Corporate Capabilities Research Articles

Will Greenwashing Result in Brand Avoidance? A Moderated Mediation Model

Greenwashing has become a widespread phenomenon and obstructs green products, but literature on how consumers react to misbehaving brands is still scarce. This study aims to investigate the effect of greenwashing on consumers’ brand avoidance, integrating the mediating effect of brand hypocrisy and the moderating effect of CSR–CA belief. Data were acquired from a questionnaire survey of 317 consumers. Hypotheses were tested in a first-stage moderated mediation model with a bootstrapping method using the PROCESS program in SPSS. The empirical results demonstrated that greenwashing has a positive effect on brand avoidance, which is partially mediated by brand hypocrisy. Meanwhile, the positive effects of greenwashing on brand hypocrisy and brand avoidance are both weaker at higher levels of CSR–CA belief. Furthermore, the mediating effect of brand hypocrisy is also weaker at higher levels of CSR–CA belief. Based on these findings, we recommend that brands fulfill their environmental claims and balance their quality control, manufacturing costs and environment protection. Moreover, the government and environmental protection organizations should educate the public that there is not necessarily a tradeoff between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and corporate capability (CA).

경상북도 수산식품 가공산업의 기업역량에 관한 연구

The paper aims is to evaluate the competitiveness of corporate capabilities in seafood processing companies using importance analysis through FA(Frequency Analysis), Independent sample t-test and IPA(Importance-Performance Analysis). In this analysis, it was found that most of the seafood processing companies recognized that they have low competency in all the capabilities. By capabilities, manufacturing/processing(2.96), network(2.78), marketing(2.73), human resources(2.40), export(2.33), and R&D (2.14) were shown in order. In particular, R&D was found to be the weakest capabilities. Currently, seafood processing companies have an unsystematic R&D structure in which company representatives and a small number of employees come up with ideas and approach, so their R&D capabilities are considered particularly weak. In the IPA analysis, it was found that the priority improvement capabilities include automation of processing facilitiesᆞequipment, promotion, sufficient processing and manufacturing manpower and ability to secure new manpower. These factors were analyzed as competencies that require priority improvement.

The characteristics and evolution of business model for green buildings: a bibliometric approach

PurposeThe wide uptake of green building is hindered by factors such as limited market demand and high up-front cost despite substantial policy incentives. Successful business models (BMs) help facilitate the diffusion of sustainable innovation and have attracted increasing attention. However, little attention has been paid to examining the adoption of green building from the perspective of BM. This paper aims to identify the characteristics of BM that companies adopted to deliver green building projects and examine the evolution path of BM for green buildings.Design/methodology/approachA total of 744 interdisciplinary bibliographic records related to BM and green buildings from the Web of Science Core Collection database have been identified from the Web of Science Core Collection and analyzed through co-author analysis, co-word analysis and co-citation analysis.FindingsBM research mainly focuses on five subjects, namely, environmental science, engineering, business, economics, science and technology. Keywords “strategy”, “capability”, “perspective” and “design” receive the highest centrality index, which suggests that the strategy design and corporate capability are indispensable elements when designing or innovating a company's BM. “BM canvas” and “resource based view” received the burst citations in the recent decade. Twelve research clusters are identified, including performance evaluation, waste management, energy efficiency, BM, project business, professional capital, leadership and product innovation. These topics highlight three evolution direction for green building projects, i.e. life cycle-oriented value proposition, collaborative value delivery and innovative cost and revenue structure.Originality/valueThe findings contribute to a systematic understanding of the underlying mechanisms of BM for green buildings and illuminate the development trend of business strategies for sustainability.

Applying Quantile Regression to Assess the Relationship between R&D, Technology Import and Patent Performance in Taiwan

Electronics companies are facing global economic and trade competition. As patents can form an endowment shield that protects the development of corporate capabilities, companies are actively increasing their number of patents and attaching importance to technological research and development and patent management to achieve differentiated strategic effects. As such, patent layout and research and development (R&D) investment have become important strategic weapons for Taiwanese manufacturers, with which to enter the international market or compete among enterprises. This study first utilized the principal components analysis method to define patents in terms of the number of patents and the times patents are cited, with R&D defined in terms of expenditure and intensity. Furthermore, this study used a quantile regression model to visualize the relationship between R&D, technological imports, and patent performance in Taiwanese listed electronics companies. The empirical results show that technological imports in the second time-lag period require patents, while the effect on patents varies alongside industry characteristics. In addition, the empirical results found that the total assets, number of employees, and number of patent inventors are also factors that significantly affect patents. This research proposes that Taiwan’s listed electronics companies should expand their scale, increase their economic efficiency, maximize their resources, increase their patents, enhance their corporate value, boost their investor confidence, and improve their industry competitiveness.

Improving negotiation success in B2B sales organizations: is structured negotiation management a success factor?

Researchers and practitioners alike recognize the necessity to manage salespeople before, during, and after negotiations. Literature identifies four approaches that companies use to manage salespeople in and around negotiations. However, it has never been researched which of these approaches help companies implement negotiation management successfully. The present study examines which management approach or combination of approaches lead to a consistently high level of negotiation success. The authors use a fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis to identify the conditions explaining negotiation success. The findings indicate that any effort to actively manage negotiations as a corporate capability supports sales in achieving a higher level of negotiation success. While the study was not able to identify any necessary conditions, the sufficient solution formula to reach a high level of negotiation success comprises two paths in its most parsimonious form. Following this solution formula, companies should either enable salespeople to solve complex situations autonomously and provide guidance along the negotiation process or define clear objectives, manage salespeople against deviations from the objectives, and monitor them closely throughout the negotiation process. This suggests, that successful negotiation management either empowers salespeople to act autonomously or focuses on a control management style. The latter should comprise both aspects of outcome and behavior control.

PENGARUH REGULASI DAN KAPABILITAS PERUSAHAAN DALAM MENINGKATKAN KINERJA BISNIS AGEN GAS LPG 3KG DI KOTA MAKASSAR

The purpose of this research to know the role of regulation, increasing the company’s capabilities to enhance the business performance of agencies LPG 3kg in the city of Makassar South Sulawesi. The research method used is descriptive method and verification. A source of data in this study us the primary and secondary data. The primary data is using the questionnaire census technique, and the are 40 respondents. Verification analysis in this research using the Partial Least Square (PLS) method with Smart PLS 2.0 software. The result of the research on the influence of regulation, and the company’s capabilities in improving business performance LPG gas Agent 3 kg, where the influence of regulation and corporate capability against influential business performance may of 0,911. The influence of regulation on government regulation of the most influential and dominant in the regulatory of the government and Pertamina with and average yield of 3,74 and the on the variables of common capabilities the most dominant dimensions is on human resource their influence to business performance. On a good company performance, the agents should follow applicable regulations and drafting capabilities the company appropriately and does comply the regulations from government and Pertamina, so that the company can grow especially performance expected in the financial perspective the company the lowest compared to other dimensions that exist on this variable.

WAYS OF TRANSNATIONALIZATION OF NATIONAL UKRAINIAN COMPANIES

The modern domestic economy is in a new qualitative state, which is associated with changing economic conditions due to: the introduction of new, high levels of technology in production, expanding information space, capital mobility, increasing the role of creativity, creative work, increasing the role of theoretical knowledge. At the beginning of the XXI century it can be argued that the formation of Ukrainian corporations can become one of the strategic priorities of public policy, which, provided the appropriate external environment, will increase the competitiveness of the economy and through the exclusive capabilities of national corporations. development of Ukrainian economic structures, internationalization of their production and capital, integration of Ukraine into the world economy, its participation in global transformation processes. In order to interact with TNCs both in Ukraine and on world markets, it is necessary to create our own, Ukrainian transnational structures, as China, Russia, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Venezuela and others have done before. The experience of these states shows that national capital is able to compete with TNCs only if it is structured into strong financial and industrial entities that operate in accordance with international counterparts and are able to pursue an active foreign economic policy. Thus, the creation of Ukrainian TNCs will contribute to: protection of national economic interests; will promote the further development of Ukrainian economic structures, the internationalization of their production and capital, the integration of Ukraine into the world economy, its participation in global and transformational processes; will promote the introduction of new technologies and allow to modernize production; to ensure the employment of the local population, while increasing wages and improving the social security of workers, etc. It can be argued that the formation of Ukrainian TNCs can become one of the strategic priorities of state policy, which, provided the appropriate external environment, will increase the competitiveness of the economy and through the exclusive capabilities of national TNCs will protect national economic interests, promote the development of Ukrainian economic structures., internationalization of their production and capital, integration of Ukraine into the world economy, its participation in global transformation processes.

중소벤처기업 CEO의 성격요인이 시장지향성과 기업역량 그리고 기업성과에 미치는 영향

중소벤처기업 CEO의 성격요인이 시장지향성과 기업역량 그리고 기업성과에 미치는 영향

The local co-evolution of firms and governments in the Information Age

The governance structures of the value-creating activities of MNEs have evolved towards more networked forms that are geographically highly concentrated and involve partnering with diverse actors. The experimentation that takes place within these corporate networks has a parallel on the government side, where subnational governments, and particularly cities as hubs of economic activity, have increased their profile and level of cooperative activity. We argue that engagement in these partnerships is an essential way in which firms and governments co-evolve and create the basis for sustainable economic growth in the Information Age. While the origins of this collaborative form of governance reside in the increasing knowledge intensity of value creation, its implications go far beyond MNE value creation and capture, extending to issues of global governance such as climate change and sustainable development goals. We examine the implications of this process of co-evolution both in terms of the costs of developing the requisite corporate capabilities as well as the legitimacy of these efforts as part of a deliberative democracy.

B2B거래에서 시장지향성이 중소기업 성과에 미치는 영향: 기업역량과 전환비용을 중심으로

B2B거래에서 시장지향성이 중소기업 성과에 미치는 영향: 기업역량과 전환비용을 중심으로

Foreign experience in regulating the activities of large corporate structures in the extraction of Arctic resources

Relevance. In terms of implementing large production projects, the Arctic is one of the most challenging regions in the world. This is due to geographic remoteness, extreme temperatures, difficult ice conditions, a vulnerable environment and the presence of indigenous people concerned about any outside interference. Global experience shows that the development of the Arctic territories is untenable without participation of large corporations and their implementation of large-scale Arctic projects. The capabilities of medium-sized businesses to influence the development of the Arctic territories are incomparable with the capabilities of large corporate structures in terms of their system-forming effects. At the same time, ensuring the necessary investments for the development of the Arctic territories requires improving the state regulation of subsoil use from the position of strengthening the incentive nature of the system of measures used. The purpose of the study is to generalize and analyze foreign experience in regulating the process of developing subsoil resources in foreign Arctic countries. Research methods – a systematic approach, generalizations, comparative analysis, comparisons, etc. Results. The experience of subsoil use regulation in the Arctic territories in the USA (Alaska), Canada, Norway, Denmark and Russia is generalized and analyzed. It has been determined that the approaches to regulating the process of developing subsoil resources are correlated with the state structure of the countries: unitary or federal. The form of subsoil ownership in each of the listed countries and the procedure for granting subsoil plots for use are considered. Most attention is paid to the economic mechanism of regulation. It is proved that, depending on the economic model, measures to support corporate business and economic incentives used by countries to achieve strategic goals in the Arctic have many differences, but a similar nature. Special tax regimes, rent control measures, financial support, which is in the nature of investments, and other financial instruments are used as incentives. The specificity of the tax policy of each of the countries under consideration is disclosed, a number of factors influencing the amount of royalties, the procedure for the distribution of collected taxes on corporations in the Arctic zone between the budgets of the federation and provinces, etc., are determined. Common tools for all states have been identified and the existence of coordination procedures has been confirmed to harmonize the interests of corporations and the state. The experience of taxation of regional corporations in the Arctic territories of Russia and its disadvantages are briefly highlighted. Conclusions. The imperfection of the institutional framework of the Russian Arctic requires the adoption of new legislative acts, as well as changes in taxation, the implementation of a system of incentives from the state. It is advisable to use many elements of the economic mechanism of foreign countries to expand the capabilities of corporations involved in the development of Arctic subsoil resources.

Strategic maturity desiderata of corporate capabilities - model ad its empirical veryfication

The subject of the research of this elaboration are strategic maturity desiderata of the corporate capability of manufacturing enterprises operating in the agricultural machinery sector. The vital goal of this study is to determine the level of partial (functional) maturities constituting the strategic capability of the investigated enterprises. Achieving the main objective required the formulation and implementation of partial goals, which were applied to outline: nomination of desiderata determining strategic maturity (literature query), compilation of the research model in the form of an assessment sheet (literature exploration and expert research) and recognition of the level of strategic maturity among manufacturers of the agricultural machinery sector (theoretical model validation). The considerations contained in the paper are embedded in social sciences, and more specifically; in the field of management and quality sciences.

Corporate entrepreneurship, resources, capabilities and institutional factors: an analysis for emerging markets

This work aims to examine the influence of organisational resources and capabilities and institutional factors on corporate entrepreneurship. The analysis is conducted in six Latin American markets considered emerging markets. The study uses data from Global Entrepreneurship Monitor and includes 27,179 observations. Logistics regressions are employed in the methodology. Two theoretical perspectives are used: resource-based theory for internal factors (entrepreneurship skills and competencies, entrepreneurial intention, entrepreneurial experience, personal networks and opportunity recognition) and institutional theory for external factors (fear of failure, media impact and education). The main results show that all internal factors and one of the external factors (education) increase the probability of an individual being a corporate entrepreneur. The results also suggest that for the countries studied in the analysis, media stories about successful new businesses reduce the probability of corporate entrepreneurship activities being pursued. Therefore, the work contributes theoretically and has implications for policy makers and practitioners.

Comparing customer perceptions of potential autonomous vehicle manufacturers: an analysis of the relationship between corporate reputation and intention to use

The introduction of autonomous vehicles has the potential to change the world of mobility. As they can be understood as 'really new products', customers cannot evaluate their technical characteristics yet. Instead, customers' perceptions of competing companies might be an important determinant of acceptance. Hence, in this study, we examine the role of corporate reputation, precisely character and capability reputation, as well as adverse events to understand what drives customers' intention to use autonomous vehicles beyond traditional technology acceptance factors. We highlight differences between three groups of potential manufacturers. Our results indicate that corporate reputation is an important prerequisite for customers' acceptance. Furthermore, adverse events negatively affect reputation. Regarding the different groups, we find that mobility start-ups benefit from an overall positive evaluation, whereas consumers are less confident towards traditional automotive manufacturers. The study enhances the understanding of customer intentions in automotive management research and expands the literature on corporate reputation.

Executive Succession Strategy of an Emerging-Market Company: An Investigation into the Spillover Effect

ABSTRACTThe purpose of this articleis to investigate the executive selection strategy of an emerging-market (EM) company. The articlebroadens spillover literature by examining corporate capabilities and consumer-perceived brand-evaluations of an EM company who recruits executives from developed-country (DC) incumbents. Three experiments are designed to test the spillover effects in CEO/CTO appointment scenarios. Results show that an EM company’s brand evaluation would be boosted when consumers perceive that corporate capabilities are strengthened, and that spillover strength varies from the brand image of the DC company. Selecting an executive from a DC incumbent can trigger consumer reevaluation on the corporate capabilities and the brand of the EM company. On the contrary, such selection decisions in emerging markets not only contribute to firm performance but also serve as market promotion strategies. Finally, it is found that as a performance indicator, consumers’ attitudes toward executive appointments indeed correspond to the reality of markets.

Dynamic sustainability capabilities and corporate sustainability performance: The mediating effect of resource management capabilities

AbstractCorporate sustainable development has become an important topic for academic discussion. Sustainability is a managerial trend playing an important role in contemporary organizational strategy management. There has been little study about the ability of companies to make sustainability more dynamic and to integrate sustainability within overarching strategies, transforming sustainability into a business asset. This study examines ways to translate dynamic sustainability capabilities into corporate sustainability performance from a natural resource‐based view. The study investigates the mediating effect of resource management capabilities to connect dynamic sustainability capabilities and corporate sustainability performance. Survey data were collected from 163 corporations in China. Data were analyzed using partial least squares structural equation modeling. The results demonstrate that (a) dynamic sustainability capabilities are composed of monitoring, seizing, and reconstructing capabilities; (b) dynamic capabilities with respect to sustainability have a significant positive effect on each dimension of corporate sustainability performance; (c) resource management capabilities were found to only partially mediate the relationship between dynamic sustainability capabilities and corporate environmental and social performance; (d) economic performance exhibits no mediation. This study enriches the theory of dynamic corporate capabilities and sustainable development and provides effective management advice for companies facing sustainable development issues.

Effects of Government Support on Corporate Capability and Repurchase Intention

[연구목적] 우리나라 공공구매시장은 점점 커져가고 있다. 그러나 대부분의 정부지원과 관련된 많은 연구들은 기업관점이 아닌 정부의 관점에서 연구되어 왔으므로, 기업관점에서의 정부지원에 관한 영향에 대해 실증분석하고, 시사점을 제공하고자 하였다.<BR>[연구방법] 본 연구에서는 보다 구체적인 정부지원의 효과를 검정하기 위해 기존 연구와는 다르게 정부지원을 지각한 정부지원정책과 지각한 정부지원절차로 구분하였다.<BR>[연구결과] 공공구매시장에서의 지각한 정부지원정책은 기업역량에 통계적으로 유의하지 않은 것으로 나타났으며, 반면 지각한 정부지원절차는 시스템이나 제도의 평가로 기업 역량에 긍정적인 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 기업역량은 재참여의사에 긍정적인 영향을 미친다는 사실을 확인하였다. 그리고 조절효과에서는 정보품질과 시장불안을 살펴보았는데, 여기에서 정보품질은 기업역량과 재참여의사에 통계적으로 부정적인 방향으로 유의하게 나왔고, 시장불안은 통계적으로 유의하지 않은 것으로 나타났다. 결국, 정부지원에 있어 지각한 정부지원절차가 지각한 정부지원정책보다 기업역량에 긍정적인 영향을 미치고, 정보품질은 높을수록 긍정적인 효과가 아닌 부정적인 영향을 미치며, 시장불안은 조절효과로써 기업역량과 재참여의사에 아무런 영향을 미치지 않는다는 것을 이 연구에서 확인할 수 있다.<BR>[연구의 시사점] 본 연구는 공공구매시장의 정부지원을 지각한 정부지원정책과 지각한 정부지원절차로 나누어 설명함으로써 기업입장에서의 정부지원의 역할을 보다 자세히 밝히며, 다음과 같은 시사점을 제시하였다.

The Political Imperative to Do The Good There Is No Business Reason Not to Do

What leads managers to deploy corporate capabilities to the service of human needs? Whereas the sales motive that drives market engagement explains a great deal of corporate responsiveness through ...

The evolving role of automated systems and its cyber-security issue for global business operations in Industry 4.0

Nowadays, effective business performance depends on digital competitive factors and its ability to transform corporate capabilities in the light of digitalization. In this study, the evolving role of automated systems for global business operations in the era of Industry 4.0 has been assessed from a theoretical perspective with a practical approach. It is aimed to demonstrate the role of high technologies in an effective supply chain management system with new technological components and cyber-security issues of automated vehicles in SCM. This study highlights that developments in Artificial Neural Networks, Image Processing, Multi-Purpose Decision-Making, Blurred Linguistic Variables, and automated systems increase the performance of the supply chain management system and boost business performance. It is also shown that the evolving role of the automated system requires capital investments on Research and Development efforts

Internal R&amp;D and Acquisition Performance of Chinese Pharmaceutical Firms: Moderation Effect of Acquisition Motive and Corporate Ownership

Although corporate capability has been recognized as a key factor affecting corporate acquisition performance, the role of R&amp;D capability in acquisition performance has not been fully explained. The aim of this paper was to research the impact of internal R&amp;D on acquisition performance according to a sample of 215 acquisitions of Chinese listed pharmaceutical companies from 2012 to 2016. First, it was found that R&amp;D has a significant negative effect on acquisition performance. Furthermore, it was confirmed that the acquisition motive and the ownership of the acquiring firm have a moderating effect on the relationship between R&amp;D and acquisition performance. Compared to non-technical acquisitions, the negative effect of internal R&amp;D on acquisition performance was reduced for technical acquisitions. Compared with non-state-owned-enterprise acquisition, the negative effect of internal R&amp;D on the acquisition performance of state-owned enterprises was weakened. Our study enriches the research of the path dependence theory on the acquisition performance of enterprises and also the interpretation of acquisition performance on the basis of internal and external innovation and the institutional theory.