Purpose – This paper seeks to examine the predictive ability of disaggregated earnings in forecasting future profitability conditional on keiretsu affiliation in the context of Japan. Design/methodology/approach – Industry-adjusted future profitability measure is regressed on current...

Purpose – This paper seeks to examine the predictive ability of disaggregated earnings in forecasting future profitability conditional on keiretsu affiliation in the context of Japan. Design/methodology/approach – Industry‐adjusted future profitability measure is regressed on current...

Multilevel environment analysis is important for companies operating on the global market. Previous studies have in general focused on one level at a time, but the need to perform multilevel environment analysis has also been stressed. Multilevel analysis can partly explain the benchmarking gap...

Porter hypothesis suggests tougher environmental regulations could spur technological growth, leading to an increase in productivity of market outputs, simultaneously providing greater environmental protection. This study tests the Porter hypothesis in US agriculture using state level data from...

This article offers, briefly, a production‐oriented development framework for Jamaica, based on growth‐promoting linkages between tourism, commodity production sectors, and complementary and related service industries. These linkages can boost the Jamaican endogenous competency and...

The resource‐based view of the firm has recently emerged as a new paradigm in strategic analysis. According to this view, firms are heterogeneous collections of resources that lead them to distinct market performance. This paper uses this approach not to analyse an individual firm but a...

In this paper, the relationship between operations strategy and performance through flexibility as a moderating variable is analysed within the service setting of engineering consulting firms in Spain. A framework for service strategy dimensions is suggested while manufacturing flexibility...

This study presents empirical evidence on the effects of incentives on industrial productivity in China’s food industry. Data covering the 1990‐1996 period were collected from 30 food enterprises in Guangdong Province. The empirical results support the use of bonus schemes to motivate...

This study presents empirical evidence on the effects of incentives on industrial productivity in China’s food industry. Data covering the 1990-1996 period were collected from 30 food enterprises in Guangdong Province. The empirical results support the use of bonus schemes to motivate...