Multidimensional enterprise competitiveness: An empirical study of Malaysian listed companies

Driven by global climate change and Net Zero policies, green supply chain management has become the key to the competition of global enterprises. Carbon emissions and environmental impact have become important factors that must be considered in the supply chain operation process. Among them, supplier selection is the first process in supply chain operation. Although many studies have discussed the related issues of green supplier assessment, the potential risks of some environmental impacts are still not comprehensive enough, plus it is difficult to assess the potential risks of suppliers on the Internet, because the process of text data analysis and evaluation is not only time-consuming and costly, but also unable to obtain the latest supplier risk information on time. This study applies natural language processing(NLP) model and life cycle assessment(LCA) to develop a green supplier risk evaluation system. The potential risk assessment of suppliers can be achieved through the KeyExtractor’s keyword extraction method. The main contribution of this study is to develop a novel green supplier evaluation method based on deep learning models to promote the implementation of green procurement and reduce the carbon footprint of suppliers. Practically, the proposed method automates supplier risk assessment, not only can obtain the latest information and trends of supplier risk on time and reduce the time and cost of risk analysis. Hence, the competitiveness of enterprises would be enhanced.

Following the big transformations of the 1990s, enterprise structure and technological level seem to have become stabilised in Hungary. Under these circumstances it is especially interesting to identify the elements responsible for competitiveness in general, and the role technology plays in development in particular, according to managers experienced in production and marketing. This empirical study - based on in-depth interviews and field research - summarises characteristics of the technological level in the sectors examined, role of technology and labour in production, effects of foreign direct investment, relations between competition and firm-level factors determining competitiveness, and concludes by summing up those most frequently mentioned proposals that should be incorporated into economic policy according to managers. Main findings indicate that more qualified, more intensive and cheaper labour can be substituted for high technology. The competitiveness of an enterprise is not determined by technology alone, but rather by a combination of technology, the parameters of available labour and the costs of investment increasing productivity. The insufficiency of inter-company relations, together with a shortage of available assets necessary for investment constitute the major threat undermining the competitiveness of enterprises in present-day Hungary.

The economic and social changes taking place in the environment mean that the conditions in which enterprises operate and compete are changing and demanding. This also applies to food industry enterprises, the economic importance is emphasized by many economists. The literature on this subject lacks research on the current factors influencing the competitiveness of food industry enterprises. Thus, the aim of the study was to adopt a multidimensional assessment of the importance of selected components of competitive potential in building the international competitiveness of food industry enterprises. The following research hypothesis was adopted: the key components of the competitive potential of food industry enterprises are intangible. To achieve the main goal and verify the research hypothesis, the empirical study uses information collected using a CATI survey among representatives of food industry enterprises in Poland. The analysis used descriptive statistics, the Mann‒Whitney test, the Kruskal‒Wallis test and exploratory factor analysis, which are rarely used in research on competitiveness. Research has shown that the most important component of competitiveness is intangible assets. The punctuality of deliveries, product quality, company image and relations with suppliers and recipients play special roles. According to factor analysis, four general factors related to competitive potential were distinguished: internal competences and activities, material resources, marketing and clusters, and the market. The results of the study fill a knowledge gap related to the current competitiveness factors of food companies. On a practical level, identifying competitive potential helps improve the ability to compete, better adapt to the environment and gain a sustainable competitive advantage in international markets.

Introduction. The practice of modern enterprises shows that a favorable social and psychological climate in the team increases the efficiency of the enterprise, contributes to reducing staff turnover and improving the general atmosphere at the workplace. At the same time, knowledge of the features of the effective formation of the appropriate social and psychological climate allows managers to create conditions for the professional and personal development of personnel, which results in an increase in the effectiveness of the enterprise. The purpose of the article. The purpose of the article is to study the specifics of managing the formation of the appropriate social and psychological climate in the workforce of modern enterprises for the development of recommendations for an effective personnel management strategy. Methods. The research methodology is based on the analysis of scientific literature and empirical studies in the field of human resource management, organizational psychology and sociology. Such methods of scientific knowledge as the method of analysis and synthesis, comparison, and abstraction were also used. Such a comprehensive approach made it possible to understand not only the theoretical aspects of climate management in the team, but also the practical methods of its implementation in a real business environment. Results. The article considers the key aspects of managing the formation of a favorable social and psychological climate in the collective of a modern enterprise. The key factors affecting the formation of a positive working environment are considered. Various aspects of the impact of organizational culture on the formation of a favorable working environment have been studied. The importance of effective communication between management and staff, as well as between employees, is highlighted in order to create trusting relationships and promote collective success. Different leadership styles and their impact on staff morale and motivation are analyzed. The importance of effective conflict resolution at the workplace and the development of joint problem-solving strategies has been proven. The peculiarities of the application of these approaches in ensuring sustainable growth and competitiveness of enterprises in the modern business environment are studied. Conclusions. Based on the analysis of key aspects of organizational culture, communication practices, leadership and conflict management, practical approaches to the formation of a favorable social and psychological climate in the company's team have been determined. Specific practical methods are proposed for increasing employee satisfaction, reducing staff turnover and increasing labor productivity, which contributes to the sustainable development of the enterprise in the conditions of modern business.

This study examines the factors affecting the improvement of business results based on agency theory and management theory. To conduct this study, the author uses the method of theoretical synthesis from the authors' articles on the same topic. From there, a research model is proposed, including the factors of corporate social responsibility (CSR), technological capacity, corporate governance, and business results of the enterprise. Among the above factors, most other studies have demonstrated that corporate governance and CSR factors have an impact on the business results of the enterprise. However, the impact and the mechanism still need to be clarified. In addition, the trend of technology application is increasing, so the study considers the factor of technological capacity as a mediation variable and exploits the relationship between these factors (direct and indirect) between corporate governance, social responsibility, and business results. By affirming the capabilities that make up the competitiveness of enterprises, the article affirms the direct impact of technological capabilities on the business results of enterprises. In addition, this theoretical framework is a significant contribution to the literature, from which some managerial implications are also proposed as well as other empirical studies can be deployed to test the model.

ABSTRACTWith the advent of the knowledge economy, technology has become the foundation of advancement for many enterprises. To maintain a lasting competitive edge, enterprises must accurately determine the competitiveness of particular technologies. However, emerging innovations are becoming more and more complex, and interdisciplinary trends complicate matters even further. In the competitiveness evaluation based on patent, traditional patent classifications are both loose and time-sensitive. In this paper, we constructed the evaluation model of enterprise’s technology competitiveness based on the technological topics generated by a latent Dirichlet allocation (LDA) topic model. LDA topic model is able to classify technologies into narrower categories and can, therefore, provide rich information on the competitive landscape of a field. Two indexes are used to determine the technological competitiveness of an enterprise in the model – a specialisation index and a diversification index. At the same time, we explore the distribution of enterprises with different technological topics through the relative share, the technology’s appeal, and the competitive advantage that technology might give an enterprise. The empirical study on intelligent connected vehicles validates the model, and the results provide theoretical support for developing R&D strategies and/or making investment decisions.

Competitiveness is a fundamental indicator of great importance for the functioning of both enterprises and national economies. A number of factors influence the assessment of an enterprise's competitiveness. Among these factors is innovation activity. For Bulgaria wine production is a traditional sector with potential for development in different directions. Given the increasing competition on the domestic and world wine market, a research of the Bulgarian wine industry is more than necessary. One of the directions that can contribute to increasing the competitiveness of the sector is increasing the innovation activity of the wine producers. In this sense, the aim of this study is to conceptualize the role of innovation activity as an element of competitiveness, and in particular its role in improving the competitiveness of the wine industry. For this purpose, a number of theoretical sources and empirical studies on innovation activity and competitiveness in both general and wine-making are reviewed. Systematization of the studied literature was made and summaries were made about the possible contribution of the innovation activity in improving the competitiveness of Bulgarian wine production.

While the business environment is becoming more and more uncertain, flexible strategy has become a strategic weapon for enterprises to use to create a lasting competitive advantage. This article divides the enterprise competitiveness into three essential factors: management capacity, financial capacity and market capacity. On this basis two modes are defined as using the flexible strategy and not using the flexible strategy, a theoretical model between the corporate strategy and competitive level is built as well. The empirical analysis concludes that flexible strategy has significant positive impacts on financial capacity and market capacity, which means there are significant positive impacts on enterprise's property scale, the main business income, productivity, market control, the brand effect, the research and development level, etc. However, there is no significantly impact on enterprise management capability.

Expanding industrial digitization is vital for a thriving digital economy. This article delves into the application of interspecies competition models within the digital economy ecosystem. Such models aid in analyzing competitive dynamics among enterprises and understanding innovation trends. Interspecies competition models offer insights into enterprise competition within the digital economy ecosystem. They illuminate competitive landscapes, enabling strategic planning for enterprises facing peer and cross-industry competition. Moreover, these models facilitate the study of innovation and evolution, predicting market trends and aiding decision-making for enterprises and policymakers. Empirical studies across e-commerce, fintech, and sharing economy sectors validate the effectiveness of interspecies competition models. Analysis using these models elucidates competitive dynamics and provides actionable insights for enterprises and policymakers. Furthermore, addressing data migration bandwidth issues in cloud processes fortifies digital ecosystem construction.

Multipoint competition and “mutual forbearance hypothesis” are always an important issue in researches of industrial organization economic school and strategic management domain. However, so far most empirical studies only investigate the relationship between multipoint competition and mutual forbearance of domestic enterprises, therefore, this research aims to take multinational enterprises (MNEs) as sample, examining multipoint competition in international context, further delineates whether it will incur mutual forbearance between MNEs and decrease inter-firm rivalry. On the other hand, the empirical studies of multipoint competition and mutual forbearance hypothesis in the past had reached different results, therefore, by applying two conditions of mutual forbearance, market importance and internal associatibility, and extending them into international context, this research investigates the contingency perspectives of mutual forbearance. Furthermore, this is the first research that uses competitor’s actions as multipoint competition’s dependent variable, and further delineates its effect on MNEs’ performance. By doing this, we not only amplify multipoint competition research, also compensate researches of MNEs that rarely investigate the effect of MNEs’ rivalry on their performance. The data of this research are surveyed from top 20 firms of global container shipping industry by collecting data of these firms from 2007 to 2009 in quarterly timeframe. Data are reached from shipping firm’s website and Asx-Alphaliner which discloses data of shipping firms each year. Moreover, for shipping firm’s competitive action, this research firstly retrieves relative news from Cyber Shipping Guide (CSG), and then employs “structured content analysis” method to construct competitive action database of top 20 shipping firms. After careful process of news identification and further discussion, 23 types of competitive action are identified, and the total actions taken by top 20 shipping firms during 2007 to 2009 are 2,984. Finally, hierarchical regression analysis is applied to carry on statistical analysis. For the sake of making hypothesis development more consistent, this research introduces awareness, motivation and capability (AMC) perspective to reason how international multimarket contact (IMMC) affects competitor’s action, also how local competitive density, local regulatory restriction and international market importance moderate the relationship between IMMC and competitor’s action. We also delineate the linkage between competitor’s action and firm performance in this research. The empirical finding shows: (1) focal firm has higher IMMC with competitors will incur lesser competitor’s action; (2) when focal firm faces higher local competitive density, it will weaken the negative relationship between IMMC and number of competitor’s actions; (3) if a international market has much importance for a MNE, it will strengthen the negative relationship between IMMC and number of competitor’s actions. Above all, by examining MNEs’ multipoint competition and investigating the contingency factors that can moderate the relationship between multipoint competition and mutual forbearance, this research fulfils the gap of past studies of multipoint competition. Moreover, this research also enriches multipoint competition research by introducing competitor’s action and AMC perspective of competitive dynamics research. In practice, this research also provides the way firms adjust their strategies.

Small businesses contribute significantly in economy. However, a significant number of small businesses fail in five to ten years. Can knowledge sharing in these businesses make a difference? Research has found that knowledge sharing enhances organisational competitiveness and growth in medium and large enterprises. However, there is a lack of empirical studies on knowledge sharing in the domain of small businesses. This research aims to close the gap by developing a model for understanding knowledge sharing in small businesses. The model will be primarily built on Lipshitz et al.’s naturalistic decision modelling approach, Rogers’ innovation diffusion theory, and Ajzen & Fishbein’s theory of reasoned action. The model presents various factors and variables affecting knowledge sharing in small businesses in detail, and thus has both theoretical and practical implications. For the model, hypotheses are proposed, which will be tested in future empirical studies.

Empirical Study on the Relationship between Environmental Responsibility and Enterprise Competitiveness of Textile and Garment Enterprises

Sustainable development has emerged as a crucial factor enhancing the competitiveness of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in light of societal expectations and government regulations. Within this context, innovation assumes a significant role in this challenge, particularly for smaller companies facing greater obstacles in fostering innovation. These constraints have prompted both internal and external innovation initiatives, commonly referred to as open innovation. In this article, we scrutinize the influence of environmental practices on innovation endeavors, specifically examining whether the innovation strategy and its implementation facilitate the advancement of open innovation within SMEs. Furthermore, we explore the potential moderating effect of firm owners' gender on these relationships. The research model is validated using data from 543 companies in Ecuador, employing the partial least squares (PLS) method. The findings elucidate how environmental sustainability can promote the adoption of open innovation practices, with the innovation strategy and its implementation acting as mediators in this relationship. The impact of gender only manifests in the innovation strategy pertaining to environmental sustainability. In conclusion, open innovation stemming from the pivotal role of environmental sustainability emerges as a critical driver in augmenting innovation performance across various dimensions, such as quality, growth, efficiency, process enhancement, organizational practices, employee motivation, and acquisition of new product/service skills.

In recent years, with the proposal of the “One Belt, One Road” initiative, the domestic economy and its development have entered a new normal, which has promoted the determination and connection of the development strategies of various countries. It has brought new opportunities for the development of domestic enterprises. In this context, it has become a trend for Chinese enterprises to go international, especially in the construction industry; due to the good potential of the “Belt and Road” initiative, it is necessary to change and update from the traditional construction industry to modern construction industry. Therefore, how to promote the coordinated development of the construction company's resource management system, meet the needs of the company's own development, and adapt to the goals of internationalization and modern management have become a problem that people are very concerned about. The current domestic environmental situation is improving in part, but it is deteriorating in general. The harm caused by environmental pollution and damage is becoming more and more obvious. The construction industry is one of the national pillar industries, and it is also an industry with high energy consumption and high pollution. Based on this, this study first introduces construction enterprise management and resource optimization methods and integrates ecological environmental protection into enterprise operating cost management. Second, it establishes an enterprise-centric resource allocation model and optimization algorithm. An empirical study was carried out on the ecological management capabilities of three construction enterprises of different sizes, namely, Industrial Group, Group A, and Construction Enterprise B, and concluded that the overall level of environmental competitiveness of construction enterprises in my country is not high, among the environmental management and construction capabilities of enterprises. The standardization ability of ecological engineering construction is relatively weak, resulting in poor overall profitability of the enterprise, and the number of green suppliers does not meet the needs of ecological development. However, under the constraints of the ecological environment, construction enterprises compete with each other to control operating costs and at the same time affect the environment. At the same time, the allocation of resources by enterprises is also more conducive to the development of ecological civilization in the industry.

본 연구의 목적은 규모의 경제 관점에서 맘퀴스트 지수모형을 적용하여 전자상거래 기업의 영업 효율성을 실증적으로 분석하고 규모의 경제가 전자상거래 기업의 경쟁우위 형성에 미치는 영향에 대해 파악하는 것이다. 본 연구에서는 중국 주식시장에 상장된 총 19개의 중국 전자상거래기업을 분석 대상으로 하였다. 3개의 입력지표와 3개의 출력 지표를 선정하고, 맘퀴스트 지수모형을 사용하여 2014년에서 2018년까지 5년간의 기업의 동적 효율성을 분석하였다. 기업의 연간 평균과 MPI지수로부터 경쟁력 정도와 동적 변화를 살펴보고, 규모 효율성 향상을 위한 방안을 제안하였다. 본 연구는 전자상거래에서 경쟁우위 이론을 더욱 발전시키고 보완할 수 있을 것으로 생각한다. 경쟁우위와 규모 효율성에 관한 본 연구는 전자상거래 기업의 투입 규모와 생산의 관계를 올바르게 처리할 수 있도록 도울 것이며, 연구자들뿐만 아니라 전자상거래 기업 발전에 참고자료로 활용되기를 기대한다.