local capabilities, integrative capabilities, and intensity of effort. And the most important factor is the intensity of effort in a small and medium sized firm with a weak knowledge base. Second, it is required to develop an innovative new product that the utilization of expeditious learning mechanism based on the exploration and exploitation process. Finally, complementary assets are needed to proactive exploration and exploitation. Based on the findings, the theoretical and managerial implications are derives and the further research directions are proposed.

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Factors Affecting the Capabilities and Performance of Industry-Academic Cooperation: A Firm-Centered Approach (산학협력 성과에 미치는 영향요인 분석: 기업의 관점을 중심으로)

  • Kong, Jae-Hyung;Kim, Kyoum-Sup;Jang, Hoo-Eun;Heo, Sun-Young;Lee, Jong-Ho
    • Journal of the Economic Geographical Society of Korea
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    • v.23 no.1
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    • pp.82-92
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    • 2020
  • This study attempts to explore the activities and performance of industry-academic cooperation with the perspective of the firm that has not been systematically addressed in the previous research. To do this, a survey of university family companies across the country was conducted to draw factors that influence the competencies of firms and universities on the performance of industry-academic cooperation and to compare differences by region. The main results of the study are as follows. First, it was found that the knowledge and technologies that universities retain and the active participation of companies in the activities of university-academic cooperation were the most important contributors to the corporate achievements in industry-academic cooperation. Second, when divided into the Seoul metropolitan area and non-capital area, it was found that there was a difference in the capabilities and performance of industry-academic cooperation between the two regions. Third, it was found that there were significant differences in the capabilities and performance of industry-academic cooperation in five areas. These findings suggest that industry-academic cooperation projects specialized for each region is necessary to enhance the effectiveness of industry-academic cooperation.

An Empirical Investigation Into the Effect of Organizational Capabilities on Service Innovation in Knowledge Intensive Business Firms (지식서비스기업의 서비스 혁신에 영향을 미치는 조직의 역량에 관한 연구)

  • Yoon, Bo Sung;Kim, Yong Jin;Jin, Seung Hye
    • Asia pacific journal of information systems
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    • v.23 no.1
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    • pp.87-106
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    • 2013
  • In the service-oriented economy, knowledge and skills are considered core resources to secure competitive advantages and service innovation. Knowledge management capability, which facilitates to produce, share, accumulate and reuse knowledge, becomes as important as knowledge itself to create service value. Along with knowledge management capability, dynamic capability and operational capability are the key capabilities related to managing service delivery processes. Previous studies indicated that these three capabilities are related to service innovation. Although separately investigate the relationship between the three capabilities. The purpose of this study is 1) to define variables that have effects on service innovation including knowledge management capability, dynamic capability and operational capability, and 2) to empirically test to identify relationship among variables. In this study, knowledge management capability is defined as the capability to manage knowledge process. Dynamic capability is regarded as the firm's ability to integrate, build, and reconfigure internal and external competences to address rapidly changing environments. Operational capability refers to a high-level routine that, together with its implementing input flows, confers upon an organization's management a set of decision options for producing significant outputs of a particular type. The proposed research model was tested against the data collected through the survey method. The survey questionnaire was distributed to the managers who participated in an educational program for management consulting. Each individual who answered the questionnaire represented a knowledge based service firm. About 212 surveys questionnaires were sent via e-mail or directly delivered to respondents. The number of useable responses was 93. Measurement items were adapted from previous studies to reflect the characteristics of the industry each informant worked in. All measurement items were in, 5 point Likert scale with anchors ranging from strongly disagree (1) to strongly agree (5). Out of 93 respondents, about 81% were male, 82% of respondents were in their 30s. In terms of jobs, managers were 39.78%, professions/technicians were 24.73%, researchers were 12.90%, and sales people were 10.75%. Most of respondents worked for medium size enterprises (47,31%) in their, less than 30 employees (46.24%) in their number of employees, and less than 10 million USD (65.59%) in terms of sales volume. To test the proposed research model, structural equation modeling (SEM) technique (SPSS 16.0 and AMOS version 5) was used. We found that the three organizational capabilities have influence on service innovation directly or indirectly. Knowledge management capability directly affects dynamic capability and service innovation but indirectly affect operational capability through dynamic capability. Dynamic capability has no direct impact on service innovation, but influence service innovation indirectly through operational capability. Operational capability was found to positively affect service innovation. In sum, three organizational capabilities (knowledge management capability, dynamic capability and operational capability) need to be strategically managed at firm level, because organizational capabilities are significantly related to service innovation. An interesting result is that dynamic capability has a positive effect on service innovation only indirectly through operational capability. This result indicates that service innovation might have a characteristics similar to process innovation rather than product orientation. The results also show that organizational capabilities are inter-correlated to influence each other. Dynamic capability enables effective resource management, arrangement, and integration. Through these dynamic capability affected activities, strategic agility and responsibility get strength. Knowledge management capability intensify dynamic capability and service innovation. Knowledge management capability is the basis of dynamic capability as well. The theoretical and practical implications are discussed further in the conclusion section.

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Emergence of Inter-organizational Collaboration Networks : Relational Capability Perspective (기업 간 협업 네트워크의 창발 : 관계 역량을 중심으로)

  • Park, Chulsoon
    • Journal of the Korean Operations Research and Management Science Society
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    • v.40 no.4
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    • pp.1-18
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    • 2015
  • This paper proposes relational capability as a main driver of constructing inter-organizational collaboration networks. Based on social network theory and relational view literature, three components of relational capability are constructed and implemented by an agent-based model. The components include organizational capability, structural capability, and trust between a partner and a focal firm. These three components are updated by two micro mechanisms: structural mechanism and relational mechanism. Structural mechanism is a feedback loop in which the relational capability increases structural capability and vice versa. Relational mechanism is a learning-by-doing process in which a focal firm experiences success or failure of collaboration and the experience increases or decreases cumulative trust in a partner firm. Result of agent-based simulation shows that a collaboration network emerges through interactions of firm's relational capabilities and the characteristics of emerged networks vary with the contribution of structural capability and trust to relational capability. Specifically, in case structural capability contributes more to relational capability, the average degree centrality and collaboration proportion increases as time passes and enters into an equilibrium state. In that case, almost every firms participated in the network collaborates each other so that the emerged network becomes highly cohesive. In case trust contributes more to relational capability, the results are reversed. In an equilibrium state, the balance of contribution between structural capability and trust makes an emerged network larger and maximizes average degree centrality of the network.