... management research by examining R&D and CAPEX not only as separate investment commitments, but also as interdependent elements of firm performance. By using a resource orchestration lens, it shows that investment magnitude alone does not fully explain firm outcomes; how intangible and tangible...

... orientation (NO), and technology innovation (TI) as mediating factors, along with strategic flexibility (SF) as a moderating factor, on manufacturing firm performance. Design/methodology/approach The research utilizes a sample of 344 manufacturing firms based in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA...

... © Emerald Publishing Limited 2025 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Differentiation strategy Sustainable procurement policies Uncertainty Firm performance Sustainable procurement policies (SPP) have gained increasing attention in both academic research...

...Cemal Zehir; Sümeyye Çiçek Vural Purpose This study aims to explain the relationships between dynamic capabilities, product innovation, firm performance and technology uncertainty. Design/methodology/approach The quantitative research method was the preferred approach. Data were collected...

...Xiaoyu Yang; Longzhu Dong; Abraham Nahm Purpose This study aims to examine how business executives' political connections are associated with government subsidies and strategic change, and how they, in turn, influence firm performance, measured by return on assets (ROA) and market share. Design...

...Aleksey Martynov Purpose This study aims to test the moderating effect of market-supporting institution on the strategic similarity–firm performance relationship. Design/methodology/approach The present is study based on a large panel of firms from developed and emerging economies covering...

...Gavriel Dahan; Aviv Shoham Purpose The aim of this study is to examine the effect of strategic orientations on firm performance moreover, to assess the role of environmental munificence as a moderator for the link between strategic orientations and firm performance. Design/methodology/approach...

...Arif Nugroho; Ruslan Prijadi; Ratih Dyah Kusumastuti Purpose This study aims to investigate the multiple entrepreneurial, technology and marketing orientations effects on education service firm performance (FP) and the mediating role of information technology (IT) adoption capability. Design...

... for achieving superior firm performance. Practical implications To mitigate the liability of foreignness and to enhance performance of foreign subsidiaries operating in volatile emerging economies such as Thailand, government and business relational ties are crucial in developing nonmarket- and market-based...

...Ulrich Lichtenthaler Purpose This paper is a step toward a sustainability-based view of firm performance, which focuses on how companies may achieve and maintain a competitive advantage in a circular economy that is increasingly dominated by sustainability. Design/methodology/approach...

... firms. Likewise, it is determined whether these three combined SOs influence firm performance. Design/methodology/approach The data was collected from 171 medium and large-sized Mexican manufacturing firms. The proposed hypotheses are tested using partial least square structural equation modeling...

... Licensed re-use rights only Firm performance Hostile work environment Sexual harassment Workplace romance Corporate governance Despite Margaret Mead's (1978) proposal that sex should be taboo in the workplace, sexually-oriented behavior at work is common. Research has documented that 60...

...Jonathan H. Reed Purpose The purpose of this empirical paper is to operationalize the Doz and Kosonen (2010) model of strategic agility, consisting of three dimensions and 15 subfactors and to test its relationship with firm performance under multiple contingencies. Design/methodology/approach...

...Tapio Jukka Purpose This paper examined the relationship between TMT demographic properties and firm performance using diversity and level variables and measuring differing constructs of firm performance representing divergent strategies. Design/methodology/approach Structural equation...

...Rayenda Khresna Brahmana; Hui Wei You; Maria Kontesa Purpose This research aims to examine the moderating role of CEO power on the relationship between retrenchment strategy and firm performance by framing the relationship under an agency theory, and power circulation theory. Design/methodology...

... strategy and entrepreneurship (Covin and Lumpkin, 2011 ; Wales et al., 2013) and has been used extensively to verify the relationship between acting entrepreneurially and firm performance (Rauch et al., 2009). EO refers to the firm postures, decision-making processes and internal...

...Rupinder Kaur; Balwinder Singh Purpose The center of concern of this empirical paper is the connection between chief executive officer (CEO) characteristics and firm performance. The paper aims to discuss this issue. Design/methodology/approach The paper inquires into the hypothesis...

... the mediating effects of organizational learning and the moderating role of environmental dynamism on the relationship between strategic change and firm performance. Design/methodology/approach A survey questionnaire was administered to 650 respondents who were both corporate and business-level managers...

...Olajumoke A. Awe; Nisha Kulangara; Demetria F. Henderson Purpose In the extant literature, the effect of outsourcing activities on the firm performance has been an area of interest for several decades; yet, the body of knowledge lacks a holistic view of this phenomenon. The potential outcomes...

... of competitive EM activity among a focal firm and its rivals affect environmental image and financial performance. Anupam Kumar can be contacted at: anupam.kumar@howard.edu Sustainability Regression analysis Firm performance Competitive dynamics Panel studies Environmental management (EM...