Enhancing firmness

Research findings have demonstrated a statistically significant negative correlation between profitability, growth, and liquidity and the capital structure measured by the debt ratio. Although it also decreases with non-debt tax shields, this variable does not have statistical meaning with the dependent variable. Size is the only variable with a positive correlation coefficient, but no statistical significance was found either. The results of the study can help these firms build a reasonable capital structure to enhance their intrinsic value.

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The aim of the present research is to gain insights into how SCM practices create value to the firm, which in turn enhance accountability of the GLCs towards its ultimate stakeholders. A single case study approach was used whereby key research issues were mainly addressed through semi-structured interviews, observations and document reviews. Findings revealed that, consistent with the financial and social obligations of the GLC to its stakeholders, the firm was able to create value through supplier involvement, strategic supplier relationship and supplier development practices.

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This study examines and empirically investigates the green supply chain practices and sustainable performance. The study examines the impact of green supply chain practices on sustainability of performance of electronic industry of Thailand. Green supply chain management impact on environmental, economic and intangible performance of firms. Organizations follow GSCM practices as business strategy to achieve their long-term goals to enhance performance.

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The current study empirically investigates the factors of sustainable supply chain performance in tourism industry of Thailand. Globally, competition has increased due to involvement of enhanced quality and sustainable practices in business operations including effective supply chain management as it has become one of the prime concerns of firms as it plays vital role in achievement of goals and competitive advantages.

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The study examine relationship between implementing ERP systems on the boosting of the organizational performance, in addition, to examine the mediating role of agile supply chain approach to achieve the targeted performance enhancements in manufacturing listed firms in Amman Stock Exchange (ASE). The study population entails all manufacturing listed firms in Amman Stock Exchange (ASE), particularly the top retail firms operate in the Jordanian market constitutes of firms.

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Quality management practices (QMP) are modern approaches used to enhance firm performance. Although there are numerous research findings on quality management practices, the focus of the research is not much on high technology firms. Hence, this study aims to look at the different levels of quality management practices and firm performance in high technology firms based on firm profiles such as firm cluster, firm size and duration of the operation. Data were collected using questionnaires and analyzed using descriptive and inferential analysis.

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The foremost objective of the current study is examining the trade-off between environmental performance and cost performance in the presence of the sustainable supply chain. In particular the study has examined the impact of sustainable supply chain implantations namely sustainable procurement, sustainable distribution, sustainable production and sustainable reserve logistic on the cost and environmental performance. The study has broached the argument that the financial performance and profitability of a firm can be enhanced using SSCM activities or not.

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The study is carried out with an objective to explore the impact of green supply chain management on different performance measures such as environmental performance, operational performance and financial performance. In addition to that, the mediating role of operational performance and the environmental performance in the relationship between green supply chain management and the financial performance is also examined.

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The study concluded that when an organization is forced through the external sources such as legislation, environment protection agencies and customers they tend to follow the GSCMP. These practices in turn lead towards the operational efficiency of the firms. The limitations and future research areas are provided in the study.

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- Over the years, the issue of talent shortage and undermanage of talent continues to stir challenges to many organizations both large and smaller firms. In most cases, SMEs constantly suffer from the shortage of talent due to various internal constraints, however, SMEs do aware of the importance of getting the right people for the key positions. Many of the respondents do recruit domain experts, although these employees are in the categories of lower-skilled workers.

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In order for Vietnam to enhance welfare gains from the integration, there has been analysis on impacts for Vietnam. Vietnamese government is expected to support firms with understanding about the EVFTA, market information on quality standards, labour and environmental requirements, building capacity to improve quality and value of exporting products including rice exports.

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This paper aims to identify appropriate strategies which drive and enhance implementation of EI in the contractor firms. A literature review is carried out using content analysis to determine the EI strategies that crucial to improve the conservative construction practices toward green. The study unveils five EI strategies which are human resources development, technology advancement, collaboration and networking, knowledge empowerment and management proactiveness. A framework representing the EI strategies to become eco-innovative and competitive will be presented.

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Recently, supply chain practices are consider are the effective practices because it enhance he business performance by improving their processes and also capture the emphasis of the researchers. Thus, the ongoing study’s aim is to inspect the role of market strategies and market performance along with the supply chain performance on the firm performance of the textile sector in Indonesia.

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— In the past, Good - Dominant logic said that customer could not evaluate the enterprise resource. But nowadays, according to Service - Dominant logic, the customer can determine the enterprise resource through the process of using service to decide which of the supplier to work. This study investigates the relationship between enterprise resources and service value; and the relationship between service value and customer loyalty by using qualitative research methods and quantitative research methods.

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The present study contributes to the SCM and marketing literature, concerning the roles of SCM alignment and firm’s absorptive capacity to utilize social capital for achieving supply chain resilience. Firstly, understanding means to enhance supply chain resilience via social capital, therefore, in this regard taking absorptive capacity into account is necessary. Secondly, this study highlights that SCM alignment has the power to restrict the extent that social capital supports the firm’s absorptive capacity.

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Human resource and Technology are the important assets of the organization. For this reason, the purpose of the present study was to examine the impact of advanced Manufacturing technology, human capital and employee empowerment on supply chain performance, furthermore, the mediating role of organizational innovation is examined as well. The data is collected from the employees of manufacturing firms in Indonesia in the form of questionnaire. The response rate of the current study is 63.4 percent.

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With the advancement of information and communication technologies, supply chain integration has been considered a strategic tool for firms to improve their competitiveness. The supply chain integration within processes and between organizations has enhanced value creation. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of profitability ratios, capital structure, exchange rates, interest rates, inflation on the value of manufacturing companies listed on the Indonesia stock exchange in 2008- 2017 based on the supply chain management.

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Main objective of this research is to assess the relation between SCI and risk management capabilities of firms and to focus that how innovation and risk affect financial performance. Methodology: In order to analyze the hypotheses developed in this study, survey method in the form of questionnaire was adopted to collect data from the manufacturing firms of Thailand.

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In Malaysia, environmental issues have increasingly become a priority for the government and the public. However, fully owned Malaysian firms have the lowest level of participation in green supply chain initiatives compared to foreign based companies. This could indicate that there are barriers and obstacles that are hindering the local manufacturing companies from greening their supply chain.

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Despite the efficacious communication evident in the buyer-supplier integration, material procurement performance in large manufacturing firms of Tanzania remains a challenge. The Resources Dependency and Transaction Cost Economics Theories were used in this study to analyze the influence of Early Supplier Involvement in design of specification, electronic information sharing, communication direction, and frequency of buyer supplier meetings, (all considered key in enhancing communication in the buyer-supplier integration) on the procurement performance.

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